"Learning how to write in a school without a roof"

Report published in "Expresso", May 28th, 2011, after my visit to Shawl Pacha School, in Nangarhar, and also Pol-e-Charki High School, in Kabul, which is being improved by Portuguese military in Afghanistan.

Margarida Mota

Additional articles:

"Livros e lápis para meninos afegãos", Expresso Online, 30/07/2011 (portuguese)

Dossiê "O Expresso em Cabul": All my reports published in Expresso Online, during my stay in Afghanistan, from 8th until 18th April 2011. (portuguese)

Mina Wali visits Portugal

In May 2008, when the Shawl Pacha School was already a reality in Afghanistan, its owner, Mina Wali, paid a visit to Portugal.

Mina was warmly welcomed by AMI's staff, Hope of Mother's partner in Afghanistan

 

In Setúbal, Mina walked around the Sado's estuary, joined by AMI members

While visiting Parque das Nações (Nations Park), in Lisbon

Jeronimo's Monastery in the back (Lisbon)

In the Portuguese Parliament, Mina was received by MP Leonor Coutinho and MP Teresa Caeiro (next to Mina). At their left, a representative of AMI

In Lisbon, in an event hosted by AMI, where Mina attended a conference on humanitarian aid and children's rights

In Alcochete, with Vasco da Gama bridge in the back

Back to Parque das Nações

On the way to Oceanário (Lisbon's Oceanarium)

"At the Lisbon's Oceanarium, Mina wanted to take pictures to show the Afghan children where is Portugal, the country that, through AMI, funds their school and their education. She also wants to tell them that if they study hard and contribute to the development of their country - Afghanistan -, they may, one day, visit Portugal or even have an Oceanarium."

Testimony of LTC Octávio Vieira, who followed Mina Wali during her visit to Portugal

Photos by Octávio Vieira