International Day of Peace, 21 September Afghanistan with a handful of youth that want nothing but peaceful coexistence in their lives. This in some respects is like a dream because entire lives have been surrounded by war, death, corruption, and struggle. Peace has been in short supply. For three years the Afghan Peace Volunteers have worked to develop friendships across ethnic lines in Kabul and various provinces throughout Afghanistan. The work has been difficult, trust is hard to come by in this war torn land, but they are adamant that non-violence is the only way forward. peace cannot be imposed, but must be developed from within a community through sustained hard work, for World Peace Day, the brave Afghans selflessly working across their country — from Balkh in the North to Kandahar in South, Herat in the West, and Badakhshan in the East. Quietly and unknown to the world, these peacemakers are struggling to build the new and peaceful Afghanistan. … Let’s look at who are the Afghan peacemakers. Teachers: They are teachers educating a new generation of Afghans across the country, and especially those who are reaching out to the girls of Afghanistan who were long been denied a right to education. Medical Professionals: From doctors and nurses to midwives and health clinic staff, these are the people providing urgent care for the sick, injured, damaged, and often abandoned people of Afghanistan. Social Workers: These are the people dealing with Afghanistan’s many drug addicts, orphans, homeless, traumatized, and impoverished. Entrepreneurs: These are the people out building businesses, large and small, that are getting Afghans back to work and out of poverty through new enterprises that meet the needs of Afghans in both traditional and new, unique ways. Journalists: They are the people who daily seek to share information and report on the news around the country even when doing so puts themselves in danger. NGO Workers: There are countless nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), working to address every aspect of social needs despite the enormous adversity imposed through poverty and violence. Academics and Thought Leaders: Afghanistan’s peacemakers can be found among the university professors and other thought leaders who are planting ideas and cultivating them regarding what a New Afghanistan will look like when peace and stability is achieved. UN Workers: These are the people working in many areas from environmental protection to healthcare and development, who are connecting Afghans to the rich global resources of this amazing world body. Artists: These are the people who through images, sculpture, music, plays and many other ways are communicating to Afghans images that reflect both the hard reality of current-day Afghanistan as well as the hopeful images of a nation in the process of self-transformation. Social Reformers Against Corruption: These of the people who are speaking out to confront the injustice of corruption and little by little are helping to increase transparency and accountability within Afghanistan’s politics and economy. And many, many others.. LONG LIVE AFGHANISTAN
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