More established members of Canada's Afghan community would like to help their troubled country rebuild, but can't find a way to get there.

Voices on the Rise: Afghan Women Making the News photojournalism exhibition opened at the University of Ottawa on Thursday, October 5th to a warm and welcoming crowd. From there the exhibit went on to open at Carleton University on Monday, October 23rd, and has received a very positive reception from both the public and the press since its opening.

Ottawa – Afghanistan’s Ambassador thanked the Canadian Government for its announcement through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)on Thursday to allocate CAN$5 million to immunize over seven million children in Afghanistan. These funds will be allocated to the World Health Organization and UNICEF as part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

While The Honourable Josee Verner, Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, and Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Canada, H.E. Omar Samad, were participating at the opening of a photojournalism exhibit on Afghan women journalists at the University of Ottawa, the Afghan envoy used the occasion to express his appreciation on behalf of his government.