Impact Alpha

AUGUST 19, 2021

Featured: Country Risk Watching warily and rooting for resilience in Afghanistan. The rapid reversal in Afghanistan left Agents of. The post The Brief: Resilience in Afghanistan, impact-first debt, career impact bonds, community solar, beta stewardship, vaccine justice appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact!

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Normal 0 21 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA SDSN Afghanistan host Kateb University participated in the 5th meeting of the executive committee for the year 2019 on September 3, 2019 and presented the specific outcomes the conference related to “Role of Universities in attaining the SDGs in Afghanistan”.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 20, 2019

On August 29, SDSN Member Kateb University is organizing a conference on “The Role of Universities in Implementation of the SDGs in Afghanistan”. The event seeks to highlight challenges and potential solutions for achieving the SDGs in Afghanistan, focusing specifically on the role universities play in SDG implementation.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

SDSN Afghanistan started the pilot the project of the "Our University and SDGs - A Capacity Building Program for Universities" at its host institution, Kateb University. For better implementation of the plan, SDSN Afghanistan will provide technical support to universities.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 30, 2019

On August 29th, SDSN member Kateb University hosted the Conference on the Role of Universities in Implementing the SDGs in Afghanistan. As author of the “Getting Started with the SDGs in Universities” guide, Dr. Tahl Kestin from SDSN Australia, NZ & Pacific, tuned in to deliver a speech on this important field of work.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Today we are talking about a new report from McKinsey, LinkedIn’s Diversity Nudges, how working from home can impact gender equality, and a librarian from Afghanistan fighting for women’s rights. Women empowerment Wahida Amiri worked as a librarian in Afghanistan until the Taliban took over. Read more here.

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3BL Media

MAY 2, 2024

Army Ranger Master Sergeant (MSG) Cedric King lost both legs after stepping on an IED during his Afghanistan deployment. Originally published on Built From Scratch In 2012, U.S. As a double amputee, he had little hope for his future quality of life, but with a wife and two daughters, Cedric knew he couldn’t stop fighting.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Severe droughts are exacerbating Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis, but funding for climate change adaptation is frozen.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

military forces withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban retook control of the country. The family managed to escape Afghanistan safely but had to spend almost two years working through the U.S. In 2021, the parents and their young child were forced to flee their homeland amid the escalating conflict and insecurity that ensued as U.S.

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TEDxInnovations

JULY 8, 2022

Sharing his experience of being held captive in a Taliban prison for 105 days, humanitarian Safi Rauf talks about his life's mission to get food, medicine and other critical supplies to Afghans in need -- and urges the world to bolster aid and establish a peaceful presence in the country during these extraordinarily difficult times.

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Good.is: Planet

AUGUST 17, 2021

We've all spent several days watching the news from Afghanistan with a mixture of horror, sadness, and frustration. And that's happening, right now, on the internet and on the ground in Afghanistan. cargo planes—it's all too much. A humanitarian mission has been pulled together by former U.S. Sheffield Ford, a U.S.

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here are three surprising lessons from a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She also knows what you can—and can’t—do about it.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 30, 2024

Originally published on Built From Scratch In early 2016, a couple of months into her deployment in Bagram, Afghanistan, U.S. Army Specialist (SPC) Maggie Bilyeu was critically injured. She sustained multiple shrapnel wounds to her chest and torso, a broken leg and numerous internal injuries as a result of a bombing.

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TEDxInnovations

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In this deeply moving talk, educator Shabana Basij-Rasikh shares the harrowing story of evacuating more than 250 students, staff and family members from the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) -- the country's first and only all-girls boarding school -- to Rwanda after the Taliban took power in 2021.

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Impakter

JANUARY 4, 2023

Flee is the story of an Afghan refugee, a 2021 animated documentary about Amin, who fled Afghanistan in the early 80s, as the Mujahideen sought to displace the newly installed Communist regime. ‘Flee’: A story of an Afghan refugee.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

International Rescue Committee (IRC) - provides food, medical care, and emergency supplies to refugee families in countries like Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. UNICEF USA - meets urgent and escalating needs for safe water, health care, nutrition, and protection. up to $2,000 per employee, per year.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

For 20 years, science has blossomed in Afghanistan. Read the full story in Nature. Now many researchers are fleeing and those who remain face lost funding and the threat of persecution. Read more →

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Masomah Ali Zada OLY (cycling, Afghanistan, Host NOC: France). Abdullah Sediqi OLY (taekwondo, Afghanistan, Host NOC: Belgium). Nigara Shaheen OLY (judo, Afghanistan, host NOC: Canada). Yahya Al Ghotany (taekwondo, Syria, Host NOC: Jordan). Mohammad Amin Alsalami (athletics, Syria, Host NOC: Germany).

