{"id":1222,"date":"2021-10-17T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verista.org\/?page_id=1222"},"modified":"2023-04-13T08:18:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T12:18:59","slug":"afghan-freedom-of-expression","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/afghan-freedom-of-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Freedom of Expression and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Verista&#8217;s history began with support for Afghanistan, a country that the organization&#8217;s founders know well.  Before and after the 2012 incorporation, as Baraka Foundation, we supported the <a href=\"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/handicraft-sales\/\">building of a girls school and library in Logar Province<\/a>, and an educational <a href=\"http:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/the-exhibit\/\">photography exhibit<\/a> that was presented across North Georgia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the humanitarian crisis began with the Taliban&#8217;s takeover in August 2021, Verista has supported the rescue and resettlement of Afghan journalists, as well as their ongoing work in country and overseas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have also supported teachers who continue to educate girls in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earmarked donations for this project may be made using the button below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"82EQ8DRXMK7R4\">\n<input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate with PayPal button\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verista&#8217;s history began with support for Afghanistan, a country that the organization&#8217;s founders know well. Before and after the 2012 incorporation, as Baraka Foundation, we supported the building of a girls school and library in Logar Province, and an educational photography exhibit that was presented across North Georgia. Since the humanitarian crisis began with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/afghan-freedom-of-expression\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Afghan Freedom of Expression and Education<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1222","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7bbwE-jI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1333,"href":"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1222\/revisions\/1333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verista.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}