In The News
CNN - 19, November 2024
CNN — A 17-year-old who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of Afghan girls.
Global News - 11, November 2024
Global News — The 30 Birds Foundation on Saturday brought together 150 Afghan women and girls across Canada who have fled Afghanistan and resettled here as refugees.
Rubicon - October 23
30 Birds is celebrating the release of this beautiful Album, Homelands. In 2022, when we were in dire need, Homelands' curator Aron Goldin hosted a concert with Sir Simon Russel Beale, raising £200,000 to help Afghan girls get to safety.
CTV News - 8 March 23
Heather Wright speaks to several resilient Afghan women
The official website of the Government of Canada - 25 August 22
Musician finding new ways to use her voice
The Times- 21 May 22
After the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban, a daring plan was made to get some of the most vulnerable female students to safety in the West
CBC News - 7 June 22
Canada has fulfilled a third of its commitment to protect 40,000 Afghans
TuftsNow - 1 March 22
Tufts graduates describe the harrowing journey of young women who fled from the Taliban--and how an international network mobilized to respond
The Globe and Mail - 24 January 22
CTV News - 13 January 22
Forward - 1 December 21
Saskatoon StarPhoenix - 20 September 21
Over the next three weeks, 200 refugees connected to the same Afghanistan community will join 26 who have arrived in Saskatoon.
Saskatoon StarPhoenix - 20 September 21
Over the next three weeks, 200 refugees connected to the same Afghanistan community will join 26 who have arrived in Saskatoon.
The Globe & Mail - 18 September 2021
The Globe & Mail - 15 October 2021
The Spokesman Review - 30 May 2021
National Post - 18 May 2021
Observers predict a conflagration that could leave a quarter of a million people dead, or worse
ForeignPolicy - 24 February 2016
Candace Rondeaux reviews Jeffrey E. Stern’s new book about a sui generis school that defies the odds and norms in today’s Afghanistan.
NY Times - 8 February 2016
NY Times - 23 January 2016
NY Times - 4 January 2010
Fox News - 30 July 2009
The Times - 31 JANUARY 2010
Growing up, Christa D’Souza found her mum’s philanthropy more an irritation than inspiration, yet this year she felt compelled to find out more about her mother’s remarkable work, on a life-changing trip to a school in Kabul.