In A Soldiers Words
Davy Weaver Memorial Project
A Project Of Support For The Children Of Afghanistan and Our Men and Women Who Protect Us There
I am a very proud parent. My children are the most important people in my life. I am proud of what I do to make this a
better world for my children.

I am currently trying to organize a humanitarian project to help the children of this war. I DO NOT EXCEPT MONEY!! I
only accept clothing for children, basic school supplies and limited medical aid. This is not a government project.
I want to think that the time I have spent here, away from my own children and family has meant something. This was
something I felt the need to do on a personal level.

It is hard to explain the joy I receive when I give a small child their first pair of shoes or a jacket to stay warm. It is
equally difficult to explain the rage and anger when I return to a village only a few days later and the children come
up to me and say "Caca" - Pashto for Uncle, they (the Taliban) took my shoes or coat and show me the pile of ashes
that was their shoes or jacket.

Your help would aid the children, this country, our country and the lives of my brothers in arms. Every child who is
helped is less likely to grow up and become an enemy. Every time the Taliban takes from them they grow more
resistant to them and less likely to hurt Americans. Children that have been helped have stopped convoys to warn of
IED's in roadways saving U.S. lives. Parents who's children have been helped have stopped convoys and pointed out
Taliban ambushes and again saved U.S. lives. Beyond helping these children your help will save U.S. lives. Sons,
daughters, husbands and wives are all beneficiaries of the help that these small things can provide.

I am not asking for money or extravagances just basic clothing and school supplies. Please look at the photos of the
children that I am trying to help before you make up your mind. Conditions here are primitive to say the very least.
There is no running water, or electricity. Water is gotten from hand dug wells that are too shallow and as a result they
tend to be contaminated . People use the bathroom outside usually contributing to disease and health issues. They
live for the day and survival is priority. Long term goals are not in these peoples minds.   

Winning has to be assisted from the inside and through the support of the people. This is about trying to make the
best of this situation, for the children. We can help those most at risk and with the least influence on what is going on
around them. The children are the key to change. They are the future and they will make Afghanistan something
better in the future if they are only given a reason and a means to do it. These kids are like kids anywhere they play
and laugh and everything like kids do. They are just living in, and surviving terrible conditions. They are hard and see
lots of violence around them, it is part of their daily lives.  What this Project does is provide them with the means to
survive extreme elements. To begin receiving a basic education and the benefits that will provide for the future of
Afghanistan. It provides them a means to see the American People for what they are, caring, giving people.  It allows
them to see us as providers and friends.

This Project is important to those serving because they are the ones here, on the ground, trying to make this a better
place for these people. By helping the children the image of the US Soldiers and our Allies and that of the American
People is improved and the image of the Taliban is diminished. We give and help they take and destroy.  We give
them HOPE and a reason to resist. We, through this Project, can change the future - ONE CHILD AT A TIME.
When this project first began it was at the request of an Active
Duty Soldier serving with the 101st Airborne Division in
Afghanistan, and was originally named for him.  Due to his active
duty status, and concern for his safety during his future
deployments in Afghanistan, the US Army requested we rename
our project.  At his request we honor a Brother-In-Arms who was
lost in Afghanistan with his dream, this project.  The following
words are from him, but are words that could just as easily have
come from Davy, or any of our Men & Women Serving in
Afghanistan. The picture at left is of him in the foothills of
Afghanistan.

We honor his dream.
Some Turn
Their Heads
To Avoid
Seeing The
pain and
needs of
others.

Some Turn
Their
Hearts And
Minds To
Finding
Solutions

Some Find
Ways To
Make A
Lifetime Of
Difference