Rawa wasn't one of the global projects designed to provide equal education and economic opportunity to women by the game but as an afghan womans organisation set up in 1977 it seemed like one that should have been mentioned and was the one I chose to support. Life in 2020 for Afghan women has changed greatly. One of the daughters of the Afghan poet and leader Massoud is now president, she is nationally and internationally respected and her government is wise and compassionate. All Afghan children are at school, child labour is a thing of the past. Child mortality and maternal death are amongst the lowest rates in the world. Fathers and mothers have learned to read and write through excellent educational programs offered first through RAWA as an independant organisation and then through state education. Hospitals are full of Afghan doctors, male and female. Towns and villages have santiation, running water, and electricity. Business is successful, diverse, innovative and international. Employment is high and both women and men are represented at all levels equally. Afghanistan has an international reputation in film and the arts. Musicians, artists and directors are frequently recognised as leaders and recognised in international awards.

How did this all happen. It happened by international aid agencies listening to Afghan women in RAWA, listening to who they thought would work towards establishing a war free, economically stable society where women are able to establish happy homes in which to care for their children, loving environments, free from the stress of poverty and war.