By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer
Dear Friends,
Thank you again for your donation, which has allowed two girls the chance to attend school. The scholarships have now been awarded. The girls who received these scholarship are called Parisa and Zainab and they are 10 and 11 years old and in 4th class at a private school in Herat Province. Parisa’s father is a painter and Zainab’s father works as farmer but both families would not be able to afford school without a scholarship. You can see the girls in the photographs above along with other scholarship students.
The staff person who gave out the awards said, “the students who receive scholarships are all from poor families. Many have lost one or both parents and need to do some work part time to help their families. When they heard they had been given a scholarship they were so happy they became teary eyed. This is what one student said, “I have two sisters, my father is a drug addict and my mother goes to a neighbor to do washing and cleaning. I was not able to pay for tuition or stationary. Thank you for this great opportunity; it has changed my life.”
Thank you again for your generous donation; your donation has helped to change the course of the lives of Parisa and Zainab.
By Alison Hendry | Program Administrator
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