Salem:
Children from an orphanage in Afghanistan spoke at the Salem Rotary Club yesterday. Front row, left to right, Araj Khurasani, 14; Mohsin Nuri, 11; and Shogofa Siddiqi, 12; Second row: Hala Rahmani, 16, Lida Azami, 17; Maria Fahim, 17; and Nasrin Sultani, an official at the orphanage run by the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization. In the back is Ian Pounds, an American-born teacher at the orphanage.
Photo by Ken Yuszkus/Salem News, Tuesday, January 3, 2011.

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