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CURRENT PROJECTS
This initiative was established in August of 1998 by several concerned and highly
motivated Afghans, including senior Afghan political leaders, human rights
activists, justice promoters, journalists, physicians, engineers and other
concerned Afghans. The purpose of this initiative is to create understanding and
tolerance among Afghans to unite and prevent them from falling into the pitfalls
of their enemies who divide the Afghans into fractions and put them in conflict with
each other.
A. GLOBAL PEACE INITIATIVES:
A-1 Peace and Unification Initiative for Afghanistan:
his initiative was established in August of 1998 by several concerned and highly
motivated Afghans, including senior Afghan political leaders, human rights activists,
justice promoters, journalists, physicians, engineers and other concerned Afghans.
The purpose of this initiative is to create understanding and tolerance among Afghans
to unite and prevent them from falling into the pitfalls of their enemies who divide
the Afghans into fractions and put them in conflict with each other.
A-2 Cooperation Among Neighboring Countries for Regional Stability and Peace:
Several concerned Afghans started this initiative in 1995 in Pakistan.
The aim of the initiative is to develop understanding and cooperation
among different professional institutions, political organizations and
the general public in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, India Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and other regional countries.
B. WOMEN'S PROJECTS:
B-1 Woman to Woman Project/Afghanistan:
This project was established in 2002. In this program, an American family
sponsors an Afghan widow of war family with $120.00 a year ($10/ mo). HIPP
uses that money to purchase tools and equipment such as sewing machines etc,
for those widows of war to work with and generate an ongoing income for their
families. In this way, the family becomes self supported. HIPP assigns a
designated family for each donor and provide family pictures and letters back
to the sponsor family and vice versa.
The first field project was the establishment of a sewing center for widows of war
in Shullana village, Chaparhar District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, with support
from the people of Nebraska, USA.
Women Literacy Education Project
This program was initiated in 2002. The first project was initiated
in Shullana Village, Chaparhar.
In this center, 15 widows of war and 20 young girls aged 10 and older are studying.
These girls are prohibited by their parents to go to regular schools due to the
lack of female teachers, school distance from their homes and other cultural reasons.
C. YOUTH PROJECTS
C-1 Youth Education Sponsorship (YES) Project:
This is a new project established in January 2003. The goal of this program is to encourage
Afghan and non-Afghan youth to sponsor a school child’s educational expenses with
$5.00/mo. HIPP will find and assign a child in Afghanistan for you and will provide
you with the child’s picture and exchange correspondence between you and your
Brother / Sister in Humanity. Click here for more detailed information and
a enrollment application.
C-2 MNM Club of America:
This project, "Mothers for the New Millennium Club of America" (MNM Club) was
initiated in September of 1999 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. The idea of the program
is to promote abstinence from sexual activity before marriage and prevent the use
of illicit drugs among youth. This is a peer support program versus peer pressure
for youth. Currently the club is only for young ladies, but we are in the process
of establishing the same type of club for boys, as well.
C-3 Back to My Cradle:
This is an Afghan youth program established in January of 2002. The goal of the
program is to recruit, support and manage groups of Afghan youth residing in the
West to go to Afghanistan to assist in rebuilding the country and to inspire the
people towards peace and democracy. Three teams have been sent to Afghanistan.
They assisted Nangarhar University, Amarkhyl School and Nangarhar Medical College,
supplying them with computers, books, software, and other audio visual and teaching
materials.
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