If you're interested in attending this, give Jacki Willox on 0409 796 534.
dinner and discussion children & war HON. BRONWYN PIKE PARIS ARISTOTLE DR NOURIA SALEHI Tuesday, 2 July 2002 @ 6.30 for 7.00pm @ the AFGHAN GALLERY RESTAURANT 327 Brunswick St Fitzroy ph: 9417 2430 your support will help children in Afghanistan GREAT AFGHAN FOOD.....BYO.....$45 ($35 conc) PER PERSON ph: 9328 4637 fax: 9326 8747 or by return email >From the Gun to the Pen After 23 years of war in Afghanistan, many young Afghans have known only a playground of war and weapons, not toys. With little or severely disrupted schooling and education and training opportunities, Afghanistan's youth is unprepared and insufficiently skilled to provide the kind of massive rebuilding that is required. Significant numbers of women have lost fathers and husbands as part of the ongoing war and have seen their children lost to the war zones. Many women have become heads of family households left without male breadwinners. Many children became the breadwinners for their families by joining the war when no other opportunity existed. Some as young as 10 years old have been at war and have had no education, no basic literacy and numeracy skills and no experience of peace. Our aim is to build a program for the Vocational Education and Training of Afghan youth to assist in their personal and community transition from war to peace. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink