BOOKS FOR AFGHANI STUDENT JOURNALISTS APPEAL
Daniel Brett | 31.01.2002 19:49
Kabul University's Faculty of Journalism is opening its doors to new students in March, but it's library is devoid of books. Unesco is appealing for relevant books to fill its shelves. Here's how you can help.
The Faculty of Journalism at Kabul University is in urgent need of text books. Professor Kazim Ahang, from the Faculty of Journalism, a great proponent of free and independent media, has today told UNESCO in Kabul of his desperate need for these resources. Martin Hadlow, the UNESCO Team leader in Afghanistan who is presently in the process of organizing training for the lecturers/professors, invited the professional media community to respond to this call for urgently needed teaching materials.
Martin Hadlow says: “The current situation of the Faculty's library is zero and with the first university courses scheduled for 22 March, all help is deeply welcomed to rebuild a small library within the Faculty”. According to Hadlow, the Faculty of Journalism has many ideas and initiatives foreseen and ready to put into operation for training the next generation of young journalists and media managers in Afghanistan, but right now its most urgent need is for thousands of books on media, journalism and telecommunications regardless of language or region.
I am working on behalf of Unesco's appeal for books to train young journalists in Afghanistan. With the fall of the Taliban and the situation still volatile, it is vitally important to develop the skills of Afghani journalists. Objective and independent reporting is needed in a country where people are avid consumers of news and which is trying to emerge from a period of repression and bloodshed. By helping Afghani journalists, you can contribute to the building of a new country where people are armed with news and facts, instead of kalashnikovs.
If you are interested, please contact me on 0775 110 6161 (mobile) or email me at
dan@danielbrett.co.uk. I am arranging for a batch of books to be sent to Unesco's office in Islamabad, Pakistan, so you don't have to pay large sums of money to ship them out there.
If you feel happier send books direct to Pakistan, then the address is:
Martin Hadlow
for forwarding
c/o UNESCO Office in Islamabad
P.O. Box 2034
44000 Islamabad
Pakistan
Martin Hadlow says: “The current situation of the Faculty's library is zero and with the first university courses scheduled for 22 March, all help is deeply welcomed to rebuild a small library within the Faculty”. According to Hadlow, the Faculty of Journalism has many ideas and initiatives foreseen and ready to put into operation for training the next generation of young journalists and media managers in Afghanistan, but right now its most urgent need is for thousands of books on media, journalism and telecommunications regardless of language or region.
I am working on behalf of Unesco's appeal for books to train young journalists in Afghanistan. With the fall of the Taliban and the situation still volatile, it is vitally important to develop the skills of Afghani journalists. Objective and independent reporting is needed in a country where people are avid consumers of news and which is trying to emerge from a period of repression and bloodshed. By helping Afghani journalists, you can contribute to the building of a new country where people are armed with news and facts, instead of kalashnikovs.
If you are interested, please contact me on 0775 110 6161 (mobile) or email me at
dan@danielbrett.co.uk. I am arranging for a batch of books to be sent to Unesco's office in Islamabad, Pakistan, so you don't have to pay large sums of money to ship them out there. If you feel happier send books direct to Pakistan, then the address is:
Martin Hadlow
for forwarding
c/o UNESCO Office in Islamabad
P.O. Box 2034
44000 Islamabad
Pakistan
Daniel Brett
e-mail:
dan@danielbrett.co.uk