Nahid Orphanage Party

"Birthday Parties: All of the children have very painful and bleak stories; they were orphans, victims of child labor, and street children forced to beg. Birthday is a new and strange term for them because they don't remember if some one ever celebrated their birthdays. Indeed, most of the children don't even know their birth date and RAWA has contacted their families and relatives to find out their date of birth. Imagine how exciting it must be to see others celebrate a special day just for him or her!

It is not financially feasible to have relatively big parties for every child but we have tried to celebrate birthdays for all the children by organizing a fun party, where the children sing and dance. A few of our international sponsors have funded big outdoor parties in honor of the birthday of their sponsored child."

anyhow... this was the response that i received about the idea for a birthday party for all three sisters. the response was sent to Stephanie to send to me. Stephanie is my go between person that then contacts a person at RAWA in Afghanistan.


"I just heard back from RAWA about the party…this is what they are thinking…

Hi Stephanie,

Great!!! This is a wonderful idea. I think the children of Nahid, particularly Helai, Marghalai and Shazia will be too much happy to have that party. The best idea I think would be an 'outdoor family birthday party', where children and their families are taken to a park or a little far from Kabul city. I will discuss this with the administrator of Nahid and we will see what is the best program.

How cool is that? It sounds like it could be a wonderful party!

Thanks so much for making this happen! I can’t wait to see the pictures-maybe even a short video-I will check with them about the video clip…

Peace,

Stephanie"
end of email


IM SO EXCITED!!!! especially if we get to see pictures & maybe even a video!
I love those three girls as if they were my own sisters.
In a way they are

Very Blessed,
Sassafrass Winter Solstice