THANKING MALALAY'S FRIENDS
Nasrine Abou-Bakre Gross is hereby reporting on
the projects sponsored by the sale of Qassarikh-e Malalay to date. As
promised in the first chapter and in the ads of the book, the proceeds
from the sale of the book have been given to a non-profit
organization, headquartered in the country of the sale, to be used for
a women's project inside Afghanistan or in the refugee camps. The five
projects thus far funded and started are:
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Distribution of flour, during the dead of
winter, to 20 girls of Malalay still living in Kabul. In
February of 1999, one sir of flour (16 pounds) cost 80,000 Afghanis;
one dollar was 40,000. Proceeds from the sale of the book in
France.
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Establishment of a home-based school for girls
ages 8 to 12 in Kabul. Proceeds from Northern California.
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Extension of the Aria clinic into a center for
the protection of mother and child in the city of Kabul, by Help
the Afghan Children, Inc. Proceeds from the sale of the book in
the Washington, D.C. area.
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Distribution of cash to the destitute widows
of the Mosque of Shah-e Do-Shamshira in Kabul, by Help the Afghan
Children, Inc. Proceeds from Southern California.
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Establishment of an English chair in a school
for poor refugee girls in the city of Peshawar, on condition to
hire a girl of Malalay, by the Afghan Women's Association of
Germany. Proceeds from Germany.
Nasrine Abou-Bakre Gross expresses her thanks to
all friends of Malalay. Especially, she would like those who bought a
copy of the book to know how their money has been utilized. Also, she
extends her appreciation to those who wrote in the book. Like the
Malalay of history, the proud and nurturing patron of our cherished
school, each one has risen to impart her warmth to the forsaken,
forgotten and cold-stricken of Kabul. With hopes for a brighter
tomorrow for our beloved birthplace and dreams for the return of the
Afghan woman to the society-building gardens of Malalay, I am grateful
to all.
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