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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear members, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to share some very encouraging news about Afghanistan.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In September of 2013 there was an accident in Afghanistan which left a little girl blind and with no immediate family. She was brought here for treatment. I met the girl and learned about her injuries. The foster family is very supportive
of her. We have gathered information and resources about education of girls in Afghanistan. Because of the wars in Afghanistan there are more girls than boys. Girls are married at a young age and become mothers. When the husbands die they have to take care
of young children and so they do not get education. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am sending two web links for you to assess the situation for yourselves. You are welcome to support any of these causes by spreading the word.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.afghanruralschools.org">www.afghanruralschools.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The schools have 600 girls currently enrolled. I met the founder of this school on Sunday.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Qayum and Anna Safi who presented their innovative ideas running a non-profit for kids in rural Afghanistan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The second is an article about the blind school in Kabul. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/afghan-school-prepares-blind-for-better-life/24711146.html">http://www.rferl.org/content/afghan-school-prepares-blind-for-better-life/24711146.html</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They need very basic things and I am not sure if they know to teach the children Braille.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Yasmin Reyazuddin
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