Rotarians Parnering to Help Afghanistan

Motivated by the tragedy of September 11, 2001, Rotarian Steve Brown has traveled to Afghanistan twelve times during the last thirteen years working with various programs of the Rotary Foundation and other partnering organizations to carry out educational and humanitarian programs in the City of Jalalabad. He has been successful in working with Rotarian Fary Moini and local Afghans to establish a Rotary Club in Jalalabad and create a Sister Cities relationship between his home town of San Diego and Jalalabad. Additional experiences of Steve and Fary in Jalalabad include building schools, establishing internet connected computer labs for boys and girls in public high schools, working with a local university to facilitate English language training and assisting with Rotary’s polio eradication efforts through a meeting with a Taliban leader and a separate meeting with Afghan President Karzai.

Steve was a partner in the San Diego law firm of Luce, Forward from 1972 until retirement several years ago. He has been a member of Stanford Law School’s Board of Visitors. He received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award from United Nations Association of San Diego. A Rotarian since 1986, he has served The Rotary Foundation as vice chair and trustee (2010-14). Steve has been involved in Rotary Foundation projects in numerous countries and traveled extensively to support international service through Rotary.  He is a recipient of Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award and Rotary International’s Service Above Self Award.

Steve and his wife, Susan, reside in the Del Mar suburb of San Diego California