December 1, 2008

Roots of Peace and the Department of State will host the 2nd Annual Harvest of Hope

Mark Kimmitt, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, and Heidi Kuhn, Founder and President of Roots of Peace, a California-based non-governmental organization dedicated to turning minefields into thriving agricultural enterprises, are cosponsoring a dinner on Wednesday, December 3, in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State, to recognize public-private partnerships with U.S. Government agencies, the private sector, individuals, and the people of Afghanistan, who have worked diligently over the past several years to remove landmines and explosive remnants of war and reclaim the Shomali Valley for vineyards and orchards.

October 11, 2008

Roots of Peace supports the San Patrignano DRUGS OFF DAY

The Roots of Peace Afghan Girls’ Soccer Team traveled from Kabul, Afghanistan to Rimini, Italy, in support of the San Patrignano DRUGS OFF DAY which has reached over 150,000 young people in Italy.  Read the Italian new releases about the events.

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October 11, 2008

"FROM KABUL TO ROME"

The Roots of Peace Afghan Girl's Soccer Team will travel from Kabul to Rome.

January 3, 2008

Napa Valley brings "light" to Afghan children

The Napa Valley Community has raised over one-half million pennies for peace in support of the Roots of Peace Penny Campaign to remove landmines and reclaim the land for the peaceful purposes of planting farms and building schools and sports fields in war-torn countries.