GRAND PRIZE WINNER: A Little Story of Hope

Grand Prize winner in the "Why Afghanistan Matters" video contest, by Amanda Aitchison, of the United Kingdom. Asked why she entered the contest, Ms. Aitchison had the following to say: "I decided to enter this competition to try and shine a little light (in my own way) on the whole story of what is going on in Afghanistan. Starting from the hardship and heartache of the troops being away from home, and the difficulties they are dealing with daily, down to the joy of seeing progress and change starting to happen as a result of a lot of very hard work being carried out.

My little story of hope is that the Allies in NATO will do their best to turn the sad and difficult situation in Afghanistan round into a positive result which will be a happier and more peaceful country.

This has been a fantastic competition with a very modern approach to bringing a very sensitive yet important topic to light in many media platforms. It would be great to see what other ideas can be generated from this competition.

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[4023539]

Top quality Mrs Aitch well done.

Thomas Russ xxx

[khariji]

Wow - amazing and poignant.

[david00army]

I like the photo of the 5 year olds with toy guns to the other little kids head

[gr14120047]

a greek, an usa ,and an uk soldier won the competition good job guys

[Annie0854]

Great work! Thank you!

[Larsberry]

fantastic photos in here!

[PatJimm]

Well done AJ...........

[thestubbs2]

Well done chick....very moving.

[barr0ld]

Brilliant!

[wufc1]

excellent well done mrs

[Thekingsofpop]

nice work M, hope you win whatever it is, do I get to share!!!

See ya soon, love H xx

[fob5672]

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