“Together We Are Strong” was the theme of a conference held On December 5, 2019 in Kabul, bringing together more than 50 young leaders from 10 provinces for discussions and exchange with the aim to inspire each other. The conference was part of the Young Leaders program initiated by Ipso in 2019 in recognition .. read more
Golo-Har, (the Anadem of Flowers) was the name of a socio-cultural event conducted by Nangarhar Social Cultural Container. The event was held to welcome families who had returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Many of these returnees were originally from neighbor provinces. They had left their homes many years ago due to war, insecurity and unemployment .. read more
The ninth celebration of Nawruz was held in front of the caves of the Buddha statues. Music, poetry, theater, storytelling, acrobatic, a sport show and an agricultural exhibition were part of the event. The team of the Bamyan sociocultural Container took the opportunity to ecourage people to take responsibility regarding their environment. They demonstrated how .. read more
Sayed Jawid never had been a refugee and never had to live in a small tent. “I always lived with my family in a large and relatively good house. But today I went into such a tent the returnees are living in and what I could feel was the pain and difficulty of being refugee, .. read more
Every time I go to crowded areas of Kabul, I see many small children, teenagers and women who are begging. A major number of these are from returnees’ families who were forced to leave their host countries, often without having had the possibility to bring their possessions along back to Afghanistan. Many of them had .. read more
Breaking trust and cutting inter-community connections are among the worst outcomes of war and instability, which might lead to chaos and social catastrophes; initiating cultural dialogues and cultural exchange are efficient tools in rebuilding trust and reviving connections among communities. Not centuries but just few decades ago, before the war, a huge number of Sikhs .. read more