Winners from the Social Enterprise Challenge in Afghanistan
At British Council Afghanistan's Social Enterprise Challenge, Paul Smith discovers that a country's prosperity shouldn't always be measured in economic terms, but rather by the vision and hope of its young people.
Photo: U.S Embassy Kabul Afghanistan, Creative Commons, Flickr.
Paul Smith, British Council Country Director, Afghanistan, finds hope for a vibrant and safe future in music.
The remembrance plaque at the British Embassy in Kabul
11.00am, 11/11/11, British Embassy Kabul; 200 of us affirming 'we will remember them'; the poppy wreaths are laid at the memorial in the small garden, in front of which permanently stands the plaque for those 'who died on 19 August 2011 protecting the British Council'.
Paul Smith, our Country Director in Afghanistan, blogs about the attack in Kabul and the reasons for staying afterwards. This piece first appeared in the New York Times.
The World Shakespeare Festival launched this week with the news that artists from all over the world will perform together in a UK-wide festival next year, and amongst them a troupe from Afghanistan. In fact the Afghan actresses and actors gave our Country Director in Afghanistan, Paul Smith, a taste of
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