In memory of Linda Norgrove
John and Lorna Norgrove write about the development of the Foundation and its work, shedding light on the stories behind the headlines.
We hear from women who work for the Foundation in Afghanistan or who have benefitted from the Foundation's work. These blogs direct from Afghanistan give real insight into the people you are helping to support. For example, read about Zahra's experience in 'Studying for a better future' and the lengths Farzana has had to go to for an education in her blog 'Studying to achieve her dreams'.
Elspeth Logan likes swimming in a nice warm pool, hasn’t been on a bike for 20 years, and occasionally jogs slowly along the flat. So she couldn’t be better prepared to do a triathlon in… [Read More]
We recently spent 10 days in Afghanistan visiting some of the projects supported by the Linda Norgrove Foundation. Security checks on leaving the country were more onerous than when we entered.
I write this blog sitting in comfort on the verandah of our hut at the back of Agonda beach in Goa. Lorna and I have come here following a trip to Afghanistan where it was… [Read More]
Like many young women in Afghanistan, Farzana has gone to great lengths to get an education and is now benefitting from a scholarship funded by the Linda Norgrove Foundation at Gawharshad Institute of Higher Learning… [Read More]
Zahra is benefitting from a scholarship funded by the Linda Norgrove Foundation at Gawharshad Institute of Higher Learning in Kabul. Here, she describes what the opportunity to study means to her.
I have excuses for irregular blogging. Now that Lorna and I are doing the day to day running of the Foundation, the peaks and troughs in the workload are that much greater and we’ve been… [Read More]
Zainab contrasts her mother’s stories of Kabul with how life is now.
Zainab describes the added difficulties of adapting to another culture for those who have returned to Afghanistan from Iran. Being raised in one culture and trying to adapt to another culture after 25 years is… [Read More]
The Candadian Women for Women in Afghanistan conference provided John Norgrove with much food for thought.
One of the drawbacks of working for a charity working in Afghanistan is that one is assumed to have some idea of how things will turn out when western troops scale down next year. Well,… [Read More]
