susanhall's Profile

Bio

My goal as a documentary photographer is;
To educate and agitate, To initiate dialogue,
To visually document the costs of war,
To reject the supposition that we as individuals are powerless to effect change,
To inspire the viewer to engage in quantifiable action to advance peace in the U.S. and the world,
and to submit that human life is sacred and that killing in any form is uncivilized.


Afghanistan NGO’s

CodePink Project: 30,000 Hot Pink Bikes to Afghanistan

A woman-to woman, girl-to girl Endeavor. Donate your small mountain bike and/or girls' bikes- in great working conditon- to be sent to Afghanistan.

Drop you bike's off at the MRS (marine recruiting station), 64 Shattuck Squre, Berkeley on Wednesdays from noon-2 PM. Or just bring yourself by the station and help paint and decorate bikes. Learn to write "To my sister" in Pashto or Dari, the language of many Afghan people. Also bring your bike(s) to the People's Park 40th year celebration April 19-26th, 2009. Look for the PINK truck.

For more information call CodePink at 510-540-7007 or email info [!at] bayareacodepink.org
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Afghans4Tomorrow (A4T), is a non-profit 501(C)(3), non-political, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan. A4T has volunteer members across the United States and in Afghanistan. Our focus is on sustainable Education, Agriculture and Health projects.

http://www.afghans4tomorrow.com/

Afghans4Tomorrow
P.O. Box 2176
San Rafael, CA 94912
info [!at] afghans4tomorrow.com
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afghans for Afghans is a humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that sends hand-knit and crocheted blankets and sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, and socks to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan.

http://www.afghansforafghans.org/

Ann Rubin
afghans for Afghans
P.O. Box 475843
San Francisco, CA 94147-5843
afghansforAfghans [!at] aol.com
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a little help is 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.

http://www.stasek.com/alittlehelp/
Rosemary Stasek (former Mayor of Mountain View currently living in Kabul)
rosemary [!at] stasek.com
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The Rábia Balkhi Hospital Project
Imagine being nine months pregnant and taken to a hospital. The doctor tells you they must do an emergency caesarean section. They must begin immediately, yet they have no sutures nor needles available to finish the operation. They start anyway. Your baby is born but she is not breathing. The hospital has no emergency equipment nor trained staff to deal with her.

The Rábia Balkhi Hospital Project was started in June, 2003 after I watched a documentary about the hospital. My name is Jane Sinense, I live in Mountain View, California.

http://www.kabulmaternity.org/home.htm

jsinense [!at] kabulmaternity.org
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University
Established in 2007, the Louis and Nancy Hatch Dupree Foundation is organized exclusively for charitable, education and scientific purposes which will:
1. raise awareness and broaden knowledge about the history and culture of the people of Afghanistan throughout the United States;
2. support the cultural heritage preservation and research efforts of the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University; and
3. support the information-sharing objectives of the Afghanistan Centre of Kabul University.

http://www.dupreefoundation.org/

The Louis and Nancy Hatch Dupree Foundation
for the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University
954 Lexington Avenue Suite 118
New York, NY 10021-5055
Telephone: (718) 440-6189
afghanistan.centre [!at] gmail.com
dupreefoundation [!at] gmail.com
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AINA Photojournalism Institute is the first Afghan photo agency in the world. We have gathered together and trained Afghan men, women and children since 2001 to become professional photojournalists. After so many years of silence under the Taliban regime, these photographers are fulfilling the very important role of revealing their own culture and history hrough their own eyes.

During the many long years of war, Afghanistan’s sad history has often only been described to the outside world through the lens and testimonies of foreign journalists. Today, as the Afghan people continue to participate in a process of reconstruction and democratization, and enjoy once again freedom of speech in their own country, providing Afghans with the knowledge and tools to describe their own history and points of view is critical.

http://www.ainaworld.org

Travis Beard (Chief Editor of Aina Photo)
Malik Asghar Crossroad
Next to the Ministry of Economy
Kabul, Afghanistan
tel: + 93 70 286 215
ainaphoto [!at] ainaworld.org

Female, Born on February 20

Favorite Materials

Kodak Portra VC film, Fuji Crystal Archive Photographic Paper, moo postcards