January 28, 2002

Dear Steve,

Sorry for delay visited 2 camps, one is located 45 km out of Peshawar by the name of SHAMSHATAI and most of the refugees are settled down in this area.

I met doctor Amjad chokhtaei which is very active and with his help and doctor Ibrahimi which also I met they set a clinic for O.B. patient in this camp. There are 5 doctors and 2 nurses, all of them are afghan ladies and I can not tell you how

dedicate these wonderful and courageous women are and in what condition they are working in this clinic, no hot water, minimum and basic instruments, small heater for warming up, 6 bed in the totally naked room and their delivery room is

unbelievable old beds with no hot water no proper lighting and they told me sometimes when the electricity is out they have a very small generator which they can light only one bulb.

Some children died because of cold, no ambulance so when they have emergency case the family should take their patient to hospital which is 45 km far from the clinic, no blood bank , no gown, and still they are trying their best. One doctor and one nurse, cleaning lady, security are working night shift and sometimes they work 32 hours a day.

Also they have other duty, accounting, pharmacist, teaching 12 practical nurses which are teachers themselves and because they can not afford to live with teachers salary so they want to be trained as practical nurse.

Second camp is the largest camp by the name of JALOZAI with 300,000 refugees and some live in little mud houses and the deeper you go you see the tents with 1000 and 1000 children and woman and men living in those tents with the worst condition you imagine, filthy and dirt roads, they do not like visitor and Took picture from the car, specially I saw a young boy with his donkey filling up a buckets of water from a hole in the middle of the road, the water was dirty and God knows how this water was collected there and I asked DR. Amjad if there is water pump and he said for all these people there are only 2 pumps.

The condition is really bad and these are the ones who flee from the US bombs. Then I met another doctor and 2 practical nurses working in a small clinic specially for children, lots of sick and filthy children around even the doctor look sick and tired, I sat with him and he told me lots of heart breaking tale of human tragedy. I said good bye with tears in my eyes and pain in my heart and told him I will be back. Any way there is so many story to tell. I am going to 1st camp 4 days and 2nd one 2 days also stay night shift in the 1st camp.

I need your advice regarding the generator, with the money I have, I would like to buy a bigger generator it costs around $600 they really need that, what do you think? also I am planning to buy them some material for linen and curtain, gown, for the clinic.

Mr. Usman which is the secretary of the club is helping me and drive me around town for better prices. Mr. Shah and family are extremely nice and generous.

People are very kind specially in the clinic women and children are fascinated and giggle when they see me talk farsi, they gather around me asking lots of questions and then they invite me to their home specially one beautiful girl took my heart, she is in 5th grade told me she is worried if they go back to their village there is no school and ask me if I will go to her village and teach and insist to visit her house here even she wrote her address in my book.

Dear Steve, I will talk to you latter.

Please send my love to every body in the club and miss you all

Love

Fary

February 3, 2002

Dear Steve,

I am trying to accomplish some of my projects and then send you e-mail so please forgive me for delays between my e-mails. I bought water heater, sink and some kitchen utility for their kitchen and brought in carpenter (afghan) from camp to build a small library for the doctors in the clinic in shamshotai camp and provide them with material for bed sheet and patients gowns which one of the ladies who is working there is going to make it and will pay her, basically I am trying what ever we need to get it locally so they can use their talents and work for their money.

Generator will be also in my purchase list, the only reason I did not do it yet because the other camp Jalozai clinic is in very bad shape, no heater, no hot water, no bathrooms at all, no kitchen, specially yesterday it was raining and you can imagine how it was, I was wearing warm cloths and still feel cold and there were children coming with no shoes and little clothes on, the only thing I can say God is saving them. So first I talk to Dr. Amjad to help me to build one bathroom and next is the kitchen so we can provide some warm food for children at least once a week with the help of Rotary club. I have meeting with Dr. Amjad on Monday and Tuesday with Rotary members and ask them for help. Dear Steve thank you for your effort for sending me more fund, it is fantastic God bless you and all the member of the MOST DYNAMIC ROTARY CLUB IN THE WORLD and honest to God truly we are, and I am proud to be one of you.

Also Mr. Shah and I received E-mail from Rotary International for an article about my trip which we are putting something together and will send them, I know you did that and I do thank you for that. The other news I will have an interview with the news paper here on Thursday, I will let you know more. On sat 2nd of Feb. I met a group from Japan by the name of JAPAN ISLAMIC TRUST we talk and they ask me about my mission and if I am alone and what organization I am belong to, and their director Mr. Haroon Ahmad was asking if I will visit Afghanistan because their condition looks like worse than here. Mr. Shah advice me not to go to Afghanistan because it is very dangerous at this moment and as much as I love to go but I do respect his opinion so I said hopefully in the future and will keep in touch with him. Please send my love to all the members and specially to dear Sean Slentz for sending me e-mail and offer me his help and money thank for that. I am sorry I can not send each one of you e-mail but all of you are in my mind and my prayer, also thank you dear Jack and Maggie for the information's you send.

There is one funny story, we were stopping in traffic light when I saw a child crawling between the cars and begging for money so I gave him some money and as soon as he got it he start to run, I feel so stupid because I thought he was paralyzed, when Mr. Shah heard my story he start to laugh so hard and he said so they got you too, it was funny.

Love

Fary