A Soldier's March for Peace
Childrens' Culture Connection, a long time friend of P.E.C.A partners with us to collaborate on our most ambitious project yet - a life-skills vocational program in our schools in Khost.
War Kids Relief, a program of the nonprofit Children’s Culture Connection, is a nonpolitical peace-building organization that creates facilities, programs and expertise enabling children traumatically affected by war to realize new possibilities for their lives.
Gunnar Swanson, a soldier who served in Iraq, will march 1000+ miles from Texas to Minnesota, starting July 4, 2009. With the help of kids across the nation, he is raising funds and awareness for programs that help kids who have been traumatized by war to realize new possibilities for their lives.
Follow Gunnar and Dina from Texas to Minnesota, and see how they are inspiring thousands of children to get involved and help their less fortunate brothers and sisters across the world.
P.E.C.A Founder Wins 2009 Facing Race Ambassador Award
Dr. Ghafar Lakanwal, founder and executive director of the MultiCultural Development Center (MCDC), AND founder of P.E.C.A was honored as this year’s Race Ambassador award recipient at an April 27 ceremony in Oakdale along with nine other nominees.
“One cannot even begin to acknowledge race and racism without knowing one’s own history and heritage,” says Dr. Ghafar Lakanwal. Born and raised in rural Afghanistan, he has spent the last 30 years traveling the world to learn and educate others about human rights, cultural diversity and inclusion.
Lakanwal earned his doctorate at the University of Hohenheim in Germany and went on to become Minister of Agriculture in Afghanistan as well as head of the Afghan Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. Fluent in five languages, Lakanwal fled his war-torn country in the late 1980s to seek political asylum and advance social equality in the United States. Find out more about P.E.C.A's founder here.
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Our Mission
To actively assist, support and participate in helping the children in Afghanistan
by addressing their educational and public health needs.
Partnership for the Education of Children in Afghanistan
Building Peace, One School at a Time
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