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Education, poverty, health, environment, human rights or world peace: these issues all belong to same world - the one we share with one another - and with our children. And they hit, just as you are reading this page. These and other pressing issues must not be left to specialists or governments. Even if we have little time, even if we are not doctors or scientists, it is very likely that each one of us can make someone somewhere a much less desperate person. We may help out of altruism or far-sighted self-interest, but in any case it is worth stepping in right now. Read. See. Take action.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

The Face of Afghanistan (8): A Life of Fear




Imagine a day of fear. Now imagine a life of it.

Very few places in the world can compare to Afghanistan when it comes to insecurity and threats to people’s lives: pervasive and abject poverty and destitution, extremely poor health and nutrition, massive population displacements, a degraded environment, and widespread distrust in dysfunctional state institutions. This is the background on which human rights are the victim of the repression perpetrated by armed groups, ethnic discrimination, political intimidation, and abuses related to land, movement, and participation rights.

This is Afghanistan today. Right now while you are reading this page, the people of these images are trying to survive.



[continue reading The Face of Afghanistan]
[see the video]
[see the photo gallery]



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