By Stephen Perlman | Consultant, HTAC
In a scene being played out more and more frequently these days throughout Afghanistan, too many Afghan children are going to school without the most basic learning tools; school supplies. Most of these girls and boys come from families that are extremely poor and unable to afford even the most basic of supplies.
The sad truth is, the world is once again forgetting about Afghanistan and once again, Afghanistan's children are the innocent victims.
Last year HTAC visited Koshkak School in the Paghman District of Afghanistan, less than 30 miles from the capital of Kabul. It might as well have been 300 miles. Scores of young students sat in their classrooms without a pencil, a pen, a simple notebook to write on. We wondered how could these students possibly learn. They deserved better.
So we decided to do something about it. With the help of an international humanitarian partner and many individual donors like you, we delivered school kits to 3,080 deserving children at Koshkak and 11,350 students at seven other schools in this underserved district.
Our greatest joy was seeing the excited smiles on the faces of these deserving kids. They are so eager to go to school and learn and thanks to many caring donors, we are giving these children a chance to succeed. Help us put smiles on the faces of thousands of other Afghan children by giving them essential tools to learn.
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