Islamabad at last

I finally made it to Islamabad. I don't know if its exciting or exhausting that this is finally the place I'll be staying the longest (and its only about 3 1/2 months) in quite a while. When we were in Lahore and I was telling my uncle what all I've been up to recently, he commented on what an adventurous and exciting life I lead. He's never left the country and never lived outside of a 10 miles radius of where he is now. It's weird how someone from my own family can have such an insanely different life from my own.

I've been working on the grantwriting workshop. First it was about writing a case for support, and then about prospect research and identifying potential funders who are best suited to support your organizations work. And I'll finally get to meet the girls soon, which I can't wait for! Although I don't anticipate the bulk of my work being with the girls, most of it should be with grants and office and project management while the girls are at school. But still...

Flood relief

I'm really proud of my little sister, Erum. She's the secretary of the NHS at her high school and she and her friends organized a donation drive for the flood victims. This is some of the stuff they gathered in the diwaniya in our house in Kuwait. The bags are all full of clothes. I helped my mommy sort through and label and pack the clothes into boxes to be sent to Pakistan with the Imran Khan foundation to be distributed to the victims.

Erum and her high school NHS friends after collecting the donations. Aren't they cute?

I'm really excited to start working with the Saba Homes. I'll be in Pakistan on Monday. Technically I've already started working with them, because I went to the office in Garden Grove before leaving California. And I'm taking part in an online grantwriting workshop because that is something I will be helping out with: grant applications. I am insanely excited about this because it is something I had hoped to get more experience with in the Peace Corps. I can't wait =)