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Our hope is our school

My name is Z, I am a student of the fourth grade of Darman Primary School.

We live in a village, we are a poor family, and my father is a farmer.

One of my elder brothers and sisters also graduated from this Darman School.

Fortunately, my brother also graduated from High School and is helping my father. He hopes to study agriculture in the future, but our economy is very weak.  I hope that my brother will reach his dream in the future.

But my elder sister was in the 10th grade in Qalai Akhund High School for girls, which is currently closed for girls, so my sister is suffering a lot and saying what will happen to my further education.

A month ago, while our midterm exams were going on, due to the cold weather, all the schools were closed by the order of government. We were all very worried and thought that maybe our school will be closed too like other girls' schools. But fortunately, after ten days off, all Primary Schools for girls opened again, which we are very happy about.

I like my school very much, I learned many things here and I can read and write everything. At home my elder sister cooperates with me in lessons and homework and I am the number one in my class.

I am very happy and I want to become a doctor in the future, so that I can be of service to my countrywomen who have many problems. But I am afraid, that maybe I will not achieve my hope in the current situation. And I do not even have hope that I will continue my further schooling after class six, because all schools are closed for girls.

I am grateful to God for giving us this school in our village, and we also thank all those who are supporting us. We ask them to continue to help us because all our hope is this Darman School.

Thanks,

Z

Lucky student

I am H, son of B, and I am a student of class 5A of Darman Primary School in Kama district of Nangarhar province.

We are a poor family; my father is a farmer who works on the land of one of my father's friends.

We are father, mother, two brothers and two sisters in the family.

My older sister has graduated from this Darman School and is currently a grade 11 student in Qala Akhund female High School. But she is sad that their school has closed and she may not be able to study anymore due to the current situation in Afghanistan.

My sister was a good student and always studied hard. She hoped to study economics and one day work in a bank. She always told my father that when I complete my economic studies, I will soon find a job in a bank, God willing, then our economic situation will improve and we will get rid of this poverty.

But now she says that I couldn't reach my hope and I can't help my family, but my father tells her that God is great, don't despair.

This Darman School is very close to our home, and I consider myself lucky to be a student of this school. All students of this school are poor and every student hopes to serve his family and community and tries to study well.

I thank all my teachers who work very hard with us and prepare the education materials for us on time.

We are very grateful to Darman organization for creating this school, and I also thank all the kind people who help our school financially. We ask them not to leave us alone and continue to help us because otherwise we have no hope for the future.

Regards,

H