Gender Equality Afghanistan Project #8791

Transform Lives of 70,000 Afghan Adolescent Girls

by Afghan Institute of Learning

Project Report | Oct 7, 2015
Matching Funds Available October 7th!

By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer

Dear Friends,

Today only,October 7, make your donation go even further!

Noon to midnight ET on GlobalGiving.com donations to these special projects will be eligible for Microsoft Youthspark matching funds , but the money will go quickly!

Here are the eligible projects:

362 Educating Tibetan Refugee Children and Youth

1534 Give Schooling and Housing for Children from Nepal

12500 Help Fund Scholarships for Afghan Children

1143 Help Afghan Boys Trade Guns for Books

8791 Transform the Lives of 70,000 Afghan Adolescent Girls

So far in 2015, AIL Learning Centers have educated over 20,000 students , the health program has provided care to over 129,000 people and health education to 82,000! Your donation will help AIL to continue providing vital education and health services and transform lives for the better in Afghanistan.

Adolescent girls are an impressionable group and well able to absorb new ways of thinking and behaving. AIL teaches these girls to think and have their own opinions and to see themselves as leaders. These life lessons are in addition to regular classes taken at centers. One student from the AIL center at an orphanage said, “ My name is Fatana. I am 18years old. I attended English classes and I got capable enough to start teaching. For a girl of my age it is difficult to become a teacher, but AIL makes it possible to be what I wanted. I am so happy because I can teach English and get money to pay my university and life expenses. I want to be a good leader as soon as possible. My life has changed since coming to this center.The teachers directed me in the best ways and motivated me to feel responsible for my future.”

The matching funds are only available for a limited time, so be sure to make your donations on October 7 at 12.01 pm ET! All donations are final and up to $1,000 per donor per organization can be matched. The percentage of the match will be determined at the end of the day.

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Sep 16, 2015
Bonus Funds Available September 16th

By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer

Aug 5, 2015
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi on the Radio!

By Alison Hendry | Program Officer

Dr. Sakena Yacoobi

Dear Friends,

I am honored to announce that this Thursday, August 6 I will be a guest on Beth Green’s radio program, the Inner Revolution. I invite you to listen live, from 6-7pm ET (3-4pm PT) as we discuss my programs in Afghanistan, including the Classes that this project supports. Thursday’s show is titled “The Other Side of Afghan Women: Dr. Sakena Yacoobi and See Courage in Action!” and the description is as follows:

Honored for her courage and vision, Dr. Sakena Yacoobi is human like us, yet has had to face daunting conditions, which continue to the present day. In 1990, Sakena returned from the US to establish education, health and training programs in the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan. In 1995 she founded the Afghan Institute of Learning to continue her work. But when the Taliban took power, they devastated women’s rights, including access to education. Instead of crumbling, Sakena worked with communities to establish home schools. The resulting years have seen an astounding litany of accomplishments including the rebuilding of Afghan society. How has she done it? How did her organization found 80 secret schools under the Taliban at the risk of death? And what about today? Although no longer in control of the national government, the Taliban and repressive attitudes toward women still have a hold. What’s happening now? We often see the anguish of Afghan women. Tune in and see the courage.

I will share stories of the wonderful women and girls supported by the Afghan Institute of Learning. Girls like E., a 19-year old Afghan studying in a Mobile Literacy Class at one of AIL’s centers, and supported by you. Stories like this one:

“Hello. I am E., and I am 19 years old. I think this mobile literacy class is so interesting. Before coming to this class I didn’t know anything at all, and since coming I have learned how to read and write, like really read and write, you know? Since learning to communicate with my friends and family via mobile messages, I have made many new friends. I can also manage all of the settings of my phone as well. After this class I plan on taking more classes so that I can use what I have learned here to learn even more. Thanks AIL and Professor Sakena Yacoobi for making it possible for me to attend this class and to change my whole life.”

You can click this link for more information about Thursday’s broadcast. I hope that you will make time to listen!

Warm Regards,

Dr. Sakena Yacoobi

Beth Green

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