Teach for Afghanistan Organization

Teach for Afghanistan Organization (TAO) mission is to create a movement of collective leadership by empowering young Afghan men and women in most under-resourced schools to ensure all Afghan children have the opportunity to reach its highest potential. TAO provides an opportunity to Afghanistan's most promising university graduates to serve as full-time teachers to children in the country's most under-resourced schools. The fellowship is a two-year long commitment to teach in a classroom and create a productive environment of learning. The fellowship journey develops leadership skills in Fellows by constant support and mentoring. Through the two-year Fellowship program, these change... read more Teach for Afghanistan Organization (TAO) mission is to create a movement of collective leadership by empowering young Afghan men and women in most under-resourced schools to ensure all Afghan children have the opportunity to reach its highest potential. TAO provides an opportunity to Afghanistan's most promising university graduates to serve as full-time teachers to children in the country's most under-resourced schools. The fellowship is a two-year long commitment to teach in a classroom and create a productive environment of learning. The fellowship journey develops leadership skills in Fellows by constant support and mentoring. Through the two-year Fellowship program, these change makers get exposed to the grass root reality and then post the Fellowship, they work across the system in their own capacities to solve the educational inequity. TAO is based in 2 Provinces, Nangarhar and Parwan, has placed 230 Fellows in 69 schools impacting +60,000 students across 8 districts in these provinces. TAO is a partner organization of Teach For All which is a global network of 48 independent partner organizations. Teach For All's purpose is to expand educational opportunity internationally by increasing and accelerating the impact of independent social enterprises. TAO mission is to create a movement of leaders, Teach for Afghanistan Organization has developed a two-part theory of change. In the short-term, through our Fellowship program, we provide an opportunity to Afghanistan's most promising university graduates to serve as full-time teachers to children from low-income communities in most under-resourced schools. During this experience of teaching in classrooms and working with stakeholders like students, principals, and parents, our Fellows get exposed to the grassroots realities of education system and develop the knowledge, skills, and mindsets necessary to attain positions of leadership in the education system. In the long-term, we engage these leaders, our Alumni, and support this movement of leaders. Our Alumni work in diverse roles within the education sector, as teachers, teacher-trainers, school principals, curriculum designers, entrepreneurs all with a shared purpose to build a movement for educational equity that will maximize the progress towards that day when all children have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. TAO wants to streamline Afghan diaspora who has major giving capacity and want to contribute back to the community. Unfortunately, we are still a new organization and partnering with global giving will give us another accreditation and credibility of work making it easier for people who are not able to donate us. Other than that, our main aim to reach more and more people and impact more students which needs considerable support from Afghan diaspora around the world.