Transform Lives of 70,000 Afghan Adolescent Girls

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. So far in 2017, 23,054 students (15,474 female) have attended 6 month courses at 43 LCs mainly in Herat and Kabul locations but also in other provinces.

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 Leadership Workshops: “We moved to a city in Dykondi Province and I worked for the government for less pay than before. My husband was a workman but did not have full time work so paying rent was hard for us.  I went to an AIL Leadership Workshop and learned about how to be a leader, advocate for myself and the importance of trust in society. This helped me have the courage to try and borrow some money to buy land so we could build a house of our own. My husband was skeptical and said, “Who will loan us money.” I talked with him and convinced him that the way to do this was to borrow from someone who trusts us. We found someone who was very kind and trusted us and gave us time to repay the loan.  Now we have our own piece of land and a house that we built and after three years I repaid all the money.”

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Exciting opportunity TODAY only. We are competing for a share of a $75,000 bonus fund! All donations get some matching funds. The more we raise from you by midnight ET   the larger the share of the fund we will get.

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There is MORE! The two projects below ALSO receive 50% Match from Safer World Fund so your gift will be worth 50% more and then a percent more than that from Bonus Day.

1073 Save Rural Afghan Women and Children with Healthcare

1155 Fast-Tracking Education for Afghan Women and Girls

AIL’s Learning Centers (LCs) give women and girls the opportunity to learn, to network with other women and to gain both knowledge and capacity. They can use these skills to improve their family life and to take a more active role in their communities. Females attend 6 month courses in literacy, math, sewing and many other topics including English and computers.  So far in 2017, 23,054 students (15,474 female) have attended 6 month courses at 43 LCs mainly in Herat and Kabul locations but also in other provinces.

Some LCs have preschool classes so women can bring their young children to a place where they get quality preschool education. AIL is an innovator in this field being among the first to offer this type of education. Preschool education accelerates learning in the very young preparing them for school. Adolescent girls are also impacted by this program as often their help would be needed at home to care for the young children. The preschool creates opportunity for girls to get to classes at the center. Some adolescent girls at the centers have attended preschool there before going onto to higher level classes to supplement their school learning.

 In Herat, there are 18 preschool classes operating, with 8 teachers and 457 students (241 female). In Kabul, there are two stand-alone preschools for 186 children (80 female). The children study around 15 different subjects including alphabet, Dari, English, math, health, colors, stories, drawing, sport, music, card playing and connecting with nature. One mother said, “The preschool really helped my child and our family. Thank you AIL.”

Thank you for your continued support.

AIL is working towards:

SDG Goal 4 – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

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