A Japanese man who changed Afghanistan!

 What kind of people make you ashamed to be a human being?

This is Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor who spent decades of his life helping people in Afghanistan.

Recently, Nakamura aged 73 was shot dead alongside five of his colleagues when gunmen ambushed their car.

Dr. Nakamura settled in eastern Afghanistan for decades. He arrived in the region in 1984 to treat refugees and people suffering from leprosy disease. He helped to build a 70-bed hospital and several clinics.

Dr. Tetsu Nakamura said: “As a doctor, nothing is better than healing patients and sending them happy to their home.”

Later, he had devoted his life to improving the conditions of war-stricken Afghan people, particularly the peasants. For that, he needed to help people eat better food and drink clean water, so he assisted villagers in digging wells. He drew on a wide variety of Japanese methods to channel a 25-mile canal. It transformed a vast stretch of desert into forest and wheat fields.

Dr. Tetsu Nakamura: “This helps an entire village. I love seeing villages that have been brought back to life.”

This shows the barren desert before Dr. Nakamura began his plan of transformation.

Years later:

Watering the canal just after it had been built.

Years later, it transformed to heaven.

Humanity is proud of him, proud of what he’s done. He’ll always remain a hero, but we are ashamed to be human beings, for you were the best human and we let you down.