Help 429 children go to school in Afghanistan

When we left our home in Pakistan and came back to our homeland in Kama during Karzai Government, I was a small boy. My father worked hard to sustain our family, and my elder brothers helped him. Life here in Kama was not good. I saw that many boys and girls were going to school and it excited us very much. I was still an under age boy, but I was really excited about the idea of school. But we are a poor family, and my brother was really disheartened by our poverty, as he couldn’t join school. The only school we knew about was far away, and our parents were unable to send him there. After some time we heard that within our widespread village area there is actually a school operating. It is run by an NGO called DARMAN. The school officials were inviting the villagers to admit their children in the school. Immediately my father got admission for my brother in this school and he started his lessons. Believe me, this was amazing for us, and we were really thrilled with happiness that we could now join school and it was not only a dream any more. I myself had to wait for a year because of my age, but then I also joined and now I am really proud, that I am a student despite my family being very poor. It is like a gift from God. In our country education is free, and stationary and books are provided freely. This is incredible for us, because in Pakistan students had to pay for all school costs. Now here is no discrimination between poor and rich families' children, because all of us receive education in same manner and in same quality. We are very happy.

We requested more class rooms from the Director of DARMAN NGO during his visit, and he told me with kindness that he is trying his best to find funds for more class rooms.

May God bless our school officials and DARMAN NGO’s Director that he provided this opportunity for us and strives hard for our happiness.

Sincerely yours

Shafiq ullah S/O Salih 

Student of 2^nd class