By Miranda Cleland | Project Leader
The Aid Afghanistan for Education team recently celebrated International Literacy Day with a very special surprise: We were selected to win UNESCO’s King Sejong Literacy Prize!
This prestigious award is given to only two nonprofits every year that place a high emphasis on mother tongue literacy. Hassina Sherjan, our founder and director, traveled to Paris to accept the award from UNESCO. We’re proud to be the first Afghan organization to ever win this prize. You can read more about the award on UNESCO’s website.
Literacy is a major key to unlocking your potential. When a woman can read and write, she can build financial and social independence, help her children learn how to read, and achieve her educational goals. For women in Afghanistan and all throughout the world, literacy is the first step in chasing your dreams.
Not long after International Literacy Day, the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University delivered a wonderful gift: books for our schools’ libraries! We’re very grateful for their support, and know that students will enjoy new books to read. Here are some pictures of the book delivery.
We are also excited to share that GlobalGiving’s Safer World Fund is matching all donations to Aid Afghanistan for Education to help us create a more peaceful Afghanistan. With the end of the year holidays approaching, remember there is no better gift than the gift of education.
Thank you, as always, for your steadfastness in supporting education for women and girls in Afghanistan.
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