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By Paul Silver, March 2023
Overview: On behalf of Pangea, I, accompanied by my intrepid spouse, Christina Marra, visited our new (and first) grantee in Laos, Green Community Volunteers (GCV) for three days. Founded in 2009, by an ethnic minority woman, GVC seeks to empower communities on environmental issues such as biodiversity preservation.
We are pleased to announce that in 2023 Pangea Giving will provide $114,000 in grants to partners in East Africa, SE Asia and Latin America. The Board approved the grant allocations after receiving recommendations from our three regional pods. Grants totaling $102,300 have been made, with additional grants planned for later this spring and fall.
By Meetra Alokozay, Executive Director, Sahar Education
Female Kabul medical university students in 1970s
Historically, women have long borne the brunt of social, political and economic instabilities, with very little to no control over the situation. However, to be “officially” banned from a right as basic as getting an education might be unfamiliar to many. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where women are banned from getting an education, for the second time now. What is known of Afghan women are mostly from the post 9/11 narratives, none of which fully represent the gains and the losses that Afghan women have had to go through. From being able to vote in 1919, to gaining the right to equal political and social participation in the 1960s, to a total loss of right to education, employment, and participation in the social and political spheres as a result of the political unrests in the 80s and 90s. Continue Reading