Pennies for Afghan peace

Date Posted: 
Apr 18 2007
Title of News: 
Pennies for Afghan peace
Summary: 
Said Tayeb Jawad, Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States, accepts cans of coins donated by UC Berkeley students for the rebuilding of his homeland from Kyleigh Kühn, a Berkeley peace and conflict studies major. Kühn is co-founder of the Pennies for Peace campaign, which has raised more than $150,000 to replace minefields with agricultural lands. Jawad was on campus Tuesday to deliver a talk on "Winning the Peace" in war-torn Afghanistan.
Source: 
UCB News Center
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