Vote Afghan Hands
Voting Started 28th September 2009
Voting Closes 13th November 2009
How the American high-end fashion business is creating a design for a better life for the widows of the decades of conflict in Afghanistan.
�The first time I bought them in they were shocked by the sheerness of these things� and they were shaking their heads, saying �These Americans � I don�t know what they want!��
The conflicts in Afghanistan over the last 30 years have caused up to 2 million deaths � creating a generation of widows and orphans in the country. But Matin Maulawizada, whose own family escaped to the USA during the Soviet invasion in the 1980s, has returned to the country of his birth to help some of these widows. Arriving from the US bearing designs commissioned by a niche-market fashion house, his company, Afghan Hands, capitalizes on the skill of these women with a needle and thread and is now not only earning them an income, but teaching them literacy and numeracy as well.
Vote for the women, They are honored to be one of the 12 finalists around the globe, selected out of a shortlist of 60 entries
Below is the link, it will only take a minute of your time and it could make all the difference.
It is one vote per person, please ask your families, friends, workmates to vote also.
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/2009-finalists-project12.php
The winner of the World Challenge will receive a grant of $20,000.
This is an amazing competition and provides worldwide exposure for Afghan Hands.
Afghan Hands was created by celebrity makeup artist Matin who is known to have most generous heart. It is our turn to give back.
Now we need YOU to ROCK THE VOTE!
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