On the Ground in Afghanistan - Santwana Dasgupta

Santwana Dasgupta

Santwana Dasgupta is Director of the Partnership for the Education of Children in Afghanistan (P.E.C.A) for the past 2 years, working from Kabul. The path to Afghanistan grew from her youth in India, the events of 9-11 and from her work with Friends for a Non-violent World (FNVW).

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On the Ground in Afghanistan - Santwana Dasgupta
Education of girls in Afghanistan
including taking care of keeping to the customs of the society there while educating them.
What led her to go to Afghanistan
being asked to help an Afghani kid whose father died.
Not the same US AID
Changes in US AID - and on war.
Rebuilding Afghanistan
how much the USA has rebuilt Afghanistan
Problems with Muslims
Hindu religious values, and Santwana's original problems with Muslims, and how she learned to overcome her prejudice.
Dangers in Afghanistan
How safe it is (or isn't) with the war going on and the other effects of the war.
Afghanistan
war
Education
School
Discrimination
Prejudice
India
Bangladesh
Hindu
Islam
Muslim
Taliban
Friends for a Nonviolent World
FNVW
AVP
Peace in the Precincts

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tinaesss (not verified) Mon, 11/02/2015 - 14:45
it is very nice ideas have to share with us

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