Help Educate Our Afghan Girls. All donations are appreciated. To donate please go to: http://www.afghangirlsschool.org/donate.html
Our schools are named for two distinguished, historically significant Afghan women: Zarghuna Ana and Nazu Ana. Together, these schools provide primary education (grades 1-6) for over 600 girls annually. We constructed and furnished the buildings, planted trees, and now oversee and fund the schools.
We also provide uniforms, which are a matter of great pride and prestige for our students. A uniform, sewn in the camp, is given to each child every two years. In 2009, at the request of the girls, we changed the uniforms from the traditional Afghan black and white to a beautiful shade of blue with a white headscarf for spring and summer and a warmer, red headscarf for fall and winter. Each girl is provided her own notebook, pencils and textbooks.
Literacy classes for local women are also held in the school buildings.
At home in California, Joe and Edith raised funds from friends and hired Rahmatullah as Head Teacher. Very quickly, seven simple mud brick classrooms were built around a courtyard, eucalyptus trees were planted, and young Afghan and Pakistani women were hired as teachers. Each classroom was provided with a blackboard, floor mats and fans for the hot months. In April 2002, the first school opened with 200 girls attending. Because the need for schooling girls is so great, the project has now grown to include two schools with a total of 600 girls receiving a basic education – first through sixth grades.
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