Jackie Paling recently won a photographic competition with her stunning picture of an elderly Afghan man. The prize includes an enlargement of the original photo, a camera and £50. Jackie always travels with a camera and has now visited Afghanistan several times.
Following her latest visit in the Spring she gave an updated talk to the club at its last meeting concerning the current situation and its impact on women in Kabul and the surrounding area. Sadly this war-torn country still desparately needs help and the women still struggle to find work. Jackie has been helping a Belgian charity ‘Mothers for Peace’ which provides aid to women in a village north of Kabul. Jackie has given handicraft classes and organised supplies of fabric and wool. She also organised the provision of unwanted electric sewing machines from the UK but sadly the power supply is not operational at the moment.