By Alison Hendry | Administrative Assistant
Believing that participation by the community in a project gives the community a “stake” in the project and, in the long run, makes the project sustainable, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) has been supporting Community Based Organizations (CBOs) since 1996.
As of June 2008, AIL was supporting 33 CBOs, with 4 of those being new centers opened this year. So far in 2008, two CBOs became self-sufficient and one fulfilled its purpose and was no longer needed. From January to June 2008, 8,946 students have attended monthly classes in the 33 educational CBOs supported by AIL. In the same times period, 63,345 patients were treated in AIL’s 3 health focused CBO’s. The 3 health focused CBO’s also have health education workshops, and from January to June 2008 31,563 people participated in these workshops.
Ezatullah, a student at the Tolo e Mahtab CBO says, “I am a student at the Tolo e Mahtab CBO and also a school student of Naswaan High School. I have been studying English at the CBO for 8 months and I am very happy about it. During this short period we have learned a lot of things and the teacher’s behavior was very nice to us. On behalf of my neighborhood thank AIL for their support and wish to have their assistance continue in the future.”
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