OneDayinAfghanistan Afghan Glassblower Keeps Art From Dying Ghulam Sakhi has been a glassblower in western Afghanistan’s Herat province for 40 years, but this craft has been a part of his family for generations. Sakhi now harbors the fear that the artform will perish with him; his final wish, after his passing, is for the art to survive.
OneDayinAfghanistan A Hope For Afghan Children Afghan businessman opens two learning centers serving 1,000 underprivileged children in his home province of Logar. The schools are located in areas where none existed before.
Education Teacher, At All Costs Teacher Daniel Ndihokubwayo walks 2.5 hours to and from ECOFO Banda Primary School located in the western province of Bubanza in Burundi because of his passion for teaching.
Health No Toilet? Build Your Own Burundi has nearly 3,000 hills that hold more than 30,000 water sources. Yet 30% of the population still lack drinking water and latrines.
Health The Blind See More Than We Realize In Afghanistan, although roughly five percent of the population are visually impaired, ignorance and intolerance by their peers often lead to discrimination and limited opportunities. However, some like Abdul Jalil Shirzad, have found their place in society.
Afghanistan Reading Poetry on the Longest Night Shab-e Yalda celebrates the longest night of the year, it is an important festival for Afghan, Iranian, Tajik, Kurdish, and Azeri communities, regarded as a time of blessings and the resurgence of love and the sun.
OneDayinAfghanistan The 102 Year Old Afghan Leathersmith One of the oldest man in western Afghanistan’s Herat province keeps one of the most ancient professions alive.
OneDayinAfghanistan Her Studio is Her Whole World Diba Naseri’s world and her place of imagination is the tiny room she spends her time painting in. She is happy when she is painting, and nothing, not even the errors and mistakes in those paintings can take her out of her happy place.
Fashion Salon Eliminates Hair and Ignorance Customers waiting their turn at a salon in western Afghanistan’s Badghis province could take the time to read a book from the small library, an initiative by the owner who regrets not finishing school.
Culture Woman Opens First Bookstore in Badakhshan A woman in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan has opened the province’s first bookstore aiming to promote the culture of reading among the public.
OneDayinAfghanistan The Apple Farmer Serving Travelers Mahram Ali’s farmstand is the last stop before reaching a popular park along a highway connecting two of Afghanistan’s western provinces, Herat and Badghis, make it popular for tourists and locals alike.
OneDayinAfghanistan Journalists Open Faizabad's First Tailoring Shop for Women As #Afghanistan’s economic situation takes a turn for the worst and jobs become scarce, women struggle to find employment that will meet their needs.
OneDayinAfghanistan Beautiful Woodworking, with Basic Tools Afghan carpenter in the eastern Kunar province makes beautiful wooden products he sells on the side of the Kabul-Jalalabad highway.
OneDayinAfghanistan Pomegranates; a Source of Fruit and Craft Kawaras "baskets" are used to transport pomegranates, grapes, and other fresh fruits from Kandahar’s orchards to markets both domestic and international.
Investigative Garbage, Garbage, Everywhere The lack of a garbage collection system due to inattention from the municipality, as well as the public’s lack of awareness have all joined forces in increasing Nili’s problem with trash.
OneDayinAfghanistan Badakhshan’s First Restaurant for Women Struggles to Keep Doors Open Opened as the first restaurant explicitly for women, Kad Banoo has been forced to allow more male patrons in order to encourage families, without whom the restaurant could not afford to stay open.
OneDayinAfghanistan Disability Does not Stop Mama Aziz 65 year-old shoe cobbler Mama Aziz Sultani became paralyzed from waist down after an accident while digging a well in Afghanistan’s western Herat province. Since then he has been taking care of his family by cobbling/polishing shoes.
Culture Hospitality for Travelers, an Afghan Tradition Reporting by Mirzahussain Sadid, Abdul Ahad Poya, Abdul Karim Azim, written by Mohammad J. Alizada and edited by Brian J. Conley Afghanistan is a mountainous country in the heart of Asia, filled with breathtaking natural beauty and historical sites dating back thousands of years over which multiple civilizations left their
OneDayinAfghanistan Mill Town, Old Fashioned but Still Going Strong — One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting By Qamaruddin Poya Aziz, written by Abdul Ahad Poya and Mohammad J. Alizada, edited by Brian J. Conley SAR-E PUL — Although technology has taken over the world, in parts of rural Afghanistan, people still use tried and true methods that have existed for centuries, one
Positive Afghan Teen One of Financial Times’ 25 Most Influential Women Reporting by Abdul Karim Azim, written by Mohammad J. Alizada, and edited by Brian J. Conley HERAT — “Good Day!!, what’s up, how are you?,” a teenage girl says as she enters a classroom of around 15 people who are sitting down on wheelchairs behind white desks. The girl is
OneDayinAfghanistan Processing Cooking Oil the Old Way Reporting By Qamaruddin Poya Aziz, written by Abdul Ahad Poya and Mohammad J. Alizada, edited by Brian J. Conley 62 year-old Mohammad Ishaq takes an empty glass, pours some oil into it from a large blue barrel with a steel cup and drinks it, in a don’t do this
Women Refugee Teachers, Teaching Refugee Children Written by Mohammad Jawad Alizada, edited by Brian J. Conley — with additional reporting by Rohafza Farzam. FORT MCCOY — A sports coach does jumping jacks with around 20 kids aged between 5 to 10 years old in an empty parking lot. The kids, although immersed in the exercise and seemingly interested,
OneDayinAfghanistan Nuristan — the Land of Woodworking — One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting by Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi, edited by Mohammad Jawad Alizada and Brian J. Conley It’s 9:24 am and we are walking on a dirt road in Balek village of Tetan valley in a remote area of Nuristan province. I am heading to 40 year-old
OneDayinAfghanistan Hard Work, Lost Hope of an Afghan Embroiderer — One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting by Fatima Ehsani, edited by Mohammad Jawad and Brian Conley It’s close to 8 am now and I am sitting in 45 year-old Ms. Maryam Sulaimani’s home in Feroz Koh, the capital of the province of Ghor, 400km west of Kabul. Ghor is
OneDayinAfghanistan Only the Dark Stops Her — One Day in Afghanistan — Reporting by Rahmatullah Bedar, edited by Mohammad Jawad and Brian Conley TAKHAR — The clock ticks 8 am and I am walking on dirt roads lined with mud houses in a village of Yangi Qala district of northern Takhar province. I arrive at Bibi Razia Dawlati’s
