Category Archives: News
Maureen Lines – Obituary
Maureen Patricia Lines – Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (23 October 1937 – 17 March 2017) Maureen Lines died on 17 March 2017 at the age of 79 and her death has brought great sadness upon many – the numerous and virtually uncountable people … Continue reading
On the other side of paradise
UPDATE – January 2017 Unique, beautiful, absolute paradise. These are some of the expressions used to describe the Kalash valleys. When I first came here in 1980, I probably used the same ones. In those days there was no electricity, no … Continue reading
September 2016 Update
Dear Friends As usual, when I left for Birir two months ago, friends both here and online said the same old mantra, have a nice time and plenty of peace. I don’t think my life in Birir has ever been … Continue reading
November 2015
Dear Friends YES!!! Another disaster appeal….! It is no joke, I can assure you. The epicentre was northern Afghanistan and the areas badly hit on this side of the Durand Line, were the Shangla area of Swat, Chitral, Dir and … Continue reading
Chitral Disaster
Just as we were about to go to press with the summer 2015 newsletter update from Maureen, disaster has struck the Kalash Valleys again with floods far worse than those of 2010, we received the following desperate email from Chitral: … Continue reading
March 2015
Dear Friends We now start a new season. My family returned to Birir at the end of February in order for the kids to go back to school, but they returned to winter and the eldest daughter and son were … Continue reading
November 2014
THE SCHOOL It is with great joy that I can give you the following news. The second school room is now almost complete and will be finished before the winter sets in. The Middle School pupils in the first class … Continue reading
September 2014
FROM DISASTER TO CATASTROPHE Dear Friends FROM DISASTER TO CATASTROPHE was the title of my last book published in 2010, the year of the great flood in Pakistan. As a friend here, said: “Maybe you are being prophetic”. Indeed. Even the … Continue reading
September 2014
Chairman’s Introduction and Annual Report As you will know from previous newsletters, the objectives of our charity are to support rural communities in the Hindu Kush, especially the Kalasha, and are centred on improving community education, health, and living conditions. … Continue reading
March 2014
Dear Friends 2013/14 has been an exceptional year for HKCA thanks to some enormously generous donations. As explained in our last newsletter, funds sent in for specific projects go into ‘Restricted Funds’ specifically and only for that project. Our financial … Continue reading