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Note how happy he is with his red sweater! A Stanford donor, I presume. We have yet to see any colors rejected even though bright colors are symbolic of the decadent West in some circles.


UPCOMING EVENTS

March 29th, 5:00 - 7:00 pm           Speaking Engagement
World Affairs Council
312 Sutter St. Suite 200              "Educating and the Future of          
San Francisco                                   Women in Afghanistan"

             From the sign up list, it's apparent this engagement will
enable those who attend to meet and talk with several Afghan women living in the Bay Area. This is definitely an opportunity that should not be missed.   click here to register and for more information

April 12th, 7 - 9 pm
Benefit Concert at Acalanes High School
1200 Pleasant Hill Road, Lafayette
Sponsored by SAGE- Students for the Advancement of Global Education
 
Enjoy an entertaining evening with Acalanes' talented performers
and hear a brief report from Nabi and Budd who will have returned from Afghanistan the day before. click here to purchase tickets in advance

Greetings!
    
     I'm working on a newsletter. It's taking more time than I thought. So I'm sending a few photos I received within the last 45 days. We're more than half way through distributing rice donated by Stop Hunger Now and the clothing we packed to 2000 families. Most live in refugee camps. Assuming 8 members per family, that's 16,000 people impacted by this round of distributions. It has been impossible for TIE to work below the radar for some time, but 8 years later, we have yet to be threatened or attacked, even though we support Afghans educating girls.
     These photos prove our schlepping and packing parties are worthwhile. When is the next packing party?  It makes sense to schedule packing parties the end of May or first of June. This allows enough time for people to conduct their Spring Cleaning for Afghanistan drives.
   Hang on to your things, if you can, until May, but if you can't stand the clutter, you have porch privileges. You may drop your stuff off on my porch and we'll get it to Afghanistan. All roads may lead to Rome, but tons of stuff on its way to Afghanistan travels via my porch.
   Zohra tells me they will be able to resume working on the school for girls in Farza by the end of this month. The building they are currently occupying suffered significant rain and snow damage this winter.  They are anxious to relocate and should be able to within a couple of months. That's 225 girls who will be off the floor, sitting in desks, in a school built by the villagers. It's "theirs" and they will protect it.
   Nabi and I will be in Afghanistan soon and will provide you with an update from Kabul.

This proved to take more time than I thought it would.

Budd

ps  Woke up to this news -- Charles Schwab is donating 75 computer monitors thereby solving our monitor shortage!

UNLOADING DONATIONS
AND CLOTHING WITHOUT GLOVES!
 
unloading rice
UNLOADING RICE

                          
YES, THEY ARE STILL USING THE TRUST IN EDUCTION SIGN - STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES LOVE CATCHING THE SPELLING ERROR, AND WE'RE TOO FRUGAL TO BUY ANOTHER SIGN. THE SIGN HAS BECOME ANOTHER EDUCATIONAL TOOL. 

TAKE YOUR PHOTO AND LEAVE ME AND MY BEAR ALONE
                          
   FROM YOUR CHILD TO THEIRS
                                             

STUDY IN CONTRASTS --EVERYONE LONGS FOR THE DAY WHEN AFGHAN WOMEN CAN CAST OFF THEIR BURQA WITHOUT FEAR.
TIE'S PACKERS KNOW HOW HEAVY THESE ARE. AFGHAN RESOLVE IS LEGENDARY.
                          
THE WARS HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL

                                             
       







 


WE'RE WORKING SO HER FUTURE IS NOT WHAT'S PICTURED BELOW.
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