On the Ground in Afghanistan - Santwana Dasgupta

Santwana Dasgupta

Santwana Dasgupta is Director of the Partnership for the Education of Children in Afghanistan (P.E.C.A) for the past 2 years, working from Kabul. The path to Afghanistan grew from her youth in India, the events of 9-11 and from her work with Friends for a Non-violent World (FNVW).

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Come to School Afghani girls - Atai Sheery

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including taking care of keeping to the customs of the society there while educating them.
being asked to help an Afghani kid whose father died.
Changes in US AID - and on war.
how much the USA has rebuilt Afghanistan
Hindu religious values, and Santwana's original problems with Muslims, and how she learned to overcome her prejudice.
How safe it is (or isn't) with the war going on and the other effects of the war.

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