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AUGUSTA — Holly Weidner will present a program titled “What am I doing in Afghanistan? One woman’s thoughts and questions” at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 69 Winthrop St.
The event is free and open to the public.
Weidner will discuss her recent trip to Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, as part of a team of seven volunteers. The trip was on behalf of Team Afghan Power, a small, nonprofit organization created to further the vision of Weidner’s cousin, a retired Marine. The vision is to build village-sized renewable electric mini-grids that will be powered, owned, operated and maintained by the village. This local control will empower the village (including its women and youth) with education and jobs, through access to cheap electricity.
The purpose of the trip was to conduct a feasibility study of the project and gather the specific information needed to apply for grant money.
Weidner’s role was to gather data concerning provincial health, education and women’s affairs mostly in the form of interviewing women and the directors of departments. She will speak about the information she gathered about health, education, Islam and women’s affairs in the Panjshir Valley.
The trip included 20 days, six of them were just in traveling from Maine to and from the remote province.
For more information, call 207-622-3232 or visit www.augustauu.org.
