Our Doctors Need an X-Ray Machine

We are pleased to tell you that we have been able to fully fund this project through your donations and from other sources.  The hospital now has its x-ray machine and the patients it serves are much better off.  Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this project.  Should you be inclined to continue to...

Since 1995, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) has been helping Afghans lift themselves above the devastation of war by providing education, training, health care, and health education.  AIL’s approach is to interlink health and education programs, like building blocks that together form a whole...

Slowly but surely we are making progress on the funding of this much needed equipment for the clinic.  We are at almost 30% of our goal.  So many patients will benefit from an x-ray machine being available to them.  During the last half of 2011, 12,219 patients were treated in this clinic.  We hope that...

  2011 Was such a wonderful year for the community that this hospital serves.  On average, more than 2200 people received medical services each month at the hospital.  How wonderful it would be to have the x-ray machine available to serve these patients.   Thank you to all of you who donated to this...

Visitors to the new hospital just keep increasing.  In August, 2306 patients were seen at the hospital.  The x-ray machine is desperately needed to adequately serve these patients.  It is heart-breaking to have to turn patients who need medical care away knowing that they will not be able to seek assistance...

Demand for services at the new hospital is increasing at an amazing rate.  In May, the hospital served over 2,200 patients.  The digital x-ray machine would serve so many people.  Currently, when x-rays are needed, the patient is referred to other hospitals or clinics, and many patrons aren’t in a...

The new gynecological and surgical hospital in Herat was able to begin serving an average of 200 clinic patients per month in January of 2010 and celebrated the official opening of the hospital in February 2011.  Since the hospital was fully opened, it has served an average of 700 patients per month, doing so without a...

Five Reasons to Celebrate The year 2010 has been one of many challenges for people throughout the world. In Afghanistan, insecurity, violence, and poverty continue to threaten communities. But the people of Afghanistan are strong and hopeful, and they are working hard to overcome these challenges. At the Afghan...

Grateful and Undaunted   At this time of year, we are reminded of our many blessings and how the people in our lives enrich us and bring joy to every day. All of us at the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) are especially grateful to you, for your generous support of our efforts to help the people of Afghanistan...

Construction of the Herat Private Hospital was completed and clinic operations were begun in early 2010.  The Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) waited to begin surgeries until all permissions were obtained from the Afghan government.  The final signature was finally received in late October.  The hospital...

The Gynecological/Surgical Hospital in Herat, Afghanistan is now open. We still have an urgent need for a digital x-ray machine. This machine allows for a proper diagnosis with interaction with medical specialists from around the world for women and infants. Proper treatment will reduce the number of unnecessary deaths...

“Reach out to others and give a gift to yourself.” Sakena Yacoobi, founder and executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning, urged the advanced degree graduates of Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California to “reach out to others and give a gift to yourself” in the process in her 2010 Commencement...

We’d like to share some great news with you that will give you a better understanding of our project and the work we do in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Through the generosity of the Skoll Foundation, a timely video was produced about life in Afghanistan and the work AIL is doing to make a difference. The film producer and...

In 2010, the Afghan Institute of Learning will formally open the country’s first teaching Gynecological/Surgical Hospital in Herat, Afghanistan. An urgent need for proper maternal medical care is a digital x-ray machine. Once purchases, this machine will allow for proper diagnosis and medical consultations from around the...