Help for Afghanistan
Even in ruins, flowers are cherished and cared for.
Since 1993 I have been in Afghanistan most of the year. During my visits to Germany, I give lectures to draw attention to our project. We are in urgent need of private donations as we finance the hospital 90 percent of this money. Before leaving for Afghanistan, I collect packages and parcels in my apartment in Dortmund. These are, of course, especially drugs and dressings. But also cosmetics, hair clips and ribbons, embroidery thread and flower seeds. Things that should be especially fun. Because that is also important for the people in Afghanistan: that they can also be happy about something. 70 percent of the population are traumatized, many suffer from depression. There is no psychotherapeutic care and we in our clinic can not afford it either. That's why we occasionally try to distract people with such little souvenirs from their suffering, to give them back their zest for life.
Help for Afghanistan: Gifts are just as important as medicine
It is part of Afghan culture that women and girls are doing well. Not only for weddings or parties, but also for each other, for example, when friends come together for a meal. Our employees even put on make-up for the service. This raises their self-esteem, and it is important to them to maintain this piece of normalcy in all circumstances. Women and men love perfumes. Houses and living rooms are maintained and decorated as much as possible. Already in childhood, the girls learn to embroider, embroidered towels are hung as wall decorations, small gifts are packed? also because there is no wrapping paper? in homemade cloths. And it always touches me to see how even in the worst ruin a flower is nurtured and cared for. That's why the gifts in my luggage are now just as important to me as the medical supplies.
More information at www.chak-hospital.org
