GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Navy Petty Lt. j.g. Damall Martin, information officer from Los Angleles, Calif., assigned to Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team, Task Force White Eagle, greets the local children Aug. 19, during the site assessment of the Wali Lali School in Andar District, Afghanistan. A site assessment was conducted to see the location where the new school will be built and speak to the village elders. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Navy Petty LT. j.g. Damall Martin, information officer from Los Angeles, Calif., assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, Task Force White Eagle, looks at the site for the new Wali Lali school while U.S. Army Spc. Staff Sgt. Randy Dull, squad leader from Edgartown, Mass., assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, Task Force White Eagle, provides security Aug. 19, during the site assessment of the Wali Lali School in Andar District, Afghanistan. A site assessment was conducted to see the location where the new school will be built and speak to the village elders. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)
PRT works with village to build school
Written by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs
PRT leadership asked for the shura because little progress was being made on the school, due to a disagreement between the contractor and village elders. They conducted a small engagement with the village elders to see how they felt about building the school and what it would take to get the project back on track.
“Right now it isn’t a good place to learn and not a lot of kids go to school because there is no school. When we have that school more kids will go to school and the learning standards will get better,” said Ahmdzig, a Wali Lali village school teacher.
After the engagement, the village elders said they supported the project and were willing to work to get it restarted.
“We have no problems with a school being built here,” said a village elder. “This will be good for our village and good for the children.”
With the children in mind, the team from Forward Operating Base Ghazni said they were happy with the outcome.
“The only thing we didn’t have was the contractors there to actually meet with the villagers but hopefully soon we will be able to get both sides in contact with one another,” said Mr. Bill Anderson, engineering technician with U. S. Army Corps of Engineering. “If everyone does as they said they would, then the two sides should be getting together soon and the project should resume.”
“Right now it isn’t a good place to learn and not a lot of kids go to school because there is no school. When we have that school more kids will go to school and the learning standards will get better,” said Ahmdzig, a Wali Lali village school teacher.
After the engagement, the village elders said they supported the project and were willing to work to get it restarted.
“We have no problems with a school being built here,” said a village elder. “This will be good for our village and good for the children.”
With the children in mind, the team from Forward Operating Base Ghazni said they were happy with the outcome.
“The only thing we didn’t have was the contractors there to actually meet with the villagers but hopefully soon we will be able to get both sides in contact with one another,” said Mr. Bill Anderson, engineering technician with U. S. Army Corps of Engineering. “If everyone does as they said they would, then the two sides should be getting together soon and the project should resume.”
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