Live without Wars is a project of Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers and initiated by 30 ordinary Afghan youth from all ethnicities.

On March 17-20, 2011, these youth will celebrate the wish of the People of Afghanistan to live without wars.  This is the wish of every Afghan person. especially the youth and mothers of Afghanistan.  

On March 17, they will celebrate a Day of the People’s Peace by walking hand-in-hand through the streets of Kabul.  

    On March 20, 2011, they will participate in the Global Day of Listening  Skype-athon, speaking and resounding with youth in Iraq, Gaza, Egypt, Yemen and other places about the People’s wish to live without wars.

On March 19, they will meet in a garden plot where they will plant trees of peace.  On the evening of March 19, they will light fiery candles of grief for all the youth and children of Afghanistan and the world who have been killed in conflict and in wars.

They are exploring the feasibility of organizing similar actions in two or three of the other 33 Afghan provinces, either simultaneously or consecutively.

On April 9, they hope to stand in solidarity with peace-loving People in the USA and in Canada, in solidarity with the street protests against war organized by the United National AntiWar Committee.

In 2011, Abdulai and the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers’ want Afghan and international Powers and the People of the world to hear their wish to live without wars.  This would include a proposal of “Non-Violent Options for Afghanistan” (a plan of viable non-killing options to end the Afghan war, address humanitarian needs, and rebuild Afghanistan).

Our effort is not political, not religious, and not for profit; it is our wish to live in non-violence.  The international Gaza flotilla brought to world attention the life situation of ordinary Israelis and Palestinians caught in the conflict among the Powers. We hope that your support would form the international “Afghan flotilla,” to interest the world in Abdulai, and the other 30 million human beings who survive and die in Afghanistan.  The success of the non-violent stand taken by the Egyptian people have also encouraged us to act.

For centuries, the Powers of the world have jointly organized for wealth and war. Now, the People of the world need to jointly organize for Peace.

Will you join us in encouraging wide- scale humane relationships and in raising the possibility of love?

Please visit the web site “Our Journey to Smile” to learn more about Youth Peace Volunteers.

The Live without Wars Project Project