Guest speaker: Najaf Mazari (former refugee from Afghanistan and co-author of The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif. Najaf Mazari will speak on his life in Afghanistan as a refugee and about the Masawat Development Fund. After capture by the Taliban, he made his way to Australia, was held in a detention centre before release and the chance to begin a new life in Melbourne. Najaf and his friends established the fund in 2008 to help improve health and education in his former hometown of Mazar in Afghnaistan, one of the the world's poorest and war-scarred countries. 8pm. Eltham College Performance Centre, 1660 Main Rd, Research (enter via Bells Hill Road through boom gate near tennis court). Presented by The Oxfam Diamond Valley Branch and Eltham College. Please RSVP.
Public meeting: An evening with 'The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif'.
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 20:00