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Providing analysis of the issues facing refugees and migrants in the Afghan communities, offering our views on current affairs, and reporting on our challenges and successes as an organisation.

International Education Day – 24th January 2024

International Education Day – 24th January 2024

"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding" Albert Einstein 24th January was proclaimed as International Education Day by the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate the role of education in bringing about world peace and...

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Welcome Refugees Music Event in Birmingham

Welcome Refugees Music Event in Birmingham

Bringing Communities Together through Traditional Music On Friday October 20, 2023, the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA),organised a music event in Birmingham with over 100 people in attendance, includingBirmingham Councillors, the police and many...

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Empowering Girls in Digital Innovation

Empowering Girls in Digital Innovation

The City Hall (Kamal Chunchie Way, London E16 1ZE)18 July 2023, 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM Photo Credit: Sinai Noor On Tuesday 18 July 2023, the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) launched“The Wired Future: Digital Education for Girls from Afghanistan Project” at...

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Empowering Refugee Women through Digital Education

Empowering Refugee Women through Digital Education

As in many other areas of the globe, the digital gap in the UK is a reflection of underlying socioeconomic disparities. The gap is especially pronounced among refugees and migrants, for whom access to infrastructure is just one of several hurdles to digital inclusion....

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Afghanistan’s Opium Trade: The Alternatives

Afghanistan’s Opium Trade: The Alternatives

Photo Credit: Opium: Afghanistan’s drug trade that helped fuel the Taliban | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera Afghanistan’s Opium Trade: The Alternatives For decades, the United States’ ‘War on Drugs’ has plagued our society; we now see prisons bursting at...

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Women’s Empowerment Project – Picnic at Bushy Park

Women’s Empowerment Project – Picnic at Bushy Park

As generously hosted by the Women’s Empowerment Project on Wednesday 3rd August, a picnic was organised on behalf of the ladies of Wednesday’s session where we gathered in Bushy Park to share and appreciate the Afghan cuisine and the taste of different households....

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The journey of the essentials pop-up

The journey of the essentials pop-up

Check out this video which very briefly summarises the huge amount of hard work and dedication our volunteers put into the essentials pop-up to ensure that newly arrived refugees had access to the essential items they need. Led by Rose, the volunteers managed to...

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Welcoming refugees into the essentials pop-up

Welcoming refugees into the essentials pop-up

Ava Pevsner “The most rewarding part of volunteering 6, even 7, days a week running the essentials pop up shop is when Afghan evacuees come in person to collect clothes. They typically arrive cold and anxious and leave warm and full of smiles. It makes the long hours...

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