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Organized more than 3000 Afghans around the world and inside Afghanistan
as members, and growing...
- Published Voice
of Peace, a monthly publication for 9 consecutive years. The Voice
of Peace publishes articles in Dari, Pashto, and English.
- Established
APA offices in North America, Europe, South and Central Asia.
- Convened
many APA conferences and community meetings.
- Founded and originally
sponsored Afghan
Communicator: Voice of the Young Generation, a bimonthly scholarly
English magazine. Afghan Communicator is now an independent publication.
- Organized, sponsored and celebrated Afghanistan
Independence Day since 1996, in New York, California, the Netherland,
and Germany as means of national pride, unity, and reconsiliation,
in which thousands of Afghans participate. This day is being celebrated
for 2 days by popular demand. It has now become a tradition in New York.
- Organized
and sponsored sports tournaments in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and
California for cultural and recreational purposes. These events are being sponsored
by the APA each year.
- Donated $1000 to the Afghan school in New
York.
- Sponsored and helped organize the first Intra-Afghan
Intercontinental Conference in Search of Peace
in NY, 1996.
- Proposed the APA Peace Plan in 1998
to the Hamburg Conference in Germany.
- Raised funds for orphaned
children in 1991.
- Established and orphanage inside Afghanistan,
in Khost, Paktia province in 1997.
- Broadcasted six 1/2 hour cultural
television shows to the Afghan community in New York in 1990.
- Assisted
the establishment of the Afghan Radio from 1992 to 1993, in New York.
- Sent
medical supplies to earthquake victims in Afghanistan in 1998, valued at over
$24,000 through Response International.
- Provided $3000 for scholarship
contestans to three female Afghan students in the United States in 1997.
APA is currently considering establishing a new scholarship for outstanding
male and female students in the United States.
- Participated in
peace and development conferences convened in various US and European Institutions.
- Established
Maihan High School with a capacity for 300 Afghan
refugee children in Peshawar, Pakistan, 1999.
- Financed
drilling of a deep water well in Loghar province in 1999.
- Organized
peaceful demonstrations in th Netherlands to protect the rights of the Afghan
Refugees.
- Held talks with national and international political organizations
and personalities on Afghanistan.
- Convened a symposium on Peace
and Development in Afghanistan at the UN church
center.
- Consulted
various Afghan organizations on how to structure their organizations and organize
events and activities to meet the needs of the Afghans in the post-conflict Afghanistan.
- APA
became a member of the CONGO
(Conference of NGO's) at the United Nations.
- Organized the first Rally
Against Terror demonstration on October 6, 2000
in which 17 different Afghan organizations participated.
- Developed and
maintained APA website since 1999.
- Convened 3 successful APA Grand
Peace Assemblies
- Created APA Women's Organization in Europe
and New York.
- Distributed 10,000 APA Goals and Principles Booklets.
- Gave
various interviews to US and European media outlets.
- Attended conference
in Perogia, Italy on the reconstruction of the Afghan Educational System
January 14-16, 2002.
- In March of 2002, the APA launched a petition
on the internet in defense of The Human Rights of the Afghan Refugees of Australia,
which was signed by more than 550 organizations and individuals. See
text here.
- In June of 2002 the APA became a founding member
of The Nations of New York
- June 2, 2002, the APA sponsored and organized The
Conference of Afghan Organizations of New York in Support
of the Emergency Loya Jirga. in which 16 Afghan
organizations came together to support one cause.
Highlights
of Future Activities - Networking with more Afghan
individuals and organizations.
- Further development of the Peace
Plan to submit to the United Nations.
- Establishing international
ties.
- Growing deeper inside Afghanistan.
- More town
meetings towards creation of a political alternative.
- Investing
in the youth of Afghanistan.
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