Afghanistan – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Selling Afghan stitchery in Germany https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2014/07/selling-afghan-stitchery-in-germany/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:50:51 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=5267 Afghanistan has seen violence for years and many of the women and children in the war-stricken country lack the education to get good jobs and put enough food on the table. That’s where Zhora Comes in, a young Afghan woman living in Germany. Her plan to help the women in her home country is making Germany’s fashion more colorful.

Listen to the report by Falk Steinborn in Siegen, Germany:

Many children in Afghanistan are working rather than going to school (Photo: Zohra Soori-Nurzad)

Many children in Afghanistan are working rather than going to school (Photo: Zohra Soori-Nurzad)

That's where Zohra comes in. She is selling colorful scarves in Germany that were stitched by Afghan women to send the revenues back to the Afghan families (Photo: Falk Steinborn)

That’s where Zohra comes in. She is selling colorful scarves in Germany that were stitched by Afghan women to send the revenues back to the Afghan families (Photo: Falk Steinborn)

Zohra also goes to German schools and talks to the children about the Kind of life women and their children in Afghanistan are facing (Photo: Falk Steinborn)

Zohra also goes to German schools and talks to the children about the kind of life women and their children in Afghanistan are facing (Photo: Falk Steinborn)

]]> Educating Afghanistan’s orphans https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2013/10/educating-afghanistans-orphans/ Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:40:31 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=4187 Andeisha Farid knows how important it is for children to get an education. Born in 1983, she grew up as a refugee in Iran after her family was caught in the midst of war in Afghanistan.

Despite the odds, she managed to get an education in Pakistan. When she realized how fortunate she was, she made the decision to return to Afghanistan and set up orphanages there.

Through her organization, the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO), she is working to give some of the country’s estimated 1.6 million orphans a chance to succeed.

Listen to the report by Mischa Wilmers:

Educating Afghanistan’s orphans

Andeisha telling a story

Andeisha knows first-hand what it’s like to live as a refugee (Photo: AFCECO/Andeisha Farid)

Andeisha and children

Afghanistan is estimated to have 1.6 million orphans (Photo: AFCECO/Andeisha Farid)

Andeisha with children in a park

In 2010, President Barack Obama even mentioned Andeisha in a speech on social entrepreneurship

]]> Young Afghan politician sacrifices for change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2011/12/young-afghan-politician-sacrifices-for-change/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:33:21 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=905 Young politicians in Afghanistan face deep-rooted cultural and religious prejudices. But despite the intimidations, young activists like Said Mahmoud Pahiz are fighting to make their voice heard.

Young Afghan politician sacrifices for change

Said Mahmood Pahiz

More from Deutsche Welle on Said Mahmoud Pahiz here.

]]> Afghan street artist longs to share her work https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2011/12/afghan-street-artist-longs-to-share-her-work/ https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2011/12/afghan-street-artist-longs-to-share-her-work/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:42:44 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=857 A 23-year-old Afghan graffiti artist longs to share her work at home, but she faces harsh restrictions. Instead, she sets up private exhibitions to give other women courage to be bold and colorful.

Afghan street artist longs to share her work

Shamsia

Shamsia is freer to share her work in Germany than in Afghanistan

Work by Shamsia

Shamsia says she invented a new kind of graffiti

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