H2O For Life
Michael McMahon, Economics Officer for the U.S Department of State, facilitated a partnership between an elementary school in Columbus, Ohio and a girl's school in Shikhan, Afghanistan to provide clean water for the Afghan students.
Filmed and produced by S.K. Vemmer for the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan in September 2011.
Echoes:
American cowboy meets Afghan Chapandaz
In April 2011, American Cowboy poet Gail Steiger traveled from Colorado to Afghanistan to share his horse culture with Afghan chapandaz, students, and the public in Ghor and Kabul. During his visit, he witnessed buzkashi events, demonstrated roping skills, and shared cowboy poetry and music.
Original music performed by Gail Steiger.
Filmed and produced by S.K. Vemmer for the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan in April 2011.
Farmer to Farmer: Arghandab Pomegranates
Gary Soiseth, a USDA representative deployed to Afghanistan to work in the agricultural sector, assisted pomegranate farmers find a new use for their over-ripe fruit.
Filmed and produced by S.K. Vemmer for the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan in September 2011.
Fruit Cart in a Food Desert
Lauren Hughes, a second-year medical student at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), came up with a unique way to bring fresh fruit to a food dessert on the UIC campus on Chicago's near west side.
Filmed and produced by S.K. Vemmer for University of Illinois at Chicago in October 2013.