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Afghan Tutoring Network:

Empowering Afghan Women

Taniya

Ann

Liane

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Today’s Agenda

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Network updates

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Sharing successes and challenges

Hopes and Ideas for moving forward

4

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New Tutor

Introductions

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Updates

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18 active tutors, 17 students

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$3,640.00 thus far from gofundme

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Status of Grants

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Middlebury HS Afghan Friends Network

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Middlebury College student involvement

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What is happening in Afghanistan

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Tutor

Sharing

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WHITE by Bahara

 

White is the color of my walls,

and white is snow and fog.

Ice and milk are white.

A bride’s dress is white, and so are my teeth.

White makes me feel clean and comfortable,

White makes me feel hopeful.

BLACK by Bahara

 

Black is my eyes and my hair,

and black is the color of an outside niqab.

Black makes me feel sleepy and dark,

But, black clothes make me feel beautiful.

 

 

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Yes, I am a girl like a butterfly alive on a flower�The flower has so many thorns but,�the leaves of the flower save me.��Zahra, 16, 2019��Why is she like a butterfly on a flower?��What are the thorns (hard things) in your life?��What are the leaves (good things) in your life?��How do the good things save you?

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Afghan artists:�Which style do you like best? What painting do you like? Why? What is happening/do you see in the painting? How does it make you feel? Why is that?

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Ideas for Moving Ahead