KABUL (SW): A determined man from southern Kandahar province, with his commitment towards education, has helped re-open 31 schools to enable some 24000 children attend school.
In his childhood, Matiullah Wesa was forced to migrate from his home district “Maroof” to Kabul as the Taliban torched a number of schools there. Since then, he went on this endeavor to do whatever he can to change things round for the children deprived of this basic right across the country.
In an exclusive interview, Wesa told Salam Watandar that he was helped by the local elders in Kandahar to re-open the closed schools. He also toured a number of neighboring provinces for this very cause after establishing a foundation “De Qalam Laar” (Way of Pen).
Recently, Wesa has launched a social media campaign to collect books for the students. In the first four months, he said, “Way of Pen” has been gifted with 24000 books from volunteers. He added that his foundation has a volunteer in provinces that coordinate the drive.
“We have been able to establish to libraries in Kandahar, Zabul, Helmand, Khost and Maidan Wardak provinces”, he noted. Stressing upon the need of positive and constructive use of the social media, Wesa said it can do wonders in terms of spreading a positive message and mobilizing society for a cause.
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