AFGHAN AMERICAN WOMENS ASSOCIATION
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Mission Statement
A-AWA provides a platform for the Afghan community to preserve culture and values, by offering resources and support to integrate and become productive members of society.
About This Cause
A-AWA’s vision is to build a Community Center, which will serve as a permanent structural foundation where the Afghan community can benefit from coordinated services aimed at preserving their culture and heritage and to unite the whole community together allowing them to reach their full potential. The very existence of A-AWA is a timely response to the growing needs of the Afghan Community residing in the Washington Metropolitan area. Our organization represents a safe harbor where social and cultural services, as well as sincere steadfast support for all manner of adversity can be obtained. Bringing awareness to our community regarding critical challenges and relevant issues breeds resolution and unity. Ms. Shahla Azizi has led the way with co-founders Dr. Homaira Behsudi-Wali, Dr. Hosai Hesham, and Ms. Nillab Pazwhak. Together they formed the Afghan American Women’s Association which was granted Non-Profit charitable status on April 2009 by the state of Virginia. A-AWA operates under section 501 © (3) code of the Internal Revenue Service. A-AWA is committed to serve as the linchpin connecting the Afghan-American community to the mainstream through its Life and Cope educational program, offering a professional platform to network, and smoothly integrate while preserving their dignity and rich culture. Since its inception, A-AWA has remained an all-volunteer based organization focused on ensuring services are offered in highly positive and nondiscriminatory spirit, with utmost professionalism, fairness, highly ethical and culturally sensitive manner. A-AWA continues to gain the trust of the community and steadily works towards its mission with strong principles and norms.