If Afghanistan is synonymous with rugged terrain and warring tribes, suicide bombers and foreign occupations, it should also be synonymous with courage and defiance. One powerful example of this exists in a children's circus on the outskirts of Kabul. What started with little more than a few pins, a trampoline and a determination to bring hope and joy to children, has blossomed into a nation-wide project that is empowering Afghan children and has started a movement that will foster a brighter future for Afghanistan.