15 years ago almost to the date  on April 27, 2004, three years  after the Talibans were ousted by the coalition forces, three of us arrived in Afghanistan.  The opportunity was amazing and the people were in great need. The three of us were Jerry Neufeld,...

We settled our bills and said goodbye to the guards and cooks and began our final visits to the two schools we missed. Our final destination is Mazar from where we will fly tomorrow “sometime” to Istanbul and then on to Kenya. So cool to see kids that were...

Our day started out with the news that we would be confined to our compound. We did not receive security clearance to travel to two of our schools so the Minister of Education asked that we remain in the compound. Six armed guards were posted at our site...

In a country where half the population is less than thirty years of age, education becomes the primary focus starting at the earliest possible age. Today we visited a community that is doing their best, but could use some help. This is Naw Abad Baba Ali...

Our guest house provides no food unless ordered ahead of time. We are not allowed to go without a lot of paper work. Thanks to Candi for the homemade granola, rice cakes, and peanut butter. We bought small boxes of milk that do not need to be refrigerated...

On arrival we were met my Javid Noori, our 100 Classrooms Project manager. He has been a key part of our success in delivering this project. Our little Toyota could not handle our four big suitcases and so two of them needed to be left behind. I couldn’t...

Today I left Calgary and began preparing my mind, body, and soul for an adventure in Afghanistan. If all goes well, we should arrive in Mazar in 36 hours. Our flight will take us from Calgary to Montreal to Instanbul and finally, to Mazar. We have avoided...