Healthy Afghan Girls Prgram in Alluhoddin Orphanage

Congratulations to the PARSA staff. Asia Foundation has just agreed to partner with PARSA to produce a "Healthy Afghan Girl" program in Alluhoddin orphanage. Below is a letter from one of the 20 girls currently in the program. This grant from the Asia Foundation allows us to serve all 150 girls...

My name is Zainab and my father name was Hayatullah, I am fourteen years old and I am studying in seventh grade of school in Allahoddin Orphanage. My father and mother killed by internal war in our country when I and my younger sister were children. After that we were living in my uncle house for a while, but life was very difficult for us in those years. My uncle’s wife didn’t like us to grow up well and go to school, and she always oppression on us she and my uncle got us out from the house. We were sleeping in the bathroom, and we were sweeping the hallways and balcony. They always told us to go for begging on streets and my uncle’s wife told us she’d sale us to a reach man to get money. We referred here by a woman who, she was very kind. She told me that I can study there in orphanage and make our future better there. I worry about our life and our education. I am writing this letter and I am crying that I remembered our bad days. I never saw a happy time in my life, but I am feeling much happier in orphanage then my uncle house. I am studying a lot so probably having a good education will make my life better. Many time I wanted to kill myself but, unfortunately I am alive yet. Many thanks for my dear teacher Saleha Jan especially from PARSA organization to get us this occasion to share and solve our problems. I always pray and study a lot to have a good future for myself and my younger sister. Zainab