U.S. Air Force Capt. Deana Porter, center, speaks to the director of social affairs in Mehtar Lam district in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Oct. 8, 2011.

Porter is a physician assistant assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, which met with the committee to discuss building a second orphanage to provide care for children who have lost their families.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane