AFGHANISTAN: The Duvet Project (Winter 2013-14)

Scores of people, including children, have frozen to death over the past few winters in Kabul.

To donate to the Duvet Project via PayPal, sign into your PayPal account and submit the funds to email identity “theduvetproject@gmail.com”.

(KABUL) - In late 2012 and early 2013, many of you were part of a crucial project that helped many hundreds of people in Kabul, Afghanistan survive winter’s freezing temperatures. We’re writing to again invite your participation in “The Duvet Project,” which aims to make and deliver heavy wool-stuffed coverlets, (duvets), free of charge, to families in need of warmth as they face harsh winter weather.

Last year, the Afghan Peace Volunteers and the women’s sewing cooperative which is hosted by the APVs at their home, worked very hard to create and distribute 2,000 duvets.

The concern and generosity of people living beyond Afghanistan enabled people to help one another and also allowed the seamstresses to earn money that helped them provide food and warmth for their own families.

Many of the people who received duvets have been displaced by war... Amnesty International reported, in 2012 that war in Afghanistan had driven 400 people per day into the overcrowded cities. New refugees have sought shelter in camps where they have minimal protection against the harshest elements of winter weather.

Afghanistan winter 2006/07. Salem-News.com photos by Tim King

Scores of people, including children, have frozen to death over the past few winters in Kabul. In this cruel context, we deeply appreciate a chance to share resources more equitably and to be of at least some service to innocent people struggling to survive in a quagmire of war and impoverishment.

We also feel privileged to be part of a wide and growing network of people whose opposition to war includes a desire to help those bearing the brunt of war and displacement.

If you are able to again contribute funds for the duvet project, your help will be greatly appreciated. Certainly your participation through raising awareness and concern, and through working to abolish wars, all wars, is equally welcome.

For more information about the duvet project, and to view a video of Afghan Peace Volunteers distributing duvets in the winter months of 2012/2013, please go to: http://youtu.be/q1m3QZtwvHw

Checks can be made payable to Voices for Creative Nonviolence  and
sent to:

Voices for Creative Nonviolence    
1249 West Argyle Street
Chicago, IL  60640

If you’re sending funds via Pay Pal as below, please make sure that you inform Douglas Mackey at dougwmackey@gmail.com
To donate to the Duvet Project via PayPal, sign into your PayPal account and submit the funds to email identity “theduvetproject@gmail.com”. One-hundred percent of the funds go directly to the Duvet Project of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, with no administrative expenses.
We look forward to remaining in touch with you.  One way to do this is
through the Global Days of Listening phone call on the 21st of every
month  (globaldaysoflistening.org)

Sincerely,

Dr. Hakim   mentor, Afghan Peace Volunteers    weeteckyoung@gmail.com
Kathy Kelly  (co-coordinator, Voices for Creative Nonviolence)  kathy@vcnv.org