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Shared with the usual disclaimer - details on how to help with "care packages" for the co-op follow excerpt...
The perils of delivering aid in Afghanistan
Sarah Chayes took your questions from Kandahar
Globe and Mail, 15 Aug 08
Article link - .pdf version
"The gunning down of three female foreign aid workers -- two of them Canadians -- and their Afghan driver a few dozen miles south of Kabul on Wednesday is the latest bloody murder to underscore the relentless deterioration in Afghan security conditions," Sarah Chayes wrote in today's Globe in her Comment Page article The perils of delivering aid
"Here in beleaguered Kandahar -- where I have lived for nearly seven years and currently run a small soap-making co-operative -- what most distressed my co-op members was the gender of the victims.
"Women?" Nurallah pronounced, aghast. "They're killing women? These people can't be Afghans. If my worst enemy -- my own personal enemy -- came into my hands, but his wife was present, I wouldn't touch him. I would let him go."
Ms. Chayes continues: "On that point, Canadians and Afghans can agree.
American activist Sarah Chayes has launched a cooperative in Kandahar to make soaps and oils from pomegranates and other local plants.
"Western coverage has brought to light other areas, however, where Afghan and international perceptions of this tragedy diverge . . . "
"This conflict, however, is different [from most countries where international aid agences operate.]
"Neither the forces fighting the Afghan government, nor ordinary people, make any distinction between international humanitarian workers, the Afghan government, and international military forces. All are seen as part of the same system....
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"There are a couple of ways to donate. You can send us a check or donate online via paypal. The only problem there is that we are not incorporated as a non-profit in Canada, only in the United States. So you couldn't deduct your donation from your taxes, unless you have U.S. income. The other way to help directly is to take a look at our wish list. We try to keep an updated list of things we need. So you could purchase some of those things, and send them to us at the following address:
Sarah c/o Gen. Thompson
PO Box 5058, Stn. Forces
Belleville, Ont.
Canada
K8N 5W6
That will get to us in Kandahar."
Co-op's web page here - Sarah's wish list attached as .pdf
Shared with the usual disclaimer - details on how to help with "care packages" for the co-op follow excerpt...
The perils of delivering aid in Afghanistan
Sarah Chayes took your questions from Kandahar
Globe and Mail, 15 Aug 08
Article link - .pdf version
"The gunning down of three female foreign aid workers -- two of them Canadians -- and their Afghan driver a few dozen miles south of Kabul on Wednesday is the latest bloody murder to underscore the relentless deterioration in Afghan security conditions," Sarah Chayes wrote in today's Globe in her Comment Page article The perils of delivering aid
"Here in beleaguered Kandahar -- where I have lived for nearly seven years and currently run a small soap-making co-operative -- what most distressed my co-op members was the gender of the victims.
"Women?" Nurallah pronounced, aghast. "They're killing women? These people can't be Afghans. If my worst enemy -- my own personal enemy -- came into my hands, but his wife was present, I wouldn't touch him. I would let him go."
Ms. Chayes continues: "On that point, Canadians and Afghans can agree.
American activist Sarah Chayes has launched a cooperative in Kandahar to make soaps and oils from pomegranates and other local plants.
"Western coverage has brought to light other areas, however, where Afghan and international perceptions of this tragedy diverge . . . "
"This conflict, however, is different [from most countries where international aid agences operate.]
"Neither the forces fighting the Afghan government, nor ordinary people, make any distinction between international humanitarian workers, the Afghan government, and international military forces. All are seen as part of the same system....
More on link
"There are a couple of ways to donate. You can send us a check or donate online via paypal. The only problem there is that we are not incorporated as a non-profit in Canada, only in the United States. So you couldn't deduct your donation from your taxes, unless you have U.S. income. The other way to help directly is to take a look at our wish list. We try to keep an updated list of things we need. So you could purchase some of those things, and send them to us at the following address:
Sarah c/o Gen. Thompson
PO Box 5058, Stn. Forces
Belleville, Ont.
Canada
K8N 5W6
That will get to us in Kandahar."
Co-op's web page here - Sarah's wish list attached as .pdf
