Thanks to Pax Populi, “people to people peacemaking†program, I see myself as a family member of Pax Populi Academy (PPA), where I have been attending its online courses as a student of Eisha Sarkar since October 2015 and am PPA’s regional coordinator in Herat, Afghanistan. It all began when Read more…
By Kirthi Jayakumar From where I live, Afghanistan isn’t too far. And yet, my knowledge and understanding of the nation and its painful narrative came from books, films and conversations – some of which were skewed, some of which were purely factual. Nevertheless, it soon became a dream to visit Read more…
I joined Pax Populi in October 2015 to teach English to Afghan students. Kirthi Jayakumar, Pax Populi’s regional coordinator, connected Jami and me with an email to coordinate our schedules. In response, I sent him a polite, “How are you, Jami?†He replied, “I am fine and happy.†His answer Read more…
Businesses are complex social networks of people brought together for individual and collective purposes. The role of business in contributing to social advancement has been mixed. At their weakest and most pitiable, businesses are organizations corrupted by greed and ignorance, and, when so corrupted, businesses have been willing abettors of Read more…
As 2014 draws to a close, Pax Populi would like to share with you a couple of ideas expressed to us by an Afghan student in the Pax Populi Tutoring Program, Ghulamsakhi Tanin (or simply “Tanin,†as he is called). Tanin is a young man from the Afghan province of Bamiyan Read more…