I want to add one more post about the Marefat school in Kabul - which now has a fascinating link, via the Constitution Center,  to Philadelphia's Constitution High School for American Studies.

Students from both schools will be exchanging emails, blogs, and video clips about their thoughts on civil engagement and human rights - that is if the Kabul kids can find money to buy laptops and get a satellite uplink, and install Skype. Their entire 12 grade school now has only one computer with a weak internet connection.

This is a terrific project, about which I will write more. These kids (some of them pictured here) have moderately good English and terrific determination. They will have lots to tell their Philly counterparts, and vice-versa, once the communication links get going. (And they very excited and bouncy about the program, despite their sober faces in my photo). I'll be looking into ways to raise money for the program, and will let you know what you can do if you are interested.