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Sense and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Upon my return to Afghanistan after decades of being a member of the Afghan diaspora in Europe, I met professor Michael Barry. In Professor Barry’s view, Afghanistan has become a misrerabilist subject. Combined, such works might limit Afghanistan to static pastoralism and the current context of civil strife and fragile reconstruction.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Taliban rule causing a loss of foreign aid and an exodus of water resources experts, Afghans face the increasingly devastating impacts of flooding alone.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 27, 2021

27 – The Taliban is in power in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. ImpactAlpha, Aug. Not going away are the education centers, health clinics. The post Sakena Yacoobi, Afghan Institute of Learning appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Finding purpose in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was frightening, because everything was unexpected,” Sean recalls of his year in Iraq, adding, “But it wasn’t like Afghanistan.”. His subsequent yearlong deployment to Afghanistan was a relentless experience. Sean knew exactly what he wanted to do after graduation.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

James Harvey II, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2011. James Harvey II, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2011, PSEG’s Veterans ERG and members of the Metropolitan Division formally dedicated a new switching station in his honor. Learn more about PSE&G here. Tweet me: In a recent ceremony honoring Sgt.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 1, 2020

In March 2020, the Networks Strategy Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has enthusiastically approved the creation of three new national networks in Afghanistan, Kenya, and Thailand. With these latest additions, SDSN's networks program now boasts 37 national and regional networks across the globe.

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Eco-Business

JUNE 27, 2023

Drought conditions and a lack of response systems have led to a locust outbreak that threatens a quarter of Afghanistan’s annual wheat harvest.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In the past, members of the ERG and community have gathered to place flags on veterans’ graves in Ohio, and an important group discussion was held at Henkel to share feelings and perspectives following the exit from Afghanistan.

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3BL Media

MAY 12, 2022

Darren has also met many fellow veterans while on the job, like an associate he discovered had served with his cousin in Afghanistan. “One of the best feelings is knowing that I can step back into my job when I get back. This place means the world to me.”. Darren also finds himself using similar skills in both roles.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

He went on to serve for a total of 35 years at multiple levels of Army command, from lieutenant to major general, including nearly four years of combat duties in Afghanistan and Iraq following 9/11. However, after serving as an Infantry Officer for five years he fell in love with being a soldier and the Army.

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APRIL 19, 2022

Fellow Girl Scout Hada Rahin also ran her own cookie business – quite a feat considering that she and her family fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the country just six months earlier. She sold cookies door-to-door every day after school during the six-week campaign and also worked cookie booths every weekend.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 3, 2024

The international isolation of the Taliban has meant that Afghanistan – a country deeply impacted by climate change – is being shut out of all international solutions

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

To date, Blackstone’s portfolio companies and real estate properties have hired nearly 500 refugees from around the world, including Afghanistan, Ukraine, El Salvador and Guatemala. CEO Council, an effort to accelerate and scale private sector support for refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

To date, Blackstone’s portfolio companies and real estate properties have already hired nearly 500 refugees from areas including Afghanistan, Ukraine, El Salvador and Guatemala. Blackstone said that its partnership with Tent builds on the company’s Veterans Hiring Initiative, which has seen over 100,000 U.S.

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Cisco CSR

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, I also learned that leadership training on contingencies I received in the military is as relevant in my role at Cisco as it was in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ah, Afghanistan. Here is one of those contingency planning learning experiences from a deployment I remember vividly. I might miss you just a tiny bit.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I did 12 years in the military, including three tours overseas, two to Kuwait, and one in Afghanistan - where I received the Bronze Star Medal. When I returned from Afghanistan, I had PTSD and suicidal thoughts, forcing me to get help. Army where I was an Information Technology specialist.

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B the Change

JULY 21, 2022

Rumi Spice partners with farmers in Afghanistan to provide fair wages and economic stability and obtain ingredients for its spices. Rumi Spice Illinois Rumi Spice is a company that provides high-quality, ethically sourced spices from Afghanistan.

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3BL Media

APRIL 12, 2022

from Afghanistan. “We would wait until just about daybreak, fly into Vietnam, board passengers via stairways and take off 15 minutes later,” explained Cheryl. “I I did about six of those. It was very harrowing.”. Now, decades later, the most recent CRAF missions have evolved, bringing thousands of evacuees to the U.S.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 24, 2024

Farmers in Bangladesh are increasingly turning to the fast-growing, drought-resistant moringa tree, which is indigenous to South Asian nations such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

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