Healing Web
This is room dedicated to touching on some of the healing work being done around the world—and includes a few posts on such. This room is in its infancy. So many possibilities for expansion. Meanwhile, please feel free to explore the bits I’ve managed to collect so far.
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Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning
A little over a year ago I read Greg Mortenson’s Stones into Schools, the sequel to his Three Cups of Tea and was very moved by it. An American, Mortenson describes his work collaborating with Afghan communities to provide schools for girls, while, at the same time, weaving his narrative with Afghan history and the role of education in empowering women and transforming communities. I put the book on my independent reading list for my students and ended up telling a number of people that they had to read...