More GREAT News!!!

Hey everyone, it has been a long time since I posted anything on this blog..I have been very busy with my new volunteer role as Canada Regional Director for Dreamcatchers For Abused Children!! I am still very interested in human rights for all, child rights for all, and so happy to stand with anyone who is doing anything positive to help make this world a better place..I just want to share a link with you from the CanILF, the Canadian International Learning Foundation! The work being done in Kandahar with the ACCC - Afghan Canadian Cultural Centre is AMAZING...Take a look at what they have been up to...

http://www.canilf.org/2010/01/26/canada-and-afghanistan-keeping-our-promises-to-benefit-the-afghan-school-project/

Women’s rights advocates square off over status of Afghan women

Women’s rights advocates square off over status of Afghan women


This is an excellent example of why we need to stay and promote positve change in Afghanistan! Promote education and promote human rights, child rights, a stable economy and enough resources so the Afghan people can regain their country and their basic human rights. Congratulations CanILF! This is a great accomplishment! Keep up the great work!

I Remember!

I REMEMBER! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY, FOR GIVING THEIR LIVES,BLOOD,AND ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OF LAYING DOWN THEIR LIVES TO HELP PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. THIS THANK YOU IS FOR ALL OF THE CANADIAN AND AMERICAN SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE NOW ON TOURS AND OPS TO MAKE THE WORLD A SAFER AND BETTER PLACE, MY HEART AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR SECURING AND MAINTAINING OUR ** FREEDOM!**!!

Afghanistan: Hundreds of Kandahar students graduate from CIDA-funded education program

Afghanistan: Hundreds of Kandahar students graduate from CIDA-funded education program




This is great news and it could not come at a better time. Over 200 students graduating from the Afghan Canadian Community Centre in Kandahar. Congratulations to everyone who had a part in this great achievement, but most importantly, Congratulations to all the students for making it happen! My heart is with you all.

Here is a Book Worth Reading

This book is so timely and filled with so much excellent information regarding Afghan women's rights issues, and the state of human rights in Muslim countries. Reading these women's stories just reinforces me, solidifies the fact that women across the globe need to step up and stand up for the Muslim women around the world. These women are our sisters and we must help them gain their very basic human rights. The women in the book called "Muslim Women Reformers Inspiring Voices Against Oppression" written by author Ida Lichter inspire me even more to get involved and raise my voice for those who cannot raise their voices. I would recommend this book to all who want to hear the truth about the state of affairs in human rights and women's rights issues. I would also recommend a blog mentioned in the book by Wazhma Frogh, who advocates and speaks about women's rights issues in Afghanistan and knows first hand what the underlying issues are that are keeping the women in Afghanistan from taking hold of what is rightfully theirs, human rights. Great Book, Great Blog!

Afghanistan’s Parliament in the Making: Gendered Understandings and Practices of Politics in a Transitional Country (Book (Miscellaneous), 2009) - Materials - UNIFEM

Afghanistan’s Parliament in the Making: Gendered Understandings and Practices of Politics in a Transitional Country (Book (Miscellaneous), 2009) - Materials - UNIFEM


This is one article worth taking the time to look at. It is about time we start to see some progress with Afghan women and the Afghan Parliament. They need our support! Take the time to become educated on these issues and support organizations around the globe who are truly making a difference!

Child rights are HUMAN rights!

Most people tend to push child abuse under the carpet, out of sight and out of mind, but for me it is an issue that deserves front and center stage. Children have the right to life, they have the right to protection, they have the right to provision, they have the right to safety, shelter, food, health care, education and every other "human" right that we all should enjoy. Sadly, so many children around the globe and even in our own neighborhoods do not have adequate care and are being abused, maltreated, neglected and denied their basic human rights. That is why I promote child abuse awareness. Become educated regarding the issues surrounding child abuse, then become empowered to help change this world for the better by supporting organizations around the globe, and even in our own cities that are changing this world for the better! These children are counting on us, and they cannot wait! Let's get involved!

Sweet Dreams from DreamCatchers for Abused Children

About Us

DreamCatchers for Abused Children is certainly one not-for-profit organization that caught my attention, this organization helps child abuse victims past, present and future! They promote education for prevention and eradication of child abuse. They advocate for child rights. Sounds to me like they are just giving so many children and adults who were victims of child abuse in all it's many forms some protection, some peace, and some very SWEET dreams! Great job! Please check their website out and support this great and worthy organization any way you can. I know I will. They are in my heart, and now I wish them "sweet" dreams!

They need us NOW, more than ever!

According to the latest reports coming out of Afghanistan issued by IRIN humanitarian news and analysis, the country needs us now more than ever. This is what the article had to say about the situation in Afghanistan,

AFGHANISTAN: "Situation is critical and demands urgent action" - NGOs
"Approximately every half hour, one Afghan woman dies from pregnancy-related complications and another from tuberculosis," said the memo, adding that backtracking on women's rights must be avoided."

Wow, this is very alarming to say the least. We need to stay on it people! We need to commit to helping these people regain their health, their lives, their country! It is important, it is necessary! Become educated regarding the current issues and problems in this world and think of a way to get involved in helping to change this world for the better!

Be that SOMEONE for someone! Reach Out!

