Education Afghanistan Project #1156

Tailoring: A Small Business Skill for Afghan Women

by Afghan Institute of Learning

Project Report | Mar 14, 2018
Sewing Class starts at a New Center

By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer

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1073 Save Afghan Women and Children with Health care

1155 Fast Track Education for Afghan Women and Girls

Learning Centers frequently receive requests for sewing and tailoring classes. Women want to learn a skill that they can use to make money to help their families. A new center outside Herat, just opened. The village asked AIL to set up an LC in the village to help improve education levels of women and girls and support school children in certain subjects. There is also a need for sewing skills training and this will encourage women to take part in economic activity. Five sewing machines were bought for this new center as well as a sewing table. These classes will also teach human rights awareness, morals and social values, health and democracy. The center will also be a social entity and friendships gained there will help the women deal with problems in village or family life.

Another LC in Kabul received 4 sewing tables to update their equipment. AIL staff closely monitor LC needs and replaces old sewing machines that can no longer be repaired. Here are the comments of one student:“My name is Fatima and I am learning to sew. I attended another sewing course elsewhere but I had to pay fees which was too much for me. I did not learn to sew well at that place. Now after attending the AIL class I can make all kinds of clothes and it does not cost me anything.”

Thank you for your continued interest.

AIL is working towards: SDG Goal 4 – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

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Dec 28, 2017
Illustrating the Impact of Your Gift

By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer

Special Opportunity to increase the impact of your year end gift!

The two projects below receive 50% Match from Safer World Fund so your gift will be worth 50% more.

1073 Save Rural Afghan Women and Children with Healthcare

1155 Fast-Tracking Education for Afghan Women and Girls

As the year draws to a close we reflect on what we have done and how this has changed lives for the better. AIL’s Learning Centers (LCs) give women the opportunity to learn, to network with other women and to gain both knowledge and capacity. In 2017, 2,291 students have attended 6 month courses in sewing at LCs ( rural) in Herat and Kabul locations.

Stories are the best way for us to show how you help poor Afghans improve their lives and communities. Here is one of our favorites from the year; this student learned about leadership and how to build her capacity to become a business owner.

“I learned to sew clothes but did not have much time to work in the market. However, I wanted to have a tailoring shop one day. I met two women who knew tailoring but they did not have the money to open a shop. I told them that I would provide the machinery and pay the rent for the shop if they would work in the market.

In the beginning they were unsure about being the first women to work in the market. But after some discussion they accepted me and my idea and we together we started our business. It was a good beginning for us and for other women in the market place in Naili. Now many women are working in the Naili market and the three of us are proud to be have been the ones to begin this change.”

Thank you for your continued interest. Please read the 2017 Newsletter from CHI featuring AIL.

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