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 Where to buy Rubia
Products
Visit our online store to purchase Lavender-filled sachetes, Rubia calendars and selected products. Click Here>
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LECTURE SERIES
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> |
NEWS SPOTLIGHT
Rubia December 2008 Newsletter
- Manchester, NH:
Rubia receives grant from the Women’s Fund of New Hampshire to establish a sewing center for recently resettled refugees from Central Africa
- Kabul, Afghanistan:
Sanga Amaj Women’s Drug Treatment Center patients stitch first community tapestry depicting the perils of the poppy plant
- From Afghanistan to the US and back: Ghulam Sakhi, Director of Rubia Handwork in Afghanistan traveled to the US to meet and work with Rubia supporters, board members, and volunteers
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Women Helping Women Stitch by Stitch - A collaborative project brought to you by Rubia and the Women's Caucus for Art (Philadelphia)
The project involves the creation and exhibition of a quilt showcasing the work of Rubia embroiderers from Afghanistan and over 25 American women artists from the Women's Caucus for Art and Rubia. Read more>
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> |