Hey everyone, please ask yourself this question.."How can I make a difference?" It is easy, just reach out to someone in your world who needs a hand, show them you care and be there for them. I cannot imagine where I would be today had that family not intervened on my behalf, stepped in to offer protection, provision, care, love, kindness, friendship, mentoring and shelter, all of my needs were being met by a family that cared enough to do something, instead of close their eyes and tell themselves that it would be better to not get involved. I am so thankful that they did get involved as I know that my life would have been so different had they not shown me how to love, how to care for myself and others and how to take responsibility for my actions and learn to enjoy this life I have been given. So, I challenge you, be that someone for someone....reach out and make a difference any way you can! Make it count!

EU remains leading activist in efforts to achieve universal abolition of death penalty - Zunia.org

EU remains leading activist in efforts to achieve universal abolition of death penalty - Zunia.org

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What year is this??? Last time I checked it looked as though we had moved past the "caveman" period and were headed into a future of educated, intelligent human beings capable of understanding that death does not bring restitution. Death does not create life, and it does not solve problems, it's just convenient! I say stop the death penalty as it is truly just an easier option than treating the ills of this society we live in today. Two wrongs do not make a right!

Courage to Learn CW4WAfghan NEWSLETTER | Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan

Courage to Learn CW4WAfghan NEWSLETTER | Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan

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Abuse is ugly, no matter how you try to cover it up!

Oh, it is UGLY, not doubt about it. The issue of abuse, whether it be physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, spiritual is so ugly and the worst part is that it HURTS! It is so extremely ugly in every way. Due to the fact that it is so ugly, no one wants to face it, no one wants to look at it, and no one wants to deal with it, but the sad fact is that everyday people around the world are being abused. Please get involved and support groups that are working to eradicate abuse and who are providing education in abuse prevention. Don't close your eyes and walk away without considering what it would be like to be abused. What would you do? Where would you go? Who would you trust? Who would you tell? Who really cares? I care! Help me by supporting abuse prevention groups around the world! Thanks!

Taliban Executes Afghan women accusing them for prostitution

This video is old, but the truth of the matter is that if the "west" pulls out, the world will see more and more Afghan women murdered in cold blood by their own people! It is atrocious! It is against the law! Wake up world, and step up to the plate and reach out to anyone in need of a hand, in need of help! If you have the means, then by all means do it!!!!! These women cannot wait! The world cannot wait! Thank you!

Sensibilist or Swivel Eyed? Weighing the arguments for greater radicalism in NGO advocacy

Sensibilist or Swivel Eyed? Weighing the arguments for greater radicalism in NGO advocacy

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Wake Up Call: Guinea's Army Out of Control

The local army in Guinea, West Africa, has taken it upon themselves to become looters, robbers, and killers. This comes after 57 people lost their lives over what the army calls an uprising. 53 people were said to have lost their lives in the stampede at this demonstration, and 4 people were shot down. Now the army is going door to door and doing as it pleases to these people. Does this remind us of another element that behaves in such a way? A gang perhaps? This is the countries military and because they have the guns and the control, they are using their usurped authority to oppress and kill a poor people in a poor country. International Community, it's a wake up call. These incidents are not just statistics, but real live mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters. Alive now, but for how much longer is the question we need to ask ourselves. Wake up world, this has got to stop!

Baby Brianna

GRAPHIC video, not for sensative viewers. This is a sad video. Please watch and then remember that this is still a problem and it is up to all of us, you and me to make some noise and STOP CHILD ABUSE NOW!

Afghanistan reaches historic milestone for children’s rights

KABUL, Afghanistan, 17 August 2009 – The Afghan Ministry of Foreign affairs launched its first report on the Convention of the Rights of the Child, which was ratified by the Afghan Government in 1994.

This is great news everyone! We need to see reports coming from Afghanistan that are hopeful and positive and reflect real change and real constructive efforts from leaders in Afghanistan to help put an end to child labour, forced early child marriage, etc. This article from Unicef makes me very happy as I am a promoter of child rights! Now we can hope that the powers that be will stand on their words and will do what is right!

This is Why I Say Stop Child Abuse Now!

The family that taught me how to live, how to enjoy this life and how to find love in my heart was not the family I was born into. It was a friend of mine and her family, Olan, BJ, Larry, Deserie and Lonnie. Without their intervention, love and care I am not sure where I would be today. By the time I was 10 years old I was wishing my mom would kill me and get it over with. By the time I was 12 I did not care if I was alive and began to do drugs to kill the pain. It was a nightmare and there was really no end in sight as no one in our family would put a stop to it, and none of our neighbors would do anything about it. By the time I was 13, my head had taken all the blows it could take and on a bad day, extremely violent beating,my mom had blow after blow to the back of my head, cracked it open. She then threw me out of the house and I went down the street dizzy, blood running down my face, to my friends house and her mom was a nurse. She took one look at me and my life changed forever. I thank them for sharing their love, compassion, kindness, care, home, lives over the course of two years. I thank God for them everyday and anyone who would dare to be like them.

Be a Source of Light and Life

Children should not suffer from ill treatment or abuse of any kind. I cannot imagine growing up in a home without violence, hatred, abuse in all it's many forms, neglect and indifference to suffering. I know that I am not alone and that the world has always been full of these tragic offenses and will continue to be as long as there is a lack of education, a lack of hope, a lack of help, and a lack of response from people around the world who refuse to accept that this is a chronic disease to which there is no cure. People who have not experienced abuse of any kind do not realize how important it is to speak up and raise awareness, even if it does not directly affect their lives. I encourage everyone to become educated on human rights and get involved in any way you can. Reach out to someone in need! Be a ray of light and hope to those in your world who need a hand up! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! WE DO COUNT! IT DOES MATTER!