Global Partnership for Afganistan

Dana Freyer at Princeton Senior Resource Center

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:32:32 +0000

GPFA Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Dana Freyer, spoke to more than 100 community members at the Princeton Senior Resource Center’s (PSRC) “Living With Purpose” event Friday, March 2, 2012. The event encouraged older adults to see the “encore” stage of life as a chance to reinvent themselves and find ways to make a difference.

Dana spoke about her decision to retire from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York City in 2010, and redirect her attention to create the Global Partnership for Afghanistan.

Click here to learn more about the event.

GPFA Women’s Empowerment Program Brochure

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:53:56 +0000

Global Partnership for Afghanistan has recently published a new brochure on our Women’s Empowerment Program.

The brochure details GPFA’s extraordinary work with rural Afghan women to create farmbusinesses that alleviate poverty, build sustainable livelihoods and promote economic development.

To view an electronic version of the brochure, please click here.

If you would like to receive a brochure by mail, please contact: lharte@gpfa.org.

Forbes Magazine spotlights Dana Freyer and GPFA’s work with Women

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:16:06 +0000

Sasha Galbraith, a contributor to Forbes Magazine and a partner at Jay Galbraith Management Consultants, highlights GPFA’s co-founder and Board Chair, Dana Freyer, and our efforts to bring economic opportunities to rural Afghan women in Dollars & Skills: Women Helping Afghan Women Fight the Taliban. Galbraith gives an excellent overview of GPFA’s Economic Empowerment Program for women and our success in bringing incomes and sustainable livelihoods to 125,000 women.

Click here for the article.
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Dollars & Skills: Women Helping Afghan Women Beat the Taliban

Sasha Galbraith, Contributor

March 8, 2012

How do you win the fight against the Taliban? According to Dana Freyer, chair and co-founder of Global Partnership for Afghanistan (GPFA), “The best bulwark against the Taliban are members of the community who have an economic stake in their lands and who resist insurgents’ threats and intimidation.” Women are doing just that in parts of Afghanistan.

For the past seven years, Freyer and her organization have been delivering tree saplings and agricultural training to rural villagers in 13 provinces across Afghanistan. GPFA’s strategy has always been to partner with individual landowners who can provide the labor required to till the land and raise crops. For every sapling GPFA delivers to a farmer, she (or he) must pay the organization back with a cutting once the tree is strong and healthy enough to produce cuttings. After seven years, a farmer’s half-acre poplar or willow woodlot can yield up to $30,000 in net profit from lumber sales. The organization also teaches women how to cultivate vegetable and strawberry gardens for their families, but also for sale in local markets. Additionally, GPFA supports entrepreneurs through training and seed capital in nursery,solar food drying and beekeeping ventures. The non-profit has worked with 25,000 entrepreneur farmers benefiting 250,000 men, women and children.

But the biggest story is how GPFA continues to be so successful in empowering women to earn a sustainable income — with the full support of the male villagers. Importantly, it’s not an exclusively women’s organization; in fact, 80 percent of its efforts involve training and education for men and women. However, in each new village it enters, GPFA goes to the village elders and listens to their specific wants and needs, and in return for training and saplings, GPFA always has one condition: women must be active participants and beneficiaries in the enterprise development programs. The elders agree provided that the GPFA staff who will work with local women, are also women.

Freyer reflects on the GPFA’s approach:

“What do people need more than anything in Afghanistan? They need jobs and income. Yes, they need education, but they have to put food on the table. And if women have jobs and income, their children will go to school and their girls will stay in school longer. But we also knew that you can’t change attitudes towards women just by going to women. You have to work with the men…Once the men see the benefits to their families of women’s increased income, they buy in. And the impact on the women and their families is just amazing, because we know that women’s earnings are spent on better nutrition and better education for their families. Women now have a voice in their communities.”

