Open up a Portal to Afghanistan

A project in Kabul, Afghanistan by Turquoise Mountain
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A Portal connecting Kabul to the world, with human-scaled video-chat. Talk, connect, collaborate as if you're in the same room.
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Backers: 119
Average Pledge Per Backer: £98

Funded: £11,702 of £10,000
Dates: Nov 11th -> Dec 11th (31 days)
Project By: Turquoise Mountain
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Latest News

We Made It! The Portal is Coming to Kabul...

December 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear All, A huge and heartfelt thanks to all of you who supported the Kabul Portal.  Thanks to you it is going to become a reality.  We couldn't be more excited! Several hundred of you got together to make this a reality.  It's been really... (Read More)

The Afghan Portal is a Kickstarter 'Project We Love'... 75% funded

December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
The Portal is making waves!  This week's newsletter from Kickstarter took its theme from our project!  See their 'Portals' newsletter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/newsletters/weekly/505.  You'll see that we were featured us as one of their... (Read More)

Planet Art App here...

December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We realise we didn't add the link to the Planet Art app where you can give a FREE donation of $15 to our Afghan portal, just by downloading the app (it takes 30 seconds..):  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planet-art/id937737095?ls=1&mt=8  (Read More)

Art Basel Miami Beach + Planet Art App

December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Ten days to go and 50% raised!  It's been so exciting to see people getting behind our Afghan portal project.  We were made a Kickstarter Staff Pick and are currently on Art Basel's Curated Kickstarter page, where the project is getting lots of... (Read More)

Kickstarter Staff Pick, plus £4,500 raised thus far - AMAZING!

November 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks so much to everyone who has supported us so far!  In our first week, we've nearly raised 50% of our target. WOW!  This money thus far has nearly covered the basic installation of the Portal in Kabul, including the immersive audio-visual... (Read More)

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