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APTOS, Calif. - The images were on the screen--children living in abject poverty, bearing the costs of conflict.
"I haven't seen that much stuff on how people have to live their life there," said Adam Dorney.
"I wouldn't want to be there. It's kind of hard to see how they have to live their life."
Dorney is a sixth grader at Rio Del Mar Elementary School, where a presentation by the non-profit group Omeid International delivered the scenes of life of children in war-torn Afghanistan. As part of student leadership goodwill project, the school is "adopting" a school in Kabul as it's sister school, raising funds to help that school's development.
"I think it's important for people to see there are other ways to help other than how the U.S. is engaged there," said Shamsia Razaqi of Omeid International. "By showing them visually life in Afghanistan, I think they can grasp how serious the situation is."
"Looking at what the kids looked at today is obviously very different from their lives here, but hopefully it broadens their understanding of what the world is like beyond their neighborhood," said Jeff Bryant, teacher.
Students are hoping to collect money over the school year to buy books for their sister school's library. Dorney hopes it lasts longer than that.
"I hope that we can really invest in this and help the kids there."