Now back to those Taliban. Last year for International Women’s Day, GPFA’s Afghan staff organized project demonstration fairs in Logar and Wardak provinces, both of which continue to have Taliban in their midst . GPFA invited women from the surrounding villages to teach them how they could earn an income by growing strawberries, vegetables and fruit orchards, or running a solar food drying operation. They also demonstrated the power of turning honey into money through beekeeping. But prior to the event, the Taliban harassed several of the women. Dana Freyer describes it:

“The Taliban are famous for sending villagers threatening ‘night letters.’ Which say, ‘Don’t go to this or your family will suffer.’ The women, instead of succumbing, invited three more women to come. There were around 1600 women between the two communities. Nobody could ever recall seeing such a huge gathering of women outside of their compound walls… These women are so strong. They have to be, just to survive. And their voices and business successes are changing the attitudes of men.”

Through GPFA’s perseverance and patient efforts, several thousand rural, mostly illiterate women are now income-producing entrepreneurs in Afghanistan. Once again, the power of women helping women has turned a war torn territory into a peaceful profit maker.

GPFA’s Dana Freyer at Council of Foreign Relations

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:00:09 +0000

GPFA’s Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of Directors, Dana Freyer, presented to the Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council at the Council on Foreign Relations on February 7, 2012. The topic of the discussion was GPFA’s Women’s Empowerment Programs and their larger role in reshaping Afghan society and culture.

The Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council’s members include leaders from the business, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors throughout the country who have a keen interest in issues related to U.S. foreign policy toward women in developing countries.

The program was moderated by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program of the Council on Foreign Relations. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is the New York Times best-selling author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana; Contributing Editor-At-Large for Newsweek Magazine and The Daily Beast, reporting on economic and development issues with a focus on women.

For more information on CFR, please visit their website at: www.cfr.org

For more information Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, please visit her website at: www.gaylelemmon.com

GPFA Fall Benefit Update

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:45:56 +0000

Regreening the Silk Road

Global Partnership for Afghanistan would like to thank all of our supporters who attended our benefit gala, “Regreening the Silk Road”, on October 25th. We had a wonderful turnout with over 220 people passionate about GPFA and our work to help rural Afghans develop sustainable agricultural livelihoods.

CLICK HERE to view photos of the event!

The venue, Three Sixty°, afforded beautiful views of the Hudson River, a wide selection of exclusive silent auction items, a traditional Afghan sitar player and a fabulous dinner. Most importantly, keynote speaker, Ambassador Peter Tomsen delivered a fascinating and crucial speech in which he explained the critical role of development in achieving peace in Afghanistan.

Highlights from Ambassador Tomsen’s speech:

“GPFA’s central stress on making Afghans the supported side of the reconstruction process, and GPFA or the U.S. Government for that matter, the supporting side, is exactly right.”
“The extraordinary success GPFA has achieved has mainly been generated by putting Afghans in the lead and giving them the wherewithal to do the job – advice, training, technology and capital.”

The attendance and generosity of GPFA Global Partners made the night a huge success and we are extremely grateful. With your help, GPFA will be better able to revitalize the farms, orchards, and forests that once flourished along the famed Silk Road and thereby lift thousands of Afghan families out of poverty.

From the Law to Afghanistan: Board Chair and Co-Founder Dana Freyer in WSJ

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:38:03 +0000

GPFA Board Chair and Co-Founder, Dana Freyer, is profiled in the Wall Street Journal’s article on ‘Second Acts’ which highlights individuals that are taking new paths and changing their lives. Please find Dana’s section below in which she describes GPFA’s creation and mission.

Please click here for the entire WSJ article on ‘Second Acts’.

From the Law to Afghanistan

Dana Freyer

Age: 67
Home: Scarsdale, N.Y.
First/primary career: Lawyer
Current path: Social entrepreneur engaged in agricultural development in Afghanistan
Why this path: ‘I formed a nonprofit while still practicing law. After several years—realizing I could not do both and having had a rewarding career as a lawyer—I devoted myself full time to work in Afghanistan.’

Dana Freyer still has vivid memories of the three months in 1972 that she and her husband, Bruce, spent in Afghanistan. Driving a Volkswagen Beetle, the young couple rolled through dense forests and lush agricultural landscapes. When they returned in 2003, the country was unrecognizable.

“I was aghast at what I saw,” Ms. Freyer recalls. “Everywhere farms, fields and trees were completely devastated.”

Today, Ms. Freyer is chairwoman and co-founder of Global Partnership for Afghanistan. Working with local communities, the nonprofit provides training, plant materials and market links—all of which enable farmers to develop profitable fruit and nut orchards, nurseries, vineyards and other agricultural businesses.

