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Afghanistan · Kabul · The local schools in Kabul have almost no supplies and are relying on Canada to provide them. Jamel Sayed is an Afghani teacher who returned to Kabul from North America in October and will be the local coordinator and ongoing liaison for the project. Before leaving Afghanistan as a refugee in 1980, he was an elementary teacher. · Brishkai Lund of who is originally from Afgahistan has helped coordinate this effort. She presently works in the Division of Continuing studies at UVic. ·
“There are so many dire needs, such as no roof over the classroom (November
is cold and rainy there too!), children coming to school hungry and leaving
hungry. Parents, mostly mothers, begging in the streets. So, all these
things are distractions from art. Of course, once we find our way into
art, then the energy and strength that come from that experience are immense
and help us overcome so many dire things. The challenge of this project
might be just that: lifting teachers and pupils into art to uplift their
hearts.”
Brishkai Lund