Greetings!   

Once again I was conflicted about whether to share a recent email to Suzanne from Qudsia. She and her husband, Basir, have been TIE's program directors for more than ten years and live in Kabul. Working for TIE, an American NGO educating girls, puts them at risk. Their families' current circumstances are very troubling. However, they also remind us how fortunate we are. They are also part of TIE's growing extended family, as are many of you. One of my responsibilities over the years has been to keep family members informed of the good, bad, happy times and sad.

Dear Suzanne,

Thanks a lot for your email and for being concerned for the people of Afghanistan. I think the situation is more worse than it shows on TV and in media now we are very hopeless for our future especially if you have daughters their future is uncertain .I am very concern for the future of my 3 girls i don't know how i should manage their life. Now Taliban has plan to target schools and universities  as they attacked the most famous university of Afghanistan last week and killed around 40 students between the age of 18 and 24 , believe me Suzanne , when my daughters go to school i am not sure whether can i see them again or not .

Last week my daughters heard about university which was attacked by Taliban and they were so depressed and they heard some students jumped from the windows and broke all their bodies. in the next day when my daughters went to their school and came back they told me mom we are in fourth floor we checked that can we jump from the window or not .They said mom it is too high we cannot jump and taliban will kill us , it was the most difficult sentences that i heard from them and this sentences broke my heart and i got emotional couldn't stop my tears for long time .

I don't know what is our fault and why we are killed without any reason. Even our kids say they don't have a future, they just want to be alive .

Sorry Suzanne for my long email. I just wanted to explain my pain .

Qudsia

I wrote Qudsia offering to have TIE to provide a tutor so their daughters could continue their education at home until it is safe. I'm awaiting a response
Qudsia, Basir and their daughters
Update on Mokhtar's Family

Mokhtar, who was recently discovered by Qudsia and Basir on the streets of Kabul selling onions, is no longer. He's in school with plenty of time for homework and play. His six sisters, who when asked if they were attending school responded, "What's a school", will soon have a tutor. Their father found a candidate who Qudsia will interview. If qualified she will begin tutoring the family immediately two hours a day six days a week for $80 a month.

A TIE supporter upon reading about this family offered and now will be paying the cost of the tutor. The family will also receive a set of 12 illustrated storybooks donated by Hoopoe Books, thanks to Sally Mallam, its executive director. Visit: hoopoebooks.com for more information.

The girls who are old enough will enter school in the Spring. That may be impossible for the eldest daughter who is 16. She's probably aged out. But, who knows? I learned long ago to not underestimate Afghan resolve. At a minimum, she will be literate in the country with the second lowest female literacy rate in the world (28.1%).
We began by offering to help one and now there are seven
Finally, within ten days of sharing the story about Mokhtar's family we received emails and applications from fourteen supporters offering to sponsor a child or take on another. We've asked Qudsia to determine which of the girls in Mokhtar's family merits sponsorship. Once determined the family will then receive an additional $50 a month bringing their total to $100. Information about sponsorship, the program that without doubt has the greatest impact on a child's future, can be found (here).

I've been trying to write an annual report but not having much success. My goal is to have it sent to you before the electoral college meets (December 14th). That's not bad. I could have chosen before Trump concedes.

Are you LOL? I hope so. But, humor, like beauty is in the eye or rather ear of the beholder.

Budd

ps. More good news came in this morning. Notwithstanding the order to reduce troop strength to 2500 our shipment will be going.
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