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Deadly Attacks in Kabul Strike at Foreigners in Guesthouses
Because we're just a few blocks from the site of the attack, we're still locked down here at our own guesthouse and without any real local news. The good news is that we're safe and have access to email and...

Safe & Sound in Kabul
Many of you have written to see if I'm ok after the attacks in Kabul this morning. I really appreciate your concern. I'm completely safe as are my friends and colleagues here. We awoke to explosions and knew something had...

WKCD (What Kids Can Do!) Wants Your Stories
Since 2008, WKCD has asked readers, friends, and colleagues to send them YOUR STORIES of adolescents and their adult allies engaging in "powerful learning with public purpose." Many of the stories they've received have knocked their socks off, and they've...

Winter 2010 E-News Update Now Online
We've published our latest E-News Update this week. If you didn't receive it via email, we hope you'll read it online at commongroundconsulting.org.

Opium Addiction Ravages Afghan Families
Working just Kabul on this trip, I don't get a chance to see what's happening in the provinces. I suppose this story isn't surprising, though nonetheless heartbreaking.Scourge of Remote Villages Leaves Even Babies HookedBy Julie Jacobson / APOpen the door...

Grants & Award Opportunities
U.S. Grants & Awards 2010 Project Orange Thumb Grants (Deadline: February 19) Started in 2003, Project Orange Thumb® is a grant program that provides community garden groups with the tools and materials they need to reach their goals for neighborhood...

Afghanistan Civil Society: Part 3
Civil society organizations—formed to address a wide range of social, cultural, religious and political issues—have been common in Afghanistan for a very long time. Historically, these traditional organizations, and a growing number of self-help organizations, have played a leading role...

Afghanistan Civil Society: Part 2
Context is always important in our work and it is certainly true when it comes to this new engagement in Afghanistan. The folks at Aga Khan shared this very interesting take on the historical context for how NGOs have been...

Afghanistan Civil Society: Part 1
Over the next couple of weeks, Common Ground will be working in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is or second trip here over the past few months and this time we'll be starting a new engagement with the Aga Khan Foundation, a...