Description : Sitting at home with her mother, Maria, 12, embroideries a piece of cloth, at Qalaai Mirabaas neighborhood, in Kabul, the capital. They get about 50 Afghanis, worth one US dollar, for one week?s work. Maria previously attended school but two years ago after her father left the family, her mother could no longer afford her schooling. Now Maria helps her mother at home and, in the afternoon, scavenges for cooking fuel. She spends her mornings at Aschiana, a local NGO that serves children living or working on the streets, where she attends art classes, plays basketball and receives an afternoon meal. Afghanistan.