That is very wonderful and interesting! In that part of the world (I don't know about Afghanistan in particular) they have a long rich history of a wonderful cross-stitch type of work called "tatreez" in arabic. Some of it is stunning. It is often times uniquely stylized in each particular village/region, much in the same fashion as the amish in certain areas use only certain colors and/or patterns.
I hope your outreach is very successful (I'm sure it will be) and you will be nurturing friendship, knowledge and much more in this endeavor. Have fun, and please keep us updated as to how it's going.