NET News Statewide: Perspective - Afghan Teachers Visit Nebraska, 1/8/03

Afghanistan is rebuilding after the five-year reign of the Taliban. That includes rebuilding an educational system that was essentially destroyed. As part of the rebuilding, 13 women from Afghanistan came to Nebraska for teacher training. They were here for a program run through the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Center for Afghanistan studies and funded by a U.S. State Department grant. The women studied English and teaching methods. They also visited schools throughout the state. As “Statewide’s” Mike Tobias reports, during the visits these remarkable women left behind lessons of courage and determination, and a message that some things can united two very different cultures.