[kaltura-widget wid="dimrid46dk" width="400" height="365" type="whiteblue" addPermission="-1" editPermission="-1" /]July 30, 2009 Thursday

Learning Numbers!!

Couple days ago, Dr. Rafi taught numbers from 0 – 20 to Project Illiteracy (PI) students; for some it was their first time learning them. It was hard to imagine a grown man writing numbers for the first time, but it was true. For some, it was their first time holding a pencil!! Can you believe it? Dr. Rafi had to show them how to hold pencils correctly.

Do you remember your first time trying to write anything on a piece of paper? Do you remember how difficult it was even to draw a straight line? I watched my daughters making lines and drawing circles. It was not so easy.

These Afghanistan people are struggling the same way, but they are trying. They try to better themselves, and I am very proud of them. It will be my honor to present certificates of completion to them at the end of the course.