03Aug
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Sports and Parenthood. Interview with Margherita, psychologist of the Sport4Equality project
Sports and Parenthood Interview with Margherita, psychologist of the Sport4Equality project Margherita interacts with parents in a series of workshops dedicated to preadolescence and adolescence. Communication, affectivity and relationship with peers are the main topics being discussed.   Each meeting I attend is unique. Parents participate spontaneously according to their schedules. This means that each group is [...] Read More >>
03Aug
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A hope to dream. Mirwais’s story
A hope to dream. Mirwais's story Twelve-year-old Mirwais has been in the Kapisa orphanage for several years. His father was killed while fighting against the Taliban. A year later, his mother also died of an illness, which Mirwais called"yellow-eye disease", probably a form of hepatitis. This is how he described his family situation,"My father died [...] Read More >>
03Aug
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The opportunity for a new life. Nazifa’s story.
The opportunity for a new life. Nazifa's story As a child, Nazifa longed to study, but was never able to go to school. She felt that she was missing something important saying,"I sometimes felt as if I had a veil over my eyes. I also got into trouble because I couldn't read".There were too many [...] Read More >>
03Aug
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Aqela’s story
The long run Aqela's story Aqela, twenty-nine years old, waits for us on the street. She wears a black coat and a long black skirt. A black scarf leaves uncovered only her wonderful blue eyes. We walk with her down a street too narrow and steep for cars. We cross a gate and two small [...] Read More >>
03Aug
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Mother’s strength. Tarana’s story
Mother's strength. Tarana’s story Tarana grew up and went to school in Iran, returned with her family to Afghanistan, was married and gave birth to two children. The youngest had cerebral palsy and other major complications. The difficulties arising from these serious illnesses led to the breaking down of an already fragile marriage. Tarana faced [...] Read More >>
03Aug
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The solution is not to die. Laleh’s story.
The solution is not to die. Laleh’s story. Laleh is a graceful girl, small in stature, with a sad if not desperate expression. Three years ago her husband died in an explosion. They searched for the body without finding any evidence of it. Since then, she has been left alone with her children: a girl [...] Read More >>
03Aug
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The dream route. Parisa’s story.
The dream route. Parisa’s story. Parisa left Afghanistan with her family during the first Taliban regime (1996-2001) while still a child and grew up and studied in Iran. At the age of 16, there was the first leap into the dark. She was given in marriage by her father to a perfect stranger, with no [...] Read More >>
01Aug
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Story of a positive discrimination
Story of a positive discrimination Disability in Afghanistan Natural disasters, accidents, poverty, wars always bring pain and hardship. Those who suffer most are the weakest, children, women, the elderly, the disabled. Afghanistan, with over forty years of war and instability, is no exception. I have been living in Afghanistan since 1990 and work with people [...] Read More >>
01Aug
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Modern slavery and human trafficking in Afghanistan
Modern slavery and human trafficking in Afghanistan All humans are born free, yet some of us are still enslaved. I don’t remember exactly the first time I met a victim, but I vividly remember her gaze instead. Our eyes met only for a few seconds, during which she stared at me with a blank, despairing [...] Read More >>