Phys­io­ther­a­py and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Support for Afghanistan [PARSA]

Partner: Phys­io­ther­a­py and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Support for Afghanistan (PARSA)
Project: Importing Handmade Afghan products
Location: Kabul
Canadian Donor Support: Products purchased at an average revenue of US$10-15,000 per year

CW4WAfghan imports beautiful handmade products from Afghanistan. When we place an order to be shipped to Canada, payment is made in full upon receipt of the goods. The expenses are recovered over the year as products are sold through our on-going chapter events. This ensures the Afghan women working to create these products are paid a fair wage.

PARSA is a private non­prof­it, non-​gov­ern­men­tal or­ga­ni­za­tion (NGO) working di­rect­ly with the dis­ad­van­taged people of Afghanistan. PARSA cel­e­brates 12 years of serving the widows, orphans, and dis­abled people of Afghanistan.

Over the years, PARSA flour­ished under the lead­er­ship of its founder, Mary Mac­Makin, who con­tin­u­ous­ly con­duct­ed her char­i­ta­ble en­deav­ors in Afghanistan despite im­pris­on­ment under Taliban rule and exile to Pak­istan. In 2005, Mary turned over her role as Ex­ec­u­tive Di­rec­tor to Marnie Gus­tavson. She is focussing on ex­pand­ing PARSA’s ser­vices and ed­u­cat­ing PARSA’s Afghan di­rec­tors to manage all aspects of PARSA’s op­er­a­tions. She shares Mary’s com­mit­ment to pro­vid­ing in­te­grat­ed ed­u­ca­tion­al and eco­nom­ic de­vel­op­ment pro­grams for the widows, orphans, and dis­abled people of Afghanistan. Visit their web site for more details: www.afghanistan-parsa.org and to read regular newsletters on their activities.