February 21, 2008

 

 

                                                                                                                                           
                                                     
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Chelsea and Dylan,
Members of the School Council
Framfield C of E School
The Street
Framfield
East Sussex TN22 5NR

22 February 2008

Dear Chelsea and Dylan

WACKY HAIR DAY

Thank you for your letter asking me to visit Framfield School for Wacky Hair day. It sounds a great idea! I am delighted that you would like to raise some money to buy a Ghazni sheep. They are very shaggy and their wool is ideal for using in carpets.

We want to try and help some very needy people living in a place called Wardak, in Afghanistan, to build up a flock of Ghazni sheep. They used to have animals but many years of fighting have meant that their animals have been lost or killed and they now live in tents on stony ground and are very very poor. They long to have sheep again. When I met them, I had a friend called Abdullah with me and he helped me understand what they were saying, as they can’t speak English and I can’t speak Pashto (their language). We sat on carpets on the floor of a big tent and we all drank green tea. The children crowded round the doorway to see what was going on.

If they have sheep again, the Kuchis will be very happy. And it would be wonderful if Framfield School could be the first school in the country to help them.

I can come to the school on Wednesday 30 April, Thursday 1 May or Wednesday 7 May. Are any of these dates good for you?

I look forward to hearing from you,

Yours sincerely

Chris Beales