Provide literacy and fast-track education to thousands of women and girls who were deprived of learning by the Taliban and are now eager to become literate and learn skills at an accelerated pace

AIL works to empower Afghans by expanding their educational and health opportunitites and by fostering self-reliance and community participation.

About 700 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.

Poor Afghans in Afghanistan with no jobs, food or homes face starvation in the winter and after natural disasters or being displaced. Provide emergency packets to support families.

AIL supports rural centers and centers for rural Afghan Women in Herat Province, Afghanistan.

Support 5 clinics for nearly 16,000 patients monthly in rural areas of Afghanistan with no other health services. These clinics provide medical services and prevent disease through health education.

Help us expand and supply a school for 3,000+ girls in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. We worked with the community to build the school with funds from Global Giving donors and others. The school was dedicated in April 2011! But our work is not done. High priority needs include desks, fans, computers, kindergarten rooms, a playground set, and a drainage system.

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

Many Afghan boys want schooling but are too old or must work. Annually Help 5700 boys who have been refugees and/or soldiers get an education that will prepare them for successful, peaceful futures.

Afghans struggle for survival within their devastated economy. They lack the skills employers need. Help 200 Afghan students learn computer skills, fill the technical void and get or retain jobs.