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Amazing changes are taking place in Afghanistan and Pakistan, thanks to your support of the projects in The Safer World Fund. In rural Afghanistan, a school for girls and boys now boasts four new classrooms and many new desks as well as transportation so that teachers can attend training. In Mazar-i-Sharif, a school for...

Last month I spent an evening with Sakena Yacoobi, the founder and executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL). The Institute manages “Fast-Tracking Education for Afghan Women and Girls,” one of the projects in the Safer World Fund.  In just a couple of hours, my admiration for educators in...

Tuesday’s attack on a 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was a powerful advocate for girls’ education reminds us of the struggle to offer girls the opportunity to go to school. Malala Yousafzai had spoken eloquently to promote education for girls and children’s rights in the Swat Valley, close to the Afghan...

On September 1, 2012, a fresh pool of matching funds was announced for the Safer World Fund and the programs it supports. In conjunction with the anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001, we feel it is important to renew our support of these organizations in Pakistan and Afghanistan as they continue to provide...

Thanks for your continued generosity towards helping us make the world a safer place! With your help, we are continuing to support education, vocational training, and health care in Pakistan and Afghanistan with some amazing partners. Girls such as the one pictured in this report want to learn. Mothers need health care...

Thanks for your continued generosity towards helping us make the world a safer place! With your help, we are continuing to support education, vocational training, and health care in Pakistan and Afghanistan with some amazing partners. We recently added a new project to the list of Safer World beneficiaries: the...

Thanks to everyone who has supported The Safer World Fund since our matching campaign began on the 10th Anniversary of September 11th. As of January 2, 2012, a bit more than $14,000 remains in matching funds for The Safer World Fund! New donations of any size up to $2000 will be matched at 50 percent until those matching...

Today, October 7, 2011, marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.  We’re marking this moment by thanking you for supporting grassroots development, education, and medical work in Afghanistan and Pakistan through the Safer World Fund.   We are grateful for your support, and...

It is hard to believe that it has been 10 years since the events of 9/11 took place in 2001.  That day’s events still weigh heavily on our hearts and minds as we remember loved ones lost.  Despite those sentiments, however, the Safer World Fund was created as a way to make a positive statement about what...

Bonus Day is March 16! Rev up your online donations to the Safer World Fund – GlobalGiving will match at 30% all online donations up to $1,000 per donor per project! $75,000 will be available in matching funds on Wednesday, March 16. In addition to the 30% match, GlobalGiving is offering a $1,000 bonus to the...

Thanks to everyone who participated in the matching campaign for the Safer World Fund this fall! The matching funds disappeared in record time, and your contributions are now improving the lives of women, men and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A new nonprofit joined Global Giving in October, and we are pleased to...

We are thrilled to offer a 1-for-1 match for all donations up to $2500 starting on September 11, 2010, until the matching funds are gone. Donations to the Safer World Fund or any of the projects it comprises will be matched. In addition, we have decided to focus on projects that specifically target education and/or...

Thanks to the 247 Safer World Fund donors who have helped girls in Afghanistan go to school, women in Afghanistan learn new skills, people in the earthquake regions of Pakistan receive much-needed medical care, and much more. More than 3500 additional donors made contributions to individual funds within the Safer World...