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Work and Study
Children work and long to study, but resources are scarce here. As we struggle to open new schools, we wonder how they'll continue.
   

Taking a breather on a decorated tractor
Carrying bricks for the tailoring center
Speed/strength competition for water.
Currently, due to lack of textbooks....
... kids are only learning Pashtu...
... the majority language of the area.
We hope to get more textbooks....
... for Math, English, Science, etc.
In the meantime, there are perhaps....
... some creative stop-gap solutions.
Between work...
... and studies, the children are busy.
But there's still much to do.
More schools are being built....
... by voluntary community labor.
But community elders are concerned..
... that teachers won't get paid.
Meanwhile, the children continue to play
... as with the new football team here.
They wait for more teachers....
... more textbooks...
... and more bikes!