Farzana sews clothes to support her children’s education

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Farzana, who has been earning a livelihood for her family by sewing people’s clothes since the past 10 years, has succeeded in raising a daughter to become a teacher in a religious school and another to become a midwife.

Over the past four decades, imposed conflicts on Afghans have not only claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Afghans, but also destroyed the country’s economic foundations and left Afghans in a crisis.

The bloody war has also forced millions of Afghans to live in difficult conditions in foreign countries, leading to severe economic hardships and drug addiction.

Farzana, a resident of the capital of western Farah province, is one of those whose husband, a drug addict, went missing about 10 years ago and now she alone earns for her four children.

The 37 years old woman told Pajhwok Afghan News that she had no clue if her husband was dead or alive since his disappearing.

“My husband has been missing for ten years now, I am the one in family to provide everything for children and support them to get education,” she said, weeping over her painful life.

She said that she raised her children by sewing people’s clothes, educated them and now one of her daughters is a teacher in a religious school and another is a midwife.

Farzana said that her third daughter is in fifth grade of school and her son was in fourth grade. She is a graduate of night high school and she also provides literacy classes to local people.

She says one of her daughters, Shakiba, graduated from a religious education center, got married and is now a teacher at Hazrat Fatima Madrasa in Herat province.

Farzana says her other daughter, Masoma – who studied midwifery at Farah Provincial Hospital – now works with “Samim Private Clinic” in Farah province.

The mother is happy for raising her children educated and said that she would have not been able to do so if she was illiterate.

“I am glad that peace and stability prevailed in the country, which is good news not only for me, but for all our people,” she said. Farzana urged all Afghans to educate their children.

Masoma, the eldest daughter of Farzana said that her mother bore a lot of hardships for their success.

“I am proud of my mother who helped educated me and now I can earn my livelihood,” she said, adding that she was very happy she was able to serve her people.

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