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Zarina (16 years), Belkes' niece, helps schoolboys with their homework
after school.
With this she earns 100 Afghani per month (around € 1,50/GBP 1,-).
Her mother
Wasfia (Belkes' sister-in-law) is a widow. Her husband was arrested
in Pakistan after
he fled with wife and children from Afghanistan at the end of the 1980s.
After being
imprisoned none has seen him back again since, the limited information
the family has
received says he died under obscure circumstances. Since their return
from Pakistan
in 2002, Wasfia has a job as charwoman at a school. However, due to
the poor financial
situation of the educational system, she has not received a salary for
8 months. She
continues to work because she feels it is important for her social contacts
and to make
herself useful for society. Therefore, Zarina's little income is a welcome
contribution
©
Gitta van Buuren 2003
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