Our Motto
The Afghan proverb 'Qatara qatara, darya mesha!', 'Drop by drop, a river is made!', summarises well an
important principle for us in SERVE. It is our belief that what might seem small, or as a 'drop' today, is the
beginning of a bright tomorrow.

I think none of us can adequately measure what these 'drops' mean in the lives of the people we are
touching. Eyes that were blind, that can now see! Faces of despair, now beaming with hope! An orchard,
where there once was a desert! Health, instead of sickness! A better future, in place of one filled with
poverty! This is what SERVE is all about, bringing hope to individual lives, and investing in the potential of
what these lives hold.

The SERVE team of Afghan staff and International expatriate volunteers has, in a tangible way, touched the
lives of thousands of Afghans. I commend the men and woman that have over the years made SERVE a
reality, for their commitment, dedication, and a job well done. I also want to especially thank our partnering
agencies, which have trusted us to be an expression of their own heart of compassion for the peoples of
Afghanistan.

A combination of civil war, political instability, economic ruin and severe drought continues to leave
Afghanistan as one of the poorest and neediest countries in the world. For the ordinary Afghan life is very
hard. For the most needy, the disabled, widows, children and the poor, it's unbearable. It's for those lives
hardest hit that SERVE has a special place in its heart. It's SERVE's hope that the fruit of these 'drops' today
will be 'streams in the desert' tomorrow!

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