“I guess basically one wants to feel that one’s life has amounted to more than just consuming products and generating garbage. I think that one likes to look back and say that one’s done the best one can to make this a better place for others. You can look at it from this point of view: What greater motivation can there be than doing whatever one possibly can to reduce pain and suffering?” Henry Spira from THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE Acting Now to End World Poverty by Peter Singer

As Anna approached retirement and with Afghanistan in the spotlight of the world events, she decided to help in Afghanistan’s recovery as a solo charity volunteer. She has worked with the Afghan Women’s Educational Center (AWEC, a civil society woman run Afghan NGO), meeting the street working children & widows of Kabul’s AWEC Centers.