The member
of Schools for Peace Association met with young people from two Warsaw
schools, who volunteer at the Saint Cross parish. During the meeting a life and
education of their peers in different countries were discussed. Moreover, the
young volunteers sorted the clothes that had not been sent to Afghanistan
(would be useless there due to weather and cultural conditions), and
distributed it among the needy in Warsaw.
November 2008
Winter
clothes collection at the request of CIMIC and Polish Army in Afghanistan.
We
collected 264 pairs of new winter shoes, 80 coats and a few hundred kilograms
of second-hand clothes of good quality. Polish soldiers will distribute the clothes
among Afghan civilians.
October 2008
The money collection for Georgian refugees has been completed. We are grateful to our partners for their contribution. Altoghether we collected USD 442, which has been sent to the Georgian ngo.
More information soon.
26 August 2008
One złoty for Georgia
We start the collection of money for Georgian refugees, who were forced to flee from their homes in northern Georgia (mainly form the town of Gori, northern Abkhazia and South Ossetia) because of the recent conflict with Russia. Now they stay at refugee camps in Tbilisi in very difficult conditions.
Our partner is a Georgian youth organization National Council of Youth Organizations of Georgia, which, together with other youth organizations, is actively involved in helping refugees (see the letter with request for support) . They concentrate their efforts on helping the youngest children, aged 1 month to 5 years. For money collected they buy food (different kind), baby hygienic supplies and first aid medicaments. The funds collected during our campaign will be handed over to this organization so that they can continue their work.
Our partner in Poland is Akademia Jogi i Harmonijnego Rozwoju (Joga na Foksal), and public schools in different towns.
Let’s help our Georgian friends, every zloty counts…
Donations can be transferred to our bank acc.:
Association „Schools for Peace”
ul. Kopernika 6/24, 00-367 Warszawa
Bank: PKO BP S.A.
Acc No: PL 34 1020 1156 0000 7902 0048 5227
“Georgia”
Our Association handed over about 300 English student books and workbooks to the Polish Robert Schuman Foundation, which is to deliver them to the Centre for Refugees in Białystok and Łomża. We believe that the books will help refugees in learning English.
3 June 2008
On 3 June we dispatched to Afghanistan - thanks to the Polish Army - 600kg of medical supplies which are going to be used by our soldiers helping local people. This batch consisted mainly of antiseptic dressings as well as of anti-inflammatory medicines. More details soon. And much more medical supplies ready to be sent to Afghanistan.
May 2008
At the beginning of May 2008, thanks to the great help of the Polish Armed Forces, the first consignment of medical supply and equipment (200 kg) has reached Afghanistan. This is the first part of medicines, dressing materials and first aid kits, obtained by our Association. Next consignments will be supplied to Afghanistan in the nearest future.
April 2008
50% of young Afghans are excluded from receiving an education
Although over 6 million children returned to Afghanistan’s classrooms a month ago at the start of a new school year, today that half of the war-torn country’s young people are excluded from receiving an education, the bulk of them girls.
Among those not enrolled in school are nomadic children, children with disabilities, street children and children living with their mothers in prison. However, the majority of those who are not receiving an education are girls (about 1.2 million).
The reasons why so many children are not in school include a lack of teachers, schools sited close to families, educational materials and, in some areas, security.
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