Humanitarian Aid In Greg Mortenson's Stones Into Schools

Education had been completely banned for girls, and boys limited to learning the Quran when the Taliban entered Afghanistan. Latifa and her friend Farida had ‘lived this closeted life’ in which they do ‘nothing at all’ and they both thought they should pass on the knowledge they had acquired. Inspired by the bravery of their former teacher Mrs Fawzia who had set up a secret school but was then caught by the Taliban in the middle of teaching (her pupils were beaten, and she was thrown down the stairs causing her leg to break and then thrown into jail), Latifa, Farida, Maryam and another one of their friends (unnamed) set up a school where they teach mathematics, reading, writing, history and English in their own homes. The girls, their families, and neighbours all work together to ensure the school runs safely and smoothly, each person contributing one way or another, from gathering school supplies to keeping lookout for the Taliban. The creation of the school shows incredible bravery and resilience of the families’ human spirit in that they decided to all work together to give an education to their children, even though they could be caught and executed by the Taliban. By creating the school, their lives were transformed for the better because they had a focus and a purpose in their

In both books, the authors describe the Taliban stopping girls from receiving an education. This is because “they are scared of the pen” and the power of education. (pg. 118 Ziauddin Yousafzai) The Taliban “need the … submission” of the people “in

During the reign of the Taliban, women were subjected to silence while injustice flared through the Middle East. Forced to stay submissive to their superiors, women had no rights nor freedom to surpass society’s upbringings. The main intention of the three novels eliminates the withholdings of education from certain groups. Without these fundamental regulations in women’s favor, the value of peace is threatened.

Activist, Malala Yousafzai in her book “I Am Malala,” delineates that the Taliban were going around depriving young women from their education and how she stands up and fights for young women and herself to stay and go to school. Malala’s purpose is to exude the idea that education is a basic human right and that no one should be deprived from it. She adopts a sentimental tone in order to get to her audience. In her book she uses many emotional appeals, logical appeals, she uses credibility, and imagery. Malala stood up for what she believed in, she may be inspiring her readers to never give in to something they don’t think is right.

Having aid brought into a country in need will help increase the health in the nation. Through internationalism you can provide humanitarianism and bring aid to less develpoed countires in times of suffer which will help them get the peace and secutity they need. Being on the supportive side of

Over the recent years the military has had a greater involvement with aid programs, this was most notable from her experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. Militarization of aid politicizes it for something that shouldn't be political. As the author believes humanitarian aid needs to exist in a neutral humanitarian space in order to remain its legitimacy and maintain close ties to the community level. From one example mentioned in Damned Nations, during the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, international aid agencies that worked closely with communities showed greater progress and effectiveness (Nutt, 92). In essence this administered a positive attitude towards westerners, and symbolized progress within hostile nations. Aid that is not militarized allows civilians to feel safe access to services and without the fear in putting themselves or their families at risk (Nutt, 92). In comparison military administered aid has proven to lack the same level of trust because civilians inherently become worried about being targeted as collaborators (Nutt, 92). In addition the militarization of aid proves to bring further danger towards humanitarian workers. “Over the past decade, attacks against aid workers have increased 177 percent, with reports of rape, violence, extortion, abduction, and killings” (Nutt, 94). The author states this was reflected from a misjudgment that involving armed militants into

Throughout his novel, “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, Khaled Hosseini explores the stories of different young girls in Afghanistan, each with their own unique story. One of the main divisions between each was their level of education and their families view on the necessity of having kids in school. It seemed that there was a direct parallel between a child’s access to education and their goals and initiative for the rest of their life. There were also strong divisions between adults and their views in educating females in school. Some parents were very open and enthusiastic about their daughters receiving an education while others thought they belonged elsewhere and going to school was a waste of time. The Taliban was a strong opponent to young girls and their educations and did everything in their power to prevent girls from going to school or becoming at all independent. Examining the importance of education from the perspectives of the Taliban, adults, and young girls in Kabul at this time creates an image of suppression and brings into question the motives of the Taliban’s reform rules and whether or not they could have been meant to distinguish the threat of educated generations weakening their power.

Humanitarian action is what the world turns to in case there is a crisis in any part of the world. But as David Rieff suggests in his book, “A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis,” there is a crisis in the humanitarian world and space. He draws from first personal experience in places like Bosnia, Rwanda and Kosovo to tell how some of the challenges humanitarian organizations face; including their struggle to be neutral and apolitical.

Women in third world countries are not given the same opportunities when it comes to education. The ratio of girls to boys who attend school in Afghanistan in today's society is 5:16. Despite how low this is compared to the Unites States, which is 43:56 male to female, Afghanistan has come a long way since in the past fifteen years. In

Thesis: The role of the United Nations has changed from being primarily an international peacekeeping force to primarily a humanitarian organization.

In our society education is so often overlooked; children sometimes don’t want to go to school and almost everyone has the opportunity to get a proper education. But as shown in Parvana education in Afghanistan is controlled and oppressed, only to be taught to some members of society and even then it is only taught in a way that the Taliban sees fit. In the book Parvana, she reads letters to people who are unable to for themselves, her father gets dragged away for having a foreign education and they banned education for girls. Because of all this the Taliban have been able to control their society easily.

One major recurring theme that is evident in both Stones into Schools and The Miseducation of Pakistan is the suppression of women. Both works discussed how women in the region had traditionally been discouraged from attending school or entering the workplace. The Taliban was especially opposed to women’s rights. When the Taliban

Throughout the world, there are many humanitarian organizations, there are many that we don’t know of. Some of these humanitarian programmes range from local, national to international. There will be one of each of these organizations introduced.

Elementary education of children, mostly girls, was shut down in Kabul, where nearly all of the elementary school teachers were women. One of the biggest atrocities that the Taliban has continually inflicted upon women is depriving them of an education. The Taliban has gone to extreme and brutal lengths to not only prevent women from going to school but to punish those who do. In Mingora, Pakistan the Taliban had set an edict that no girls could attend school after January 15, 2009. The group had already blown up more than a hundred girls’ schools.

Over 62 million girls around the world are denied an education. Some start elementary school, but most don’t even make it to junior high. The girls in Swat Valley, Pakistan are specifically told that they cannot go to school by the Taliban. According to the