Paiwand

London Rumi Festival 2011

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:44:09 +0000

London Rumi Festival, 15th January 2011 from LateNovember Productions on Vimeo.

Mother’s / Woman’s Day

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:52:35 +0000

Many Thanks to all who attended and volunteered on Sunday 6th March 2011 for the event celebrating Mother’s Day and International Women’s Day. The event was a fantastic success and turnout was double the number we expected! A special Thank you to Shah Bibi Shah, Chairperson of Afghan Association Paiwand as well as Tooba Ezzat, Hajira Khaliqi, Sammar Popal, Nasrin Mosamem and Mariam Ezzat for their contributions.The occasion was celebrated with a performance of the Afghan national anthem by girls from London Academy, music from Afghan singer Belqiss Younusi; and Afghan national ‘Attan’ performances. Traditional Afghan cuisine was also served for dinner.

We would also like to apologise to those who we were unable to accommodate for any inconveniences caused. There was a discrepancy between the size of the venue and the unexpected turnout and unfortunately we had to turn some away for Health and Safety reasons. We hope to mark these special occasions again next year and will ensure a larger venue for the celebrations.

Your contributed money for a good cause

admin — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:33:21 +0000

Afghan Association Paiwand donated £70 to one of the poorest schools in North Kabul called “Motamem Sawad-i-Hayatee”, Farida Kohistani reports from Kabul.

The money was raised in London at the celebration of 8^th March which had been organized by the Association.

Students at Motamem Sawad-i-Hayatee‘s school have little facilities in terms of structure, space and stationary. The school building is particularly old and is exposed to the danger of being collapsed. The building constructed of two floors containing 5 rooms for 9 classes. Every class contains around 20 students. Due to the lack of space, two classes share a single classroom. There are no proper chairs and desks; instead they use old dusty plastic carpets.

The donation was received with a great sense of appreciation by the school authorities. The contributed amount is enough to provide students with their required stationary.

A number of photos are taken and some short videos are made which will be presented shortly.

Afghan Association Paiwand thanks all those who contributed to this charitable cause.