Afghan Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund

On a sunny day, a young shepherd named Omar goes out to the field to tend to his flock. As he does, his mother tended to her young children in their home while his father began his daily chores. Without warning, the ground rose up and shook violently, turning the soil into a liquid mass. The young shepherd deserted his flock, tearing straight to his home. Except it no longer stood. Within moments of the earthquake, entire villages crumbled to dust. Trapped inside were families, desperate to escape, found buried beneath the clay bricks that once constituted a home. The shepherd’s worst fears lay bare beneath the ruins of the place he’d left only a short time ago. His two young brothers and one sister never had a chance. The home became a grave. “It was 10 o'clock in the morning, and I was working on the farm when a heavy earthquake struck our area,” said Omar. “I ran back home to see if my family members were ok. When I reached home, everybody was lying down under the dustbags. …

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