Tents4Peace International
Shelter for Life
Child of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Project
– Peace House - Anahart Project
Following our first project where we supplied 1060 tents to the earthquake victims in the North West Province of Pakistan, the Australian public continued to donate funds. By this time it was summer, so we had to reassess the need to continue sending the ‘winterized’ tents there.
Many of the Afghani refugees made homeless as a result of the earthquake, were put into unsuitable and poorly established refugees camps. They were not receiving any of the aid coming from the Western Countries and the Pakistan Government was not supporting them. Many decided to return to their war torn country across the Khyber Pass.
‘Tents4Peace’ decided to partner with Dr Nasreen, a doctor working in these
camps, and the organization known as Mahboba’s Promise.
In September 2006 Anna Crotty went with Mahboba Rawi to assess the situation in Afghanistan. It was then decided to provide permanent shelter for some of these destitute Afghani refugees who were returning from Pakistan.
In 2007 the ‘Peace House’ orphanage was completed and it now houses many widows and children. The building is also used for training purposes to ensure that women and children get as much education as possible, thus increasing their chances for future independence.
The Afghani Government also transferred 7 acres near the orphanage to ‘Tents4Peace’. This is to establish a permaculture program and a school. We have handed this over to the organization, Mahboba’s Promise, for future development.
- RUMI HOUSE -
This project was established as a result of Fazila Hajeb (Treasurer, Tents4Peace) returning to Afghanistan to check out the progress of Peace House. Fazila was successful in registering Tents4Peace as a legal organization able to operate in Afghanistan.
Rumi House is a Community House in Kabul, housing 10 families comprised of destitute widows and their children. We supply flour, tea, sugar, heating and other incidentals. There is no social welfare in Afghanistan and these donations save the woman and children from begging. We do this mainly through committed donations from the Afghan community in California and through Fazila’s fund raising projects.
We also have a daily school at Rumi House. This is attended by children and widows from outside the complex who desperately seek some education.
- LAND IN KABUL -
On Fazila’s second trip to Afghanistan, Tents4Peace was given another parcel of land in new Kabul. This land was given on the understanding that our project in Afghanistan, is to develop this site into an orphanage, a pre school and a school. There are park areas around this land and it is ideally situated to establish a beautiful environment for the widows and their children.
Fazila Hajeb works mainly on our Afghanistan projects and does an extraordinary job.