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Old Shaw Farm organizes a sale to support Rubia

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IN THE PRESS

Afghan connection:
N.H. non-profit helps village women market their embroidered products

Afghanistan, says Rachel Lehr, is a volatile country that works "in fits and starts." The capital city, Kabul, doesn't have electricity or running water, she points out, and many Afghans tell her the war isn't over yet.  Read more>

NEWS SPOTLIGHT

Rubia Summer 2008 Newsletter

- Sanga Amaj Women’s Drug Treatment Center innovative rehabilitation program started.

- Rubia supporters  donate supplies for Kabul Vocational School for the Blind.

- Women helping women, stitch by stitch, collaborative quilt exhibition opens.

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Sanga Amaj Women’s Drug Treatment Center
Innovative Rehabilitation Program

The Sanga Amaj Women’s Treatment Center in Kabul, the only women’s residential treatment center for substance abuse in Afghanistan is initiating a new and innovative program as part of its multimodal approach to treatment and rehabilitation. Download the Press Release>

To hear the BBC's Quil Lawrence report about Drug Use in Afghanistan and his visit to the Sanga Amaj Women's Treatment Center, Click Here>

Lecture series:
Rediscovering Afghanistan: Lessons from the Home

Using still and film images, historical sources, geopolitical data, and personal anecdotes, Jennifer Fluri, Dartmouth College, and Rachel Lehr, Rubia, Inc. will discuss what life is really like in Afghanistan today.  Read more>