This story from The Herald in the UK, reports that UN aid
near the
Afgan border is pouring..well, trotting in by donkey. But much of the
last shipment was books rather than food.
\”What were in most of the boxes? I asked one of the drivers.
\”Ketab,\” he replied, using the Dari word for books.
Some 204,000 books, educational aids, and stationery made up the
bulk of the consignment. Of about 220 tons, only six consisted of food,
a high protein porridge called Unimix.
\”Believe me when I say we are grateful for the books and the
possibility of some education for our children, but it is difficult to go
to school when you are weak or dead from hunger,\” said Haji
Mohammed, an Afghan refugee man from the Panjshir valley, who
was standing nearby. He explained, and apologised at the same time:
\”Books are important, but these things, the food, warm clothes and
medicines, are what will see us through this winter.\”
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