...a little help

Welcome to ...a little help, a charitable organization registered in the US (IRS 501c3) and Afghanistan working to improve the lives of women and girls. We are currently working on grassroots efforts to help women and girls impacted by the continuing instability in Afghanistan. Our donation recipients so far have included schools, clinics, maternity wards, vocational classes and women in prison. The programs page provides detailed program and financial information on all these projects.

Exhibition - A photo exhibition of our work is currently being displayed in the windows of Rasputin's Records in Berkeley, CA. Those of you in the Bay Area please stop by for a look!

NBC Nightly News - The segment on some of our activities here was aired on the NBC Nightly News, check it out online if you missed it.

What's New?

Attention Knitters - We are always delighted to help the young women's knitting program at the Kabul Blind School. We would love donations of yarn. And the knitting instructor (herself blind) has asked for the following: "Knitted samples (4"x4" or 6"x6") of various patterns of knitted stitches that create texture, open work or lace. Since they are blind they have no use for intarsia or fair isle type knitting. A sampler of Aran type patterns would be interesting, guernsey patterns, and chains." If this makes any sense to you and you can help, please let me know!
Kindergarten toy drive!
We're collecting toys for children 2-6 years old for kindergartens in the Kabul area. If you'd like to put together a package, please drop us a note.
Donate through your eBay sales!

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We are currently raising funds for the following projects:

Teacher training and lab equipment for girls' schools in Ghor province
Art supplies for young women's contemporary art center

You can make a donation in just a few minutes from our contributions page. Your donation will make a huge difference, a little goes a very long way. Our money goes directly to women working with women in Kabul so there's no overhead - your help really helps! No one receives a salary from donations to ... a little help, your money gets put to work where it belongs. With women and girls.

I love to do speaking engagements to show slides and tell stories about my trips and the work we are doing with your generous help. Here are upcoming events, please contact me if you would like a presentation for your group.

September 9, 2008, 7:00 pm - AAUW Morgan Hill, CA. Public Invited! For more information contact KP Anderson
September 10, 2008, 7:30 pm - City Council Chambers, Mountain View, CA. Public Invited! For more information contact Mary Heeney. Information Flyer.
September 11, 2008, 7:00 pm - Mountain View CA Public Library. Teens and their parents invited! For more information contact Karin Bricker. Information Flyer.
September 16, 2008 - Morro Bay Rotary, Morro Bay, CA. For more information contact Ruth Ann Angus

So many people are always asking how they can donate items like clothing, school supplies, and other things we could make such good use of here. I always had to tell them that there was no easy or cost-effective way to get the stuff here. That has now changed. Kathleen Rafiq has received a contract with the US military to receive donations through the military shipping system and distribute them to rural villages where they are most needed. Here's how you can help.

Thank you for visiting this site, be sure to check out the photos, resources for additional information, and the great media coverage our work has received. If you're bored, there are podcasts and blogs from previous years. And please drop me a note - I'd love to hear from you!