Also confirmed:
1/4. Urgent question from MP for Glasgow Central @alisonthewliss: "To ask the Home Secretary if she will make a statement on the evacuation of Afghans from Pakistan."
Taking action against food poverty! 🥦🍞🍎 We've provided essential food packs to 30 Afghan newcomers impacted by recent events. Grateful to our generous funder, @refugeecouncil , for supporting us in making a difference. Together, we can bring hope to those in need.
Nowruz Mubarak to everyone celebrating Persian New Year and the coming of spring today.
We enjoyed an evening of delicious food, great music and fantastic dancing with young people supported by our Scottish Guardianship service yesterday.
With @AberlourCCT
Thrilled to be gifted this beautiful traditional Afghan dress by Fairooz Khan of @ShareMyVoice1 - so glad to hear that Afghan women in Scotland are able to set up their own businesses to create these wonderful outfits.
We are blown away by your kindness & support @alisonthewliss forever thankful. Dear upset friends, Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict, persecution and left everything for safety in another country. We need your love to heal our broken souls. Hate is dirty.
Some moments from our last night’s event. Special thanks to @TNLComFundScot for funding us and @alisonthewliss for edifying us ceilidh dance, hope you enjoyed Attan sway
The children were delighted and amazed to experience their first Christmas as did not know what Christmas was and why people celebrate Christmas. Some even compared Christmas to Eid celebrations and found similarities.
As part of the integration plan share my voice women group we have taken the women group participants and families to the lRN BRU carnival and Christmas markets, for almost all of them this was their first experience since they were recently evacuated from Afghanistan.
The Taliban have used barbed wire and armed guards to prevent Afghan women from entering universities. Yet, despite the intimidation, they protest alongside brave Afghan men, demanding women and girls be given their basic rights
We are delighted that our Afghan women's group is up and running in the Whiteinch centre every Sunday from 1 until 3pm. This group is a place for women to meet, and be empowered with knowledge of their rights and entitlements.