Ms. Freyer practiced law for 37 years. Most of her career was spent as a partner at the Manhattan law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. But her first job out of college in 1965 was assistant to the Afghanistan ambassador to the United Nations. That’s when she first “fell in love with the Afghan people,” sparking a lifelong interest in the country’s culture and history.

It was just after the 9/11 bombings—in which Ms. Freyer lost several friends and colleagues—that she came up with the idea for Global Partnership.

“Suddenly, there was this tragic link between Afghanistan and the U.S.,” she says. “I knew the people and promise of that country, and I wanted to help transform it back into the responsible member of the international community it once was.”

She brainstormed with Afghan friends and her husband, a rabbi and entrepreneur, to devise ways to help the country “come back from the brink.” Though many organizations were focused on building schools, roads, and hospitals, none were doing something much simpler: planting trees.

“Fruit and nut trees were once the main drivers of the Afghan economy and the greatest source of export income and local livelihoods,” Ms. Freyer says. “So we set out to restore farmers’ tree businesses.”

After a few exhausting years working full time both as a lawyer and building Global Partnership, Ms. Freyer scaled back her law practice in 2006. She left the office in 2009—but thinks of herself as “rewired, not retired.”

Today, her organization, funded by private and government donations, is based in Kabul. There’s a staff of 150 in Afghanistan, as well as four people in the U.S. and a volunteer board of 14.

Ms. Freyer travels to Afghanistan at least once a year and sees firsthand the fruits of Global Partnership’s labors: In 600 villages across 12 provinces, the organization has planted nearly 10 million trees in orchards, timber lots and nurseries.

One day, Ms. Freyer would like to turn Global Partnership into a for-profit business run entirely in Afghanistan. That would allow her to spend more time doing the other things she loves: traveling, hiking, kayaking, cycling and spending time with her four grandchildren. But that day is still distant.

“I won’t feel I’ve succeeded until the world sees Afghanistan not as a war, but as 30 million people with dreams and hopes just like theirs.”

GPFA on the Oprah Winfrey Network

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:57:14 +0000

GPFA Board Chair Dana Freyer was profiled in a vignette on the Oprah Winfrey Network’s new show, Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind, on Sunday, October 16th. The profile explores Dana’s inspiring work at Global Partnership for Afghansitan and why it’s never too late to reinvent oneself.

Click here to watch the video.

GPFA Fall Benefit: Check out our silent auction items!

admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:09:47 +0000

Silent Auction Announcement: GPFA’s Fall Benefit Fundraiser is quickly approaching and will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Three Sixty° in Tribeca, NYC. In addition to enjoying a delectable dinner, informative speeches, and an opportunity for a Q&A with Ambassador Peter Tomsen, GPFA encourages our guests to take part in our silent auction, full of luxurious getaways, cultural outings, exquisite jewelry, and sports, dinner party, and fitness packages. Please find the list of items below:

Get Away in Luxury

Lot 1: Telluride Adventure

Value: $15,000 per week

Donors: Gail and Fred Kittler

Magical Telluride is yours for a week with family and friends, winter or summer in this magnificent Colorado home on the hillside of the San Juan Mountain Range in Southwest Colorado. No matter what the season, the natural beauty of Telluride is the perfect retreat for those who love biking, hiking, fishing, skiing or snowshoeing. The house comfortably sleeps 12 guests and is equipped with a spacious kitchen and dining room. Enjoy meals or cocktails on the deck with spectacular views of the sunset. A hot tub will help your muscles relax after a long day of fresh air and exercise. The downstairs movie room allows for entertainment on those nights when you are too tired to go out on the town. Available all weeks except December 15-January 5, February 17-25 and June 15- August 17^th.

Lot 2: Stratton Mountain Home and Ski/Golf Package in Beautiful Vermont

Value: $4,000 for five days/4 nights

Donors: Dana and Bruce Freyer, Karen Ganz

Enjoy five days and four nights of glorious skiing, fall foliage, or summer delights with family and friends in Vermont’s Green Mountains. Magnificent 5-bedroom, 3 bath ski house (2 kings, 1 queen, 2 doubles, 1 single) with full views of Stratton Mountain, beautifully furnished and equipped with private sports center (pool, gym, racquet ball, sauna, hot tub). Downhill and cross country skiing and snowshoeing are just a 5 minute shuttle bus from your door. For summer/fall, enjoy 2 rounds of golf at breathtaking Manchester Country Club. Dates to be arranged with donor.

