By Ginna Brelsford | Executive Director
With your generous support, Sahar was able to equip students in Afghanistan with textbooks and books
"Bring us books, books and more books. We need textbooks. We need books with our poetry and stories about life. We need books about hope. Come and see our room, there are no books," a student told Airokhsh, our Afghan Fellow as she traveled throughout our rural schools. Thanks to your support, we purchased books in Mazar-i-Sharif and transported them to the rural village. The library is now equipped with new books for the course requirements.
Donor support is essential for bringing books into rural schools. Afghanistan remains on the bottom rung of the UN Poverty Index. Helping girls gain a toehold in reading and writing contributes to lifting the nation out of poverty.
One student noted, "the books help me to better understand people, cultures, ideas, behaviours, wishes and most importantly, their hopes. I think my top position in my class is because of my understanding of general information about studies and also about the wider world now." This student was among the essay winners and drew upon the information in books to tell her story about her life in Afghanistan.
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