Maya Evans is a peace campaigner. In 2007 she was awarded the Peter Duffy Award by the human rights group Liberty "for her campaigning work…and courage in standing up for our fundamental rights to peaceful protest and freedom of speech.” She is also a Labour Councillor on Hastings Borough Council, where, as a member of the cabinet, she is helping to ensure the town achieves its zero-carbon goal.
For vulnerable children the situation in Afghanistan is desperate and they need our help, reports Maya Evans, who has had first hand experience in the country and whose charity is helping to buy basic necessities, as well as supporting those secretly educating girls.
Peace campaigner and Hastings Councillor Maya Evans, who has been visiting Afghanistan for the past 10 years, gives a first-hand account of life for the Afghans she met and came to know so well. They are, she says, the real left-behind poor, the ones who have already suffered so much in the conflict through no fault of their own. And she explains why now, more than ever, they need – and deserve – the West’s help to rebuild their devastated country and shattered lives…
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