Part of what Sozo is doing with the burn project extends to Jalalabad, so we went off to check it out. When I first went to Kabul, we had to fly into Pakistan and drive through the Kyhber pass, and we passed through Jalalabad. It took us 11 hours to travel over the very bumpy 250 kilometers. This trip was like a dream... completely paved! (Russ and Jane, I took a picture, I know you can't believe it). The weather is nicer in Jalalabad and lots of fruits and vegetables are grown there year around.
I thought that I would share with you some of the things I saw along the way...
* A passenger van full to the ceiling with cauliflower
* A boy on a bicycle...with goat heads on the back and some kind of 'innards' on his handle bars!
* People selling the worlds biggest carrots on the side of the road.
* A man skinning a goat, right outside where we ate for lunch - now THAT'S fresh!
* Some of the Sozo staff pulled their van over into camp of mine removal workers, turned up their music and did a little dance! ( I think Wakil said we needed to have some fun - the mine workers gathered in a circle to watch!)
We visited the burn project office in the local Women's Affairs office. They told of the 22,000 students of the girls school that were just trained in how to prevent burns in their homes. The people there are so bright and hopeful - it was contagious, I loved hearing their stories of the change that is coming more quickly than they expected and they are doing a great job tracking burn cases to evaluate what is most effective.
It was a great day!
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