Education as a Ray of Hope for Afghan Girls

Our programme in 2025 continued to be aligned with our strategy and the two main pillars of work: online English, coding and web development classes for young women, and primary education for children in four main districts in Kabul province (Panghman, Char Asyab, Bagrami and Khak-e-Jabar). In both cases, we were able to expand our work and to improve our effectiveness on the ground.

In parallel, we continued to engage with other actors in the sector including ACBAR (an umbrella body for INGOs and NGOs in Afghanistan) and the Education cluster co-chaired by Save the Children and UNICEF. Engaging with our network both in collegial settings as well as in one-to-one conversations proved very important to discover new ways to deliver projects and to overcome obstacles.

All in all, in 2025, we organised eight English, coding and web development courses of different durations for approx. 180 students. Of them 120 already completed the training, while the others are still enrolled in their courses that are expected to end in February 2026. We also supported primary education for 386 children (72% girls) in 13 community based education classes and for 3,422 children in 15 public schools (80% girls). Moreover, in the first quarter of 2025, taking advantage of the official school holidays (in Afghanistan the academic year runs from the end of March to the end of November), we completed the activities that were pending from 2024: two online courses in English and the academic year of grade 3rd for our 8 community based education classes.

Our She Learns programme continues to make progress across all areas of work: coding online course, and primary education both in community-based education (CBE) settings and public schools.

Since March 2025, we organised 5 online courses in different coding - web development and English subjects. They were attended by 80 female students.

We expanded our support from 8 to 13 CBE classes in grade 4th in the district of Bagrami. There our partner SSEOA has also distributed class kits and textbooks to support student learning. 

The teachers we support in public schools prepared students for the mid-term exam that was successfully completed in August. The 15 schools which we work with directly, received necessary supplies to improve teaching conditions and create a better learning environment for both teachers and administrators.

Overall, our primary education programme supports 3200 children of which 78% are girls.

During the summer break, we organised a refresh training for all our supported teachers (96) in teaching methodologies.