Help Support Kids 4 Afghan Kids Schools

We are happy to report that we have just finished another very quiet school year with no violence and no damaging storms or other extreme weather conditions.  The Village continues to support the school and the education of girls.  The well continues to supply water to the surrounding area. 

As you probably know, the students at the Kids 4 Afghan Kids project often own no shoes or coats and thus we run the school year over the summer and take off winter, which can sometimes be bitter cold.  Fifty six boys and 48 girls finished first grade while 42 young men graduated from 12^th grade - 38 of them have been accepted into a university!  I am waiting for a final count of the young women who graduated and plan to go on to university.  I should have that information in the next report.  However, we are proud that one of our female students finished her nursing degree to become our first female college graduate!

We certainly don’t have enough money to fund the extras students might have in the U.S.  However, the children are learning math, reading, science, social studies and languages. We also don’t have the money to move the construction projects along at a rate you might see in the U.S.   However, construction of both the hospital and the second project in northern Afghanistan continues, so we are steadily advancing toward our goals - a real hospital on our first site, and a second project site with elementary and high schools and a clinic.   

Because of disease and famine, children are much more likely to be orphans in Afghanistan than in the US.  We care forboys in the K4AK orphanage.  Children in Afghanistan typically help with their families’ farms and households.  “Our” orphans perform similar chores around the project to learn life skills.  They also usually make an effort to befriend the younger boys. 

It isn’t considered proper for girls to live away from a family home, so K4AK has no girls’ orphanage yet.  Girls are usually taken in by another family, but we are working on gaining acceptance for girl’s orphanage to provide an option for those who have no good place to go. 

A lighthearted moment waiting for school to begin. These children have smiles on their faces and a hope for a better future because you chose to sacrifice and make a donation.

As always, Kids 4 Afghan Kids is an organization of all volunteers, with no administrative expenses.  Every penny of your donation goes to purchase a necessary item.