I just wish those outside the country would finally learn from the Afghan people’s example and start to look for practical solutions to the myriad social, economic, and humanitarian challenges Afghanistan still faces. For decades, Afghanistan was one of the clearest examples of the dependency foreign aid breeds in a country. Sayara Peerzay has been matching Afghan donors in the US, where she is based, to needy families inside Afghanistan since 2015. “They’re always on the lookout for people that seem in need of help,” Peerzay said. Peerzay uses an old man she met on her last trip to Afghanistan earlier this year as an example.