Most of us realize that the living conditions in most parts of Afghanistan are not as suitable as they should be. And this stretches into their educational system as well. In fact, Afghanistan schools and students, which have been devastated from 30 years of war, anti-education politics and an unstable government, are in dire need of assistance.
Said Afghan Col. Haji Toor Jan, Afghanistan National Police security commander of civil affairs, “When I was a little boy, if someone had given me a pen instead of a gun, this country would be a better place.”
Well that is exactly what a program called “
Backpacks For Afghanistan” is doing. Soldiers are collecting donations from all over the world to bring school supplies and teaching supplies to students and teachers across Afghanistan, rebuilding their educational system one student and teacher at a time.
Backpacks for Afghanistan offers a tremendous humanitarian project opportunity for any 4-H club. I you or your Group would like to collect donations and help send backpacks to Afghanistan, then you can do what the Clover Explorer 4-H Club of Bremer County did, and
send backpacks full of school supplies overseas. You can even look for and
apply for a 4-H grant to help fund the project!
Way to go Clover Explorers! You’ve helped children all the way around the world and you’ve set a great example for other 4-H clubs at the same time. Keep up the great work.
Here’s another really cool story about one of the founders of the Backpacks for Afghanistan campaign –
ONE member and US Army major gives back to children in Afghanistan.
