The Afghan Canadian Community Center (ACCC) recently worked closely with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to organize a women’s empowerment event recognizing Senator Rona Tarin as a role model for women’s rights activism Reprinted below is an article written by UNAMA Kandahar and Nimroz, supplemented with some of our pictures. Female rolemodels [...]
A school principal receives a gift from Ehsan Hundreds of students, parents and teachers of the Afghan Canadian Community Center (ACCC) braved intimidation and violence and commemorated the Peace Day today. Representatives from various Kandahar-based organizations including UNAMA, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Women Affairs Department and Education Department, Civil Societies and media participated in [...]
The Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) celebrated the start of 2011 with an important milestone – the first official visit from Zubida Paenda, director of Women’s Affairs in Kandahar. The director toured the school January 3rd to meet students and staff, and learn more about the curriculum offered in business, computing and language skills. After observing [...]
On September 19th, Erin Collins (a CanILF volunteer) will run the Army Run 5K to benefit the Afghan School Project, which supports the Afghan-Canadian Community Centre (ACCC) in Kandahar. The ACCC teaches 1,800 students in Kandahar, over half of whom are women who attend free of charge. The ACCC teaches business and technology skills, and also [...]
