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Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > Sister-girl friend Nettye.
Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > Welcome home party. The Division of Nursing support team: Pat, Nettye, Irene and my spiritual supporter, Sister Noel from Marymount University.
Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > Health Care. The mother of this child has 12 other children to care for in an economy where she is unemployed and unemployable because of illiteracy.The mother is critical for the family. She needs comprehensive women's health services unavailable under the current health system. Her life expectancy is 46 years, she is 39 years old. "There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential." Rusty Berkus
Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > Prevention. These children share a garbage dump with two goats - rummaging through for items of interest. This was taken in one of the "better neighborhoods". Opportunities for reliable food sources, education and play areas will prevent the foraging, spread of disease and risk of injury. "The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it." John Ruskin
Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > Surveillance.Children work to help multi-generational family systems. The majority of the population lives on less than $1.00 US per day.Population statistics will help determine how many children are in the work force rather than in the classroom. "I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." Henry David Thoreau
Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > Education. One of the fortunate children who is cared for in an orphanage for war victims.She is nurtured,clean and now learning how to read and write.Education in a safe environment is vital for all children of the globe. "The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows." Sydney J. Harris
Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > Comfort and protection. These little ones were left as 'abandoned' for 6 days until adopted. Afghan is a society that cherishes children.We need to extend the same comfort and protection to Afghan's injured, disabled and aging citizens. "There are two ways of spreading light-to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." Edith Wharton, Versalius in Zante.
Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > Emma, look what the girls found in your purse ! Keychains turned into bracelets. Thank you for your friendship to these girls.
Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > For Emma Lawrence-Yee in Kalispell, Montana. Here is your hat and purse to be worn in Afghanistan. Meribeth, there is your baby doll.
Sister-girl friend Nettye.
Ellyn Cavanagh (afghan) > Sister-girl friend Nettye.
Sister-girl friend Nettye.
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