Arts and Culture

Lot 3: Four American Ballet Theater Tickets and Lunch

Value: $550

Donor: Maureen Quinn and an anonymous donor

American Ballet Theater has long been considered one of the world’s leading ballet companies. The winning bidder will receive four prime Orchestra tickets to an ABT matinee performance preceded by lunch for four at famed chef Daniel Boulud’s Bar Boulud.

Lot 4: Exclusive Admission to Metropolitan Opera Rehearsal and Back Stage Tour

Value: Priceless

Donor: Camille LaBarre

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for two to attend a rehearsal by the renown Metropolitan Opera Company followed by a private back stage tour. Date to be determined by donor and winning bidder.

Lot 5: Metropolitan Museum of Art – Private Highlights Tour of priceless art and treasures with Lunch for Six in Trustees’ Dining Room

Value: Priceless

Donors: Cherie Jafar and Suzanne Thompson

Few art lovers have the opportunity to see the Met’s priceless art and treasures through the eyes of leading experts. The winning bidder will receive a private, guided tour of the Met’s most important holdings by docent Cherie Jafar for 6 people, followed by lunch in the exclusive Trustees’ Dining Room. Available Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Lot 6: Metropolitan Museum of Art – Private Tour of 19^th century galleries with Sue Ann Williamson followed by Lunch for 6 in Trustee’s Dining Room

Value: Priceless

Donor: Sue Ann Williamson

Sue Ann Williamson, co-author of Learning to Look and curator of art collections placed in the American Embassies of Prague and Paris, will lead a very lucky group of 6 on a guided tour of the Met’s 19^th Century galleries, including the beautiful Annenberg Collection, followed by lunch with Sue Ann in the exclusive Trustees’ Dining Room overlooking Central Park. Date to be determined by winning bidder and Ms. Williamson.

Lot 7: Nederlander Theatre Tickets and Dinner at Hot New Eatery Ça Va Brasserie

Value: $400

Donors: Anonymous

Nederlander Productions is renowned for legendary shows, among them The Lion King, Wicked, Catch Me if You Can, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and The Addams Family. The winning bidder will receive four tickets to an evening performance of a Nederlander Productions play. Pre-theatre dinner for four at Todd English’s acclaimed Ça Va Brasserie.

Lot 8,9,10:Acrylic Works of Art by Layla Jafar

Donor: La Dee Da Decor

One of New York’s hot young artists, Layla Jafar challenges conventional artistic boundaries with her distinct ability to probe her urban New York City surroundings in search of inspirational designs. Each piece is a compellation of recognizable shapes set in new visual frameworks which draw you into to the color, movement and texture of her work. Her passion for colorful backdrops and massing of circular patterns blend harmoniously and creates drama and energy in any room.

Lot 11: Framed Watercolor by Nicola Johnson

Value: $500

Donor: Nicola Grover Johnson

“Tomorrow’s Harvest,” is a beautiful framed still life by noted Connecticut watercolorist Dr. Nicola Johnson, depicting a silvery meadow blue butterfly and the lush fruits that once grew in abundance and fed weary travelers along Afghanistan’s Silk Road. Once again, orchards are thriving and fruits are providing critical food for GPFA farmers and their families.

Adornments

Lot 12: Amethyst and Rubellite Earrings by Betteridge Jewelers of Greenwich

Value: $3,250

Donor: Terry Betteridge

A signed pair of yellow gold amethyst and rubellite dangle earrings by noted jewelry designers Goshwara. The earrings are set with a very fine pair of large round amethyst globess weighing a total of 56.45 carats and are accented by a pair of perfect cabachon rubellites totaling .78 carats. The earrings can also be attached to a chain and worn as a necklace.

Lot 13: Margo Morrison Emerald Lariat Necklace

Value: $425

Donor: Margo Morrison

One of a kind raw emerald lariat designed by Margo Morrison, whose unique designs are worn by top celebrities including Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore and Gwyneth Paltrow and featured in major magazines including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, People and Lucky.

