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Apr 22, 2004
"I've never planned my life. So that makes for some bumpy transitions but sometimes you end up in unbelievable situations." --Sarah Chayes
Never Planned My Life
"Wouldn't you come back and help us?" The gentle question from a Afghani resident, almost an afterthought, struck her like the bolt from a crossbow. After covering the U.S. war in Afghanistan, NPR reporter Sarah Chayes decided to give up her job as a journalist and remain in Afghanistan to help rebuild the country. Sarah, with two degrees from Harvard, a Radcliffe College Prize and an inspiring job, traded her tape recorder for a pickax and shovel to help reconstruct a village outside Kandahar.
BE THE CHANGE
Support Sarah's group, Afghans For A Civil Society, whose mission is to bring to Afghanistan some of the intellectual resources necessary for formulating constructive public policy. More ...
