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.