Anoosha's weekly letter....
My opinion about the letter exchanging process
Through last months I have been exchanging letters between American children and Afghan orphans which is one of the most experiencing works in my life. I came to know through this process that what these children think. Many of them really do care about others happiness. For example in her letter Carly said to her pen pal “always remember that there is hope for you in life and that you are being heard by people”. Even Blake a 12 year old American girl said to her 8 year old pen pal Shabana “I think what we can really do about the war in Iraq to stop killing and to make our point” . Sally because of a problem she couldn’t get her pen pal’s mails so she was really worried and she said in her letter to her pen pal” I couldn’t write because of a problem; don’t think that I am not interested in writing to you.” This means that these children really do care about others happiness.
When I read letters to the orphans they listen carefully and think how different things are in the U.S and Afghanistan and how the American children have lots of opportunities in life. As one of the kids Jone said in his letter. ” I really don’t know what I wish to be in the future because there are lots of possibilities in life.”
I think that exchanging letters is one of the ways to exchange thoughts, ideas and imaginations with which we can promote the orphans to think about themselves and the others and how to use opportunities in life so that they can be assure of a secure future.
Anoosha Wahidi
Kabul, June 2007
Through last months I have been exchanging letters between American children and Afghan orphans which is one of the most experiencing works in my life. I came to know through this process that what these children think. Many of them really do care about others happiness. For example in her letter Carly said to her pen pal “always remember that there is hope for you in life and that you are being heard by people”. Even Blake a 12 year old American girl said to her 8 year old pen pal Shabana “I think what we can really do about the war in Iraq to stop killing and to make our point” . Sally because of a problem she couldn’t get her pen pal’s mails so she was really worried and she said in her letter to her pen pal” I couldn’t write because of a problem; don’t think that I am not interested in writing to you.” This means that these children really do care about others happiness.
When I read letters to the orphans they listen carefully and think how different things are in the U.S and Afghanistan and how the American children have lots of opportunities in life. As one of the kids Jone said in his letter. ” I really don’t know what I wish to be in the future because there are lots of possibilities in life.”
I think that exchanging letters is one of the ways to exchange thoughts, ideas and imaginations with which we can promote the orphans to think about themselves and the others and how to use opportunities in life so that they can be assure of a secure future.
Anoosha Wahidi
Kabul, June 2007
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