Help Afghans Learn Computing and Coding

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Computing is a vital modern skill and graduates from AIL’s computing programs invariably gain jobs as well as being able to put their computing skills to use in private life.

In November, Herat provided computing classes to 105 students (including 20 females) and Kabul had 284 computer students. Unfortunately, local difficulties have resulted in the MBK, Kabul computer center closing permanently. The class had mainly male students, with only 10% being female. The 6 month Computer and English class is also not running. We will keep exploring ways to expand the computing classes we can offer.

Update on health clinics:  Our clinics are stretched to capacity and beyond with thousands of displaced people adding to the usual patient numbers. There is a shortage of medicines and of the Covid vaccine.  We have hundreds of people camping outside our facilities but we lack enough food, vitamins, Ensure and Pedialyte to help everyone who needs it. We desperately need funding, food supplements, clean water, hygiene supplies and Covid vaccines.  We plan to open two new health clinics in 2022 to help address the need.

AIL Outreach 2021: 23,905 students, 18,132 PPE distributed, 6 health clinics, 50-bed Covid-19 hospital, 95,593 patient treatments, 59,888 health education, 13,050 food aid families served, 22 radio broadcasts daily, 8 hours of TV programs, 12 provinces reached. 

Your support is vital in helping us maintain our programs.

Afghanistan has been stunned by recent developments and people are adapting as best they can, to a new situation which remains both unclear and uncertain as to the future.  AIL’s current priority is to provide urgently needed assistance to the thousands of displaced families who have flooded into Kabul and Herat. Some centers provide a staging point for aid. Our staff are all working, though offices currently are men only with women working from home. The centers are all female and await instructions from the Taliban with regard to procedures required for reopening centers to our students. Our clinics have expanded their capacity to cope with the large numbers of refugees that are in the area.

The Yacoobi private schools are open and operating under the rules that have been given such as dividing male and female. It is exam season and students are studying hard and sitting their exams as usual. It is a great credit to them and their teachers as everyone has heightened levels of fear, stress and anxiety. The private TV and Radio Meraj are not broadcasting but awaiting instructions in how to recommence and staff are creating content and archiving materials for broadcast at a later date.

We have been touched by the outreach of support and outpouring of donations to help the Afghan people. We thank you for standing by Afghanistan as it faces another humanitarian crisis on top of Covid-19 and drought.

 Update on Computing Classes

In the first half of 2021, Herat provided computing classes to 228 students (including 88 females) and Kabul had 355 students.  Computing is a vital modern skill and graduates from AIL’s computing programs invariably gain jobs as well as being able to put their computing skills to use in private life. 

Your support is vital in helping us maintain our programs. Thank you.