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Backpack Donation Program Continues to Sow the Seeds of Peace in Afghanistan

  • People gather for a ceremony to mark the reopening of the local school in March 2019. Army representatives can be seen to the right of the flagpole. (Photo courtesy Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning)

    People gather for a ceremony to mark the reopening of the local school in March 2019. Army representatives can be seen to the right of the flagpole. (Photo courtesy Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning)

  • Children are presented with their school backpacks. (Photo courtesy Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning)

    Children are presented with their school backpacks. (Photo courtesy Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning)

  • Children help out as volunteers. From left: Kō (13), Mirei (11), and Hiroka (12).

    Children help out as volunteers. From left: Kō (13), Mirei (11), and Hiroka (12).

  • Some of the stationery items that donors send with the bags.

    Some of the stationery items that donors send with the bags.

  • Volunteers deliver another batch of randoseru bags.

    Volunteers deliver another batch of randoseru bags.

  • Children in Afghanistan use their backpacks as impromptu desks. (Photo courtesy Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning)

    Children in Afghanistan use their backpacks as impromptu desks. (Photo courtesy Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning)

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