Lot 14: Persian Turquoise Earrings

Value: $2,200

Donor: Mrs. Robert D. Kemp

Exquisite pair of signed Persian turquoise earrings in 18k gold set with especially fine large turquoise stones.

Lot 15: Persian Turquoise Brooch

Value: $1,000

Donor: Mrs. Robert D. Kemp

Antique Persian turquoise and 14k gold brooch from a private collection.

Lot 16: Saks Fifth Avenue Shopping Spree

Value: $1,500

Donor: Saks Fifth Avenue

Where are the Louboutins? Run wild at any Saks store!

Lot 17: Pamper Yourself with Tasseled Cashmere Throw and Basket of Exclusive Kai Body Products

Value: $ 1,100

Donor: Suzy Bonbrisco and Patricia Gourlay Store, Greenwich

Snuggle up in this beautiful cashmere throw while pampering yourself with exclusive skincare products from Kai Fragrances, a favorite of Oprah, Charlize Theron and Naomi Watts .

Lot 18: Lotte and Lilly Silk Scarf

Value: $225

Donor: Lotte and Lilly Collection of Resort

Adorne yourself with a beautiful scarf from the Lotte and Lilly Collection of Resort.

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

Lot 19: Elegant At-Home Catered Dinner for 8 Paired with Fine Wines and Custom Designed Floral Centerpiece

Value: $1,200

Donors: Philippe Gudet, Horseneck Liquors, and Suzy Bonbrisco

Renowned private chef Philippe Gudet, who trained with legendary chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, will cook you and your lucky friends a sumptuous and beautifully presented dinner. Greenwich’s Horseneck Liquors will work with you to supply the perfect wines for your meal and Susie Bonbrisco will create a unique seasonal floral centerpiece for your table. Available Monday through Thursday only depending on chef availability.

Lot 20: Tour, Catered Lunch and Wines of Bouchaine Vineyards, Napa Valley

Value: $670

Donors: Bouchaine Vineyards

The oldest operating vineyard in Carneos, Napa Valley, Bouchaine is noted for its chardonnay and pinot noir. Tour the beautiful grounds, taste Bouchaine’s prize winning wines and enjoy a catered lunch with a breathtaking view of the gardens, vineyards and harbor. Winning bidders will also receive a magnum of 2007 Estate Pinot Noir signed by Bouchaine owners Gerret and Tatiana Copeland and winemaker Michael Richmond. Tour limited to four adults and reservations must be made within one year.

Lot 21: Dinner, Wine and Flowers for a Party of Ten

Value: $1,200

Donors: Rye Country Store, Hafner Vineyards, and Bruce Freyer

Everyone loves food from the Rye Country Store! They will prepare and deliver a dinner for ten accompanied by a case of 2007 chardonnay from Hafner Vineyards, a small family winery in Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley. Their wines are sold directly to patrons and leading California restaurants, but not available in stores. Bruce Freyer will provide a beautiful floral centerpiece.

Lot 22: Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1997

Value: $1,000

Donors: Nancy and Walter Raquet

Add this rare collector’s 1997 Chateau Lafite Rothschild to your wine cellar or drink it now with your very best friends. A Bordeaux red blend from Pauillac, it boasts a dark ruby color and has notes of ripe black currants, violets and vanilla.

Lot 23: Afghan Feast for 10 at Bamiyan Restaurant

Value: $600

Donors: Professor M. Ishaq Nadiri and Faruq Achikzad

Bamiyan is New York’s most highly regarded Afghan restaurant, will authentic food and a décor that takes you to the bazaars of Kabul. The winning bidder receives an all-inclusive dinner for 10 people including tax and tip, alcoholic beverages, tea, coffee, combination dessert, combination appetizers, and entrees.

Lot 24: J Papers Holiday Card Package

Value: $500

Donor: J Papers

Send your friends and family holiday wishes with 150-250 personalized holiday cards and envelopes from designs by Vera Wang, Kate Spade, and William Arthur from Greenwich’s most exclusive purveyor of invitations and cards. The winning bidder will also receive two beautiful holiday candles.

