HOW YOU CAN HELP
Rubia’s 2010 Afghanistan calendar features photographs of children. The calendar, designed by Beth Gottschling, showcases Rubia embroidery, and photographs by Beth Gottschling, Rachel Lehr, and Mustafa Kia. All proceeds support Rubia's work in Afghanistan.
Visit our online store to purchase Lavender-filled sachetes, Rubia calendars and selected products. Click Here>
LECTURE SERIES
Using still and film images, historical sources, geopolitical data, and personal anecdotes, Jennifer Fluri, Dartmouth College, and Rachel Lehr, Rubia, Inc. will discuss what life is really like in Afghanistan today. Read more> |
NEWS SPOTLIGHT
A partnership to fight poverty
This fall Rubia has been selected as SERRV’s first Afghanistan partner. With this partnership SERRV will promote selected Rubia products through their website and their network of fair trade stores. SERRV, a nonprofit organization based in Madison WI, partners with low-income artisans and farmers around the world, buying and selling their crafts and foods. Their mission is to eradicate poverty wherever it resides by providing opportunity and support to artisans and farmers worldwide. Please visit SERRV to purchase our Natural Kabul bag directly.
Rubia Loses a Friend
Rosemary Stasek passed away suddenly in Kabul on September 24, 2009 of complications from multiple sclerosis. Click
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Rubia Summer 2009 Newsletter
- News from the Sanga Amaj Center.
- Rubia is Now Federally Recognized Non-profit Organization.
-Rubia Supports the Victims of April 17 Earthquake.
- WCA-Rubia Collaborative Quilt Comes to NH.
- Rubia Participates in Santa Fe International Folk Art Market on July 11-12, 2009.
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Women Helping Women Stitch by Stitch - A collaborative project brought to you by Rubia and the Women's Caucus for Art (Philadelphia)
The project involves the creation and exhibition of a quilt showcasing the work of Rubia embroiderers from Afghanistan and over 25 American women artists from the Women's Caucus for Art and Rubia. Read more>
Sanga Amaj Women’s Drug Treatment Center
Innovative Rehabilitation Program
The Sanga Amaj Women’s Treatment Center in Kabul, the only women’s residential treatment center for substance abuse in Afghanistan is initiating a new and innovative program as part of its multimodal approach to treatment and rehabilitation. Download the Press Release>
To hear the BBC's Quil Lawrence report about Drug Use in Afghanistan and his visit to the Sanga Amaj Women's Treatment Center, Click Here> |
