Friday 16th September - The Boy Mir, 10 Years in Afghanistan

Last month my colleague Shoaib very kindly and, as always, at some risk, organised for Mir to come to Mazar in the north where Shaoib organised identity cards and bank accounts for him, Khoshdel and Abdul. Yesterday we were able to transfer funds to them – which, in Mir’s case, he will be using to secure his future. More on that another time. We will be continuing to hopefully raise funds for them all via the new film THE BOY MIR – TEN YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN but, so far, though people are extremely moved sometimes by the film that hasn’t translated into donations. Maybe I should have been more specific about Mir or the school rather than saying all donations will be split between Mir, Save the Children and AfghanAid? Anyway, we have a big premiere at the Royal Geographical Society on the 28th September. Tickets on sale now! All income from that will go to those three. And maybe there is a knight (or princess) in shining armour out there… Either way, we are all working very hard on the film’s release and are thrilled by today’s Guardian piece – check it out.