Be a Sport

Lot 25: Golf Outing and Lunch at Golf Club of Purchase
Value: $675

Donors: Polly and Jim McTaggart

A Jack Nicklaus Signature Course, the famed Golf Club of Purchase is 18 holes of pure golfing pleasure. A party of two will join Polly and Jim McTaggart for a round of golf with carts and lunch at a mutually convenient date.

Lot 26: NY Knicks: Two Prime Tickets and Sports Package

Value: $500

Donor: National Basketball Association

Show your team spirit! Two tickets to a 2011-2012 season game packaged with a Knicks swag bag. Date to be determined by winning bidder and donor. In the event of a lockout, tickets will be honored when games resume.

Lot 27: Four Box Seats to Yankees Game

Value: $835

Donor: John Gardiner

Box Seats for four for a spring/summer 2012 game and VIP parking pass. Date and time to be determined by donor and winning bidder. Not available for games against Mets or Red Sox.

Lot 28: Four Tickets to March 29, 2012 Islanders vs Penguins

Value: $550

Donor: Julie Grand, National Hockey League

A must-see game for any hockey fan. Comes with your own NHL swag bag complete with a cap signed by Ranger’s star goalie Henrik Lundqvist!

Health and Fitness

Lot 29: Private Nutrition Counseling by Daria Ventura
Value: $600

Donors: Daria Ventura, Binky Brooks

Eat better and exercise more effectively with this nutrition and fitness package. Daria Ventura, M.S., R.D., C.D.N, will provide a four-session private nutrition counseling package at your home or her office, including a comprehensive analysis of your diet and a customized healthy eating plan to get you feeling and looking your best. Amp up your workouts with three private training sessions with highly recommended New York City based trainer Binky Brooks.

Lot 30: One Month VIP Membership, Fitness Assessment, Pilates and Massage at Equinox Fitness

Value: $475

Donor: Equinox Fitness

Get fit with a one month VIP membership to any Equinox Fitness club, including a fitness and training assessment, private Pilates session and ½ hour massage (massage available only at the 43rd Street facility).

GPFA Young Professional Profiled

admin — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:58:12 +0000

Yael Julie Fischer’s work with GPFA is profiled in the Columbia Law School Magazine article “Planting Seeds.” The article details Fischer’s trip to Kabul in 2009 to work with GPFA staff on project development and describes her ongoing dedication to the organization.

Click here to read the article.

Yael Julie Fischer graduated from Columbia Law School in 2010 and is now an associate at Kirkland and Ellis law firm.

GPFA Fall Benefit: Regreening the Silk Road

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:00:21 +0000

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 6:30 pm
Three Sixty°, 10 Debrosses Street, New York

GPFA will hold its fall benefit dinner on October 25, 2011 at Three Sixty°, a spectacular event space in Tribeca. Our keynote speaker is Ambassador Peter Tomsen, Special Envoy on Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992 and author of the newly released The Wars of Afghanistan.

Click here to watch Ambassador Peter Tomsen’s recent appearance on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show.

Our theme is Regreening the Silk Road: a crossroads of global trade and prosperity which traversed Afghanistan at a time when the country flourished with farms, orchards, forests and vineyards. GPFA works to make that past a part of Afghanistan’s future and we hope to inspire our guests — between 250 and 300 influential business, public sector and philanthropic leaders – to join us in this journey to restore Afghanistan’s agricultural economy. Now more than ever, it is critical to show people in leadership positions that, far from being a lost cause, Afghanistan can once again thrive. And GPFA is a key player in making that happen.

The event will feature a silent auction of unique items donated by GPFA friends.

Ticket Prices

Farmer $175 per person under age 35

Gardener $375 per person

Forester $600 per person

Cultivator $1,000 per person

Sponsorship packages available at the $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000 levels.

Please click here to purchase individual tickets to GPFA’s Fall Benefit.

To purchase tickets by mail, send your check, made out to Global Partnership for Afghanistan, to:
Post Office Box 1237
New York, NY 10276-1237

To purchase tickets by phone, or for more information regarding sponsorship packages, please contact:

Emily Dery
Development and Administrative Assistant
Global Partnership for Afghanistan
(212) 735-2541
edery@gpfa.org