Afghanistan

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Afghans Learn Leadership for the 21st Century

Afghanistan,

Human Rights

Through 2 training workshops, 60 Afghan leaders will develop advanced skills to further human rights and build peaceful education, government, infrastructure, and health systems in Afghanistan.

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	$25 - 1 Afghan woman realizes she has been, is, and will continue to be a leader
	$50 - At least 150 innovative ideas are shared by 30 emerging female leaders
	$75 - 6 concrete plans for implementing new, creative programs to aid Afghan women are developed
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Tailoring: A Small-Business Skill for Afghan Women

Afghanistan,

Microfinance

About 500 women each month learn tailoring and how to run a small tailoring business from their homes. Women enter the 6-month course not knowing how to thread a needle; they leave with a livelihood.

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	$50 - 5 women have cloth and tools for the tailoring course.
	$88 - One woman becomes a tailor after graduating from the 6-month course.
	$2,200 - 25 women complete a tailoring course enabling them to open a shop and support their families.
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Help Afghan Communities Help Themselves

Afghanistan,

Education

Provide training and seed funding to strengthen the efforts of five grassroots Afghan education centers serving 2,350 women and children started by local leaders responding to local needs.

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	$21 - 23 women can study to become literate for one month.
	$50 - 10 teachers instruct 300 students for one week.
	$63 - 135 students can attend primary school for one month.
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Vital Job-Skills Training for 500 Afghan Women

Afghanistan,

Economic Development ,

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By providing 500 women with job-skills training, Afghan women can participate in the reconstruction of their communities, helping them not just to live but to thrive.

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	$42 - One woman receives job skills training for one year, in an area such as making beaded jewelry, food processing, or shoe-making.
	$65 - 5 women receive one year of literacy training to help them better manage their businesses.
	$150 - Provides 10 women with supply kits after graduating from the traditional birth attendant program.
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Afghan Women Learn Traditional Carpet Weaving

Afghanistan,

Economic Development

Women learn to weave beautiful carpets, preserving their ancient Persian traditions. Carpet sales earn women income to support themselves and their families.

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	$33 - 10 family members have food for 2 weeks because of a weaver’s income.
	$58 - One carpet weaver’s child can go to school for a year because of a weaver’s income.
	$66 - 20 people have a place to live for one month because of a weaver’s income.
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Finance Microlending in Rural Afghanistan

Afghanistan,

Economic Development ,

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CHF is one of the only agencies working to empower low-income families by providing microcredit loans averaging about $300—many to women—in Afghanistan’s rural areas.

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	$50 - Can buy supplies for one woman’s sewing business
	$100 - Can provide financial literacy training for 10 rural borrowers
	$300 - Can buy a cow for one farmer
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Jump-Start Learning for Afghan Children

Afghanistan,

Children

200 Afghan preschool children will study math, reading, traditional songs, and other subjects through AIL's model program. Graduates perform better than average in primary school classes.

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	$50 - 49 children can go to preschool for one day.
	$75 - 120 preschool children have food for one month (25 days).
	$344 - One child attends preschool for one year.
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Train Effective Afghan Teachers

Afghanistan,

Education

Teaching by rote has resulted in low education levels in Afghanistan. Train 70 teachers to use interactive methodologies that improve learning for 42,000 students.

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	$15 - 10 students learn to think, not memorize
	$50 - 100 students receive high-quality literacy and language instruction.
	$298 - 1 teacher receives six weeks of intensive teacher training
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Help Najib's Afghanistan Homeless World Cup Team

Afghanistan,

Health

We use football to eradicate poverty by providing training and an opportunity to learn team and communication skills, acquire education, employment, learn English and computer skills.

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	$10 - provides a football to kick off football training for Afghanistan's homeless population
	$20 - provides a football kit (game uniform) for one person who is homeless to join Afghanistan's training and trials
	$50 - provides a month's food for one person who is homeless at football training
	$100 - provides education for one person who is homeless for one month
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Donate to the Safer World Fund

Afghanistan,

Human Rights ,

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The Fund seeks to promote education, health care, and economic opportunity in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries to counter the influence of extremists and their terrorist tactics.

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	$50 - Provide one year of schooling to an Afghan child refugee.
	$100 - Support 56 rural Afghani women with basic healthcare and health education.
	$1,000 - Buy three cows and provide financial training for 10 farmers through microlending in Afghanistan.
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