Angela shared her story of visiting Afghanistan in June of 2009. She gave statistics on women there: every 30 minutes a woman dies in childbirth, 1 in 8 die giving birth, 1 in 4 children do not live to age 5, many brides are under age 16, 87% of women say they experience domestic violence, there are more female suicides than male, 1,000,000 widows have turned to prostitution for survival, and a woman's lifespan is approximately 45 years.

Angela visited the area near Herat, close to the boarder of Iran. This area is relatively free from combat issues as the fighting is more prevalent in the capital of Kabul.

They are working in one country hospital that serves around 800,000 people in the region. They are training local women in midwifery. Women are not allowed to be treated by a male physician and there are no female doctors, so OB/Gyn training and education is essential.

The Women of Vision Afghanistan Project is a three-year project requiring $156,000. The following is from the World Vision website describing this project: The Midwife Training and Support Program is operational in several different areas of western Afghanistan. Project leaders hope to reduce the high maternal, infant, and child mortality rates by instructing women in providing adequate medical care for pregnant mothers and newborns. World Vision plans to train 24 midwives in the rural districts of the Ghor Province at the Chaghcharan Provincial Hospital. Leaders already have trained 80 midwives at the Institute of Health Sciences facility in the city of Herat. Overall goals of the project are to increase the capacity of local health workers and to provide critical care for mothers and newborns.