Kids News Afghanistan - blogging from Kabul
For the Kids News Network we visited the journalists from Ayenda Sazan, 'Future Makers' in Kabul.
by Ole Chavannes, 31 december 2007

This is Uruzgan from the sky

We signed a MoU with mr Rahman, the director planning & international relations RTA (middle) and ms. Farida, director of the
Kids News Ayenda Sazan.

All the way from Holland...
Kabul airport, February 25th
Checked in, ready to go. It was an incredible week, with good working results (we got a MoU signed yesterday with the state
broadcaster, that states we'll help for an other 6 months (support and training a pr manager for the kids news) and after that
they will do their own fundraising. Besides of that: I never saw such a broken city and so many guns, but also people were
very friendly. I will upload my the last pictures later.
Bye Afghanistan; we're on our way to Dubai, with Ariana Airways (which people call here also 'Inshallah Airways') ...
Kabul, 23rd of February 2007
These are the latest pictures I have for you from Afghanistan. I also write a blog, but that is in Dutch at href="http://www.oneworld.nl/index.php?page=2&articleId=10261">oneworld.nl.

Security forces in Kabul centre. After this picture they wanted to confiscate our camera...

Kabul, 21st of February

Mursal (11) at the set of 'Ayenda Sazan' ('Futuremakers'), the kids news program in Afghanistan

The young 'Futuremakers' journalists (between 18 and 20) with on the right Ehsan, who will give hands on workshops for a
sponsorship program, to make the program financial independent from Free Voice and sustainable.

Farida, Ayenda Sazan's director, during the recording of the kids news (the fact this program has a female chief of a team
with 50% girls, is considered exceptionally progressive in Afghanistan).

Kabul, 20st of February 2007

Just arrived in Kabul after a long flight. First impression is a muddy city, covered in wet snow. Many men on the streets with
long beards with friendly green eyes. The Intercontinental is where we are staying; the best hotel in town, with a big sign in
front of the entrance: no guns allowed. I like that. Blog ya later!

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