Mahboba Rawi was Born in Afghanistan and forced to flee as a teenager due to her activism against the Soviet occupation.
She then lived in a refugee camp in Pakistan for two years before marrying and moving to Australia.
After her son’s death in 1992, she decided to take action to protect and advocate for children in Afghanistan.
And founded Mahboba’s Promise. An Australian non-profit organisation dedicated to helping disadvantaged women and children in Afghanistan. A country that has been torn apart by years of war and civil unrest and who now live under Taliban rule.
Mahboba’s Promise has established schools, shelters and health clinics across Afghanistan and provided numerous sponsorships to widows, orphans and girls in need.
She has helped thousands and thousands of people and to many of them she is ‘Mother Mahboba’ …
Mahboba has been awarded an Order of Australia and in 2012 was Australian Muslim Woman of the Year.
Her story is worthy of making a film… or three.
Mahboba is an angel… up there with Mother Teresa for the work she does, it’s simply incredible... In the world she operates, and the comparatively small size of her organisation it’s difficult to comprehend the impact she has had on the many many lives in Afghanistan and around the world.
Please enjoy my conversation with Mahboba Rawi
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