Our Culture is Giving supports local care efforts in locations throughout Afghanistan. The following summaries explain how, why and where Afghan women and children are desperately in need of help from good people within and beyond their nation’s borders.
Hearing directly from the women and children who are served by Our Culture is Giving and several partnering organizations and individuals is key to the world understanding the dangerous and unfair plight of the innocent people caught in the crosshairs of geopolitics and extremist ideologies. We share the following first-person narratives as testimony and documentation.
Survivor Statements
SIMA, Survivor Statement
Note: we have a statement from her mother. —- My name is Sima, I am 11 years old Two months ago, I was playing outside my home with other children. A Taliban patrol officer...
SIMA, Survivor Statement
Note: we have a statement from her mother. —- My name is Sima, I am 11 years old Two months ago, I was playing outside my home with other children. A Taliban patrol officer...
SIMA, Survivor Statement (via her mother)
I am Leila, mother of Sima. My child is 11 years old. My husband was a Military officer of the previous government, and after the fall of the government, we had...
SIMA, Survivor Statement (via her mother)
I am Leila, mother of Sima. My child is 11 years old. My husband was a Military officer of the previous government, and after the fall of the government, we had...
NAZANIN, Survivor Statement
Note: we have a statement from her mother as well. ——-I am Nazanin, I am 14 years old I do not remember the date when I left my house to hang...
NAZANIN, Survivor Statement
Note: we have a statement from her mother as well. ——-I am Nazanin, I am 14 years old I do not remember the date when I left my house to hang...
MARZIYA, Survivor Statement
I am Marziya, 16 years old. I am from Takhar province. My father was a university professor and was dismissed by the Taliban because he didn’t speak Pashto and he defended the...
MARZIYA, Survivor Statement
I am Marziya, 16 years old. I am from Takhar province. My father was a university professor and was dismissed by the Taliban because he didn’t speak Pashto and he defended the...
MARIA, Survivor Statement
Name: Maria Age: 13 years old Gender: Female Ethnicity: Uzbek/Tajik Date of Assault: May 05, 2023 My father was a military officer of the previous government, and after the fall of...
MARIA, Survivor Statement
Name: Maria Age: 13 years old Gender: Female Ethnicity: Uzbek/Tajik Date of Assault: May 05, 2023 My father was a military officer of the previous government, and after the fall of...
HALIMA, Survivor Statement
My name is Halima. I am 18 years old and am from Faryab province. I am Uzbek. In January 2021, I married a Special Forces officer named Ahmed and we had a good life....
HALIMA, Survivor Statement
My name is Halima. I am 18 years old and am from Faryab province. I am Uzbek. In January 2021, I married a Special Forces officer named Ahmed and we had a good life....