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07/03/08	Dana Freyer and Roger Hardister Featured on Chicago Public Radio

04/01/08	April, 2008 GPFA Program Update With Afghanistan's spring planting season nearing completion, investments in GPFA's programs by individuals, foundations and international agencies are producing big dividends.

03/31/08	Orchard Classroom Delivers the Tools of the Trade With help from GPFA, farmers are beginning to form associations to supply credit and other agricultural resources.

03/17/08	GPFA Names Roger Hardister as Executive Director The Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA) has appointed Roger Hardister, formerly Vice President for Program Development at the Near East Foundation (NEF), as Executive Director, based in Kabul.

03/01/08	Global Partner Spotlight: Bill and Ann Bresnan-Encouraging Afghan Enterprise "GPFA's programs are helping to create hope and build a more secure future for Afghanistan."

02/08/08	GPFA in the News Allison Schrager, in a recent issue of the The Economist's online lifestyle magazine, More Intelligent Life, asked the question: How can we best help people in troubled developing countries?

11/06/07	Connecting Afghanistan to the World - General John Abizaid Delivers Keynote Speech at GPFA's Annual Benefit John Abizaid, a retired four-star Army general who oversaw U.S. military operations from the Horn of Africa to Central Asia, talked about the need to promote peace and security in Afghanistan by helping people to help themselves.

10/12/07	Annual GPFA Benefit Dinner Join us in New York City on Monday, November 5, 2007 to help restore livelihoods, hope and stability for hard-working Afghan farmers.

07/12/07	Summer 2007 Newsletter (2.6MB PDF) The Global Partnership for Afghanistan released its first issue of ‘ReNews’, an informational newsletter on the activities of GPFA.

05/28/07	Global Partnership for Afghanistan Awarded €674,000 European Union Grant to Develop Nurseries, Orchards and Marketing Capacity for Afghan Fruits and Nuts GPFA project to benefit farmers in Logar, Paktya and Wardak Provinces

05/1/07	GPFA Appoints Two New Directors GPFA appoints Fred Kittler and Polly McTaggart

05/18/07	Global Partnership for Afghanistan Names Iqbal Kermali as Executive Director The Global Partnership for Afghanistan has appointed a new Executive Director, Iqbal R. Kermali, PhD, formerly Program Director of Focus Humanitarian Assistance Europe Foundation.

04/30/07	Project to produce 154 farm businesses and 1.5 million trees Nearly ½ million trees planted this Spring

04/17/07	Global Partnership for Afghanistan Collects Native Afghan Planting Stock for World Bank Horticulture and Livestock Project GPFA collaborates with Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock

09/22/06	President Bill Clinton Hails GPFA and Calls for Investment in Afghan Farmers In his closing address at the Clinton Global Initiative conference, Clinton urges support to Afghan farmers and GPFA as they partner to rebuild livelihoods.

02/10/06	GPFA Appoints Two New Directors The Global Partnership for Afghanistan appointed two new members to its Board of Directors, James D. Seymour, a Senior Advisor of Commonfund Capital, and Rajiv Singh, the Director of Global Markets for Deutsche Bank AG.

2005	Journal from the Field GPFA’s Task Force visited Afghanistan twice in 2005 and reported on the success of the organization's efforts so far. Download the PDF version, including pictures (209K)

11/24/05	Global Partnership for Afghanistan Appoints Rupert Knowles As Afghanistan Country Director The Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA) has named Rupert Knowles to lead its operations in Afghanistan as Country Director, according to Regina Eddy, Executive Director of GPFA in the U.S.

04/06/05	GPFA Supplies Trees and Skills to Develop Afghan Family-Owned Businesses in Partnership with Village Leaders Following a flurry of spring planting activity in the Guldara District in the Shamali Valley of Afghanistan, the Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA) reported that more than 70,000 trees are now in the ground to create orchard, nursery and woodlot businesses in Afghanistan.

04/04/05	GPFA Names Dave Hardman to Board of Directors E. Davisson Hardman, managing director of Morgan Stanley and U.S. Head of Real Estate Investing, has joined the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Afghanistan.

03/21/05	Senator Hillary Clinton Spearheads Partnership To Seed Afghanistan's Growth Senator Hillary Clinton today announced the launch of the New York Partnership for a Green Afghanistan, under the auspices of GPFA, to replant trees to revitalize Afghanistan's orchards, nurseries, woodlots and greenbelts. Download the PDF version(27K)

06/15/04	The American Lawyer – Replanting Afghanistan (77KB PDF) The American Lawyer describes how Dana Freyer, Global Partnership Co-Chair and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partner, puts her talents in international arbitration to work rebuilding Afghanistan’s devastated farms and crops.

06/10/04	GPFA Appoints Two New Directors The Global Partnership for Afghanistan appointed Barbara Barrett, an attorney, and Omar Zakhilwal, PhD, to its Board of Directors.

05/20/04	Tour Global Partnership's Projects (1.1MB PDF) Learn about the launch of GPFA's projects through a photographic tour. Cable or DSL users, download the high bandwidth version (4.1MB PDF) instead.

03/23/04	GPFA Launches Reforestation Initiatives in Afghanistan; More Than 11,000 Trees Planted The Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA) announced the completion of the first phase of its initiatives to replant Afghanistan’s orchards and vineyards….

03/23/04	Journal from the Field GPFA Task Force reports on 3-week visit to Afghanistan; meetings with Guldara elders and farmers results in three demonstration projects to replant a future …. Download the PDF version, including pictures (149K)

11/04/03	District Council Endorses GPFA Projects to Rehabilitate Local Horticulture GPFA reaches agreement with the District of Guldara to launch project to replant orchards.

09/15/03	Global Partnership for Afghanistan Appoints Regina Eddy as Executive Director Executive Director Regina Eddy brings 20 years of experience in developing community-based non-profit organizations….

06/22/03	Project Assessment Task Force Visits Afghanistan To Identify Initial Projects GPFA plans to launch multi-phase economic and agricultural development demonstration projects in the Guldara region, north of Kabul….

06/10/03	Journal from the Field GPFA’s Task Force selects site for first demonstration projects to replant a Afghanistan’s orchards, vineyards and poplar woodlots. Guldara District lost 80 percent of its orchards and vineyards, and most of its homes were destroyed. Download the PDF version, including pictures (48K)