Looking for a model charity to follow
Running a charity isn’t all doling out funds, nodding and smiling and being congratulated on being a good egg.
John and Lorna Norgrove write about the development of the Foundation and its work, shedding light on the stories behind the headlines.
We hear from women who work for the Foundation in Afghanistan or who have benefitted from the Foundation's work. These blogs direct from Afghanistan give real insight into the people you are helping to support. For example, read about Zahra's experience in 'Studying for a better future' and the lengths Farzana has had to go to for an education in her blog 'Studying to achieve her dreams'.
Don’t ask us to focus only on desperate situations
In January we delivered a new marimba, a large instrument costing more than £2,000 and bearing a passing resemblance to a xylophone, to the Afghan National Music Institute in Kabul. The story was reported in… [Read More]
Sleepless in Kabul
Margaret Orwig, who is working with the Foundation in Afghanistan, describes life in Kabul. Waking up to your bedroom windows blowing out from an explosion at 6am is, to put it mildly, a very un-relaxing… [Read More]
Travelling miles to help: taking Linda Norgrove’s journey full circle
Zulfia Abawe is from Kabul studying for her Masters at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy in Erfurt, Germany. Her interest is in human rights and gender issues, especially issues relating to women and… [Read More]
From circus school meals to emergency blankets
Every week we go to Linda’s grave with some flowers. Linda is buried alongside the grave of my parents in a lovely graveyard overlooking one of the most beautiful beaches in Scotland. Every week of… [Read More]
Afghanistan can ambush you
Spending money in Afghanistan has been difficult for many reasons, the security of our helpers out there being the biggest problem.
Running 10k at minus 55 degrees
As part of the Foundation’s 10k event, Eoin MacDonald-Nethercott organised a race on Antarctica, where he is based at the Concordia Research Station. But at minus 55 degrees centigrade, running just 500 metres was an… [Read More]
No accounting for gains or loss
Recently someone told me about the work of Alberto Cairo who runs the orthopedic clinic for the Red Cross in Kabul. An Italian lawyer turned physiotherapist, he’s been working in this job for over 20… [Read More]
Providing books and classes for children
You cannot read your name. You cannot sign your name. You are an X with a thumb print. Life is not full of opportunities for you. You haven’t learned your numbers? Using a cell phone… [Read More]
Joy at last for some very special children
It took lots of effort but there is comfort and joy at last for some very special children. Marianne Parente on how the Foundation provided beds and toys for a children’s home.