Transform Lives of 70,000 Afghan Adolescent Girls

Dear Friends,

2015 was a busy year for AIL’s 43 Learning Centers which had 21,972 students, 14,571 female including 10,739 adolescent girls.

In 2015, AIL Learning Centers taught 3,276 students computing skills which will be invaluable when they seek jobs in the local economy. Many of these computer students are girls or young women.  The classes are always popular and AIL frequently receives requests from individuals and centers for these classes.

Here is an inspiring story from one of those students, “This student used to live in a village with family and although the parents were not educated people, they encouraged their children to study. In their village there was a school which was not of a high standard and the teachers were not experienced. So the parents wanted their child to study in the city school even though they were poor. So the student started studying in the city school in order get a good education and become a highly capable person. After school the student attended AIL’s English and computer class. After graduating from school this student went back to the village and opened a learning center and started teaching English and computing to earn a living and to help change the lives of youth in the community.”

What a difference good education makes in a life! Not only education but opportunity to learn modern marketable skills. Thank you for contributing to our work helping equip women and girls with skills they can use to make a better life for themselves and their communities.

Please read the attached CHI 2015 Newsletter featuring AIL for information on activities last year.

• CHI_Newsletter_2015.pdf (PDF)