50 Rural Afghan Girls to Teacher Training Program

A microproject by Sahar Education
50 Rural Afghan Girls to Teacher Training Program

Summary

This microproject provides transportation of young women, ages 17 to 24, in rural Afghanistan to a Teacher Training Center, at a cost of $1 per day per student. The two-year program has a strong emphasis on teaching math, science and health. Help teach the teachers! Our funding goal is one month for 50 students. If you would like a 50% match from the Safer World Fund, consider an unrestricted donation to the parent project, shown at the right.

$1,500
total raised
2
donors
0
monthly donors
8
years

Challenge

Afghanistan faces a shortage of female teachers on an epic scale. For a girl in a rural village where conservative attitudes are high, the absence of a well-educated female teacher can crush her chances of going to school and continue on to higher education. Our organization operates a Teacher Training Center aimed at educating young women to become teachers in rural areas.

Solution

This project enables 50 girls to travel to the Teacher Training Center for one month, six days a week. Upon graduation, the girls return to their rural village and teach in the village's school, educating girls and meeting the cultural standards that require girls to be taught by females. This will dramatically improve girls' opportunities economically, socially and provides an avenue to continue on to higher education. Without female teachers, the doors close to education for girls.

Long-Term Impact

A well built, functioning school provides a healthy and safe environment for a community's children, and a place where they learn the skills they need to become productive and peaceful adults. Many school buildings have been constructed in Afghanistan in recent years. But a building alone does not make a school. To be successful, it must be supplied, have qualified teachers, be fully supported by its community, and become fully sustained by its community. That's our long-term goal.

Resources

Organization Information

Sahar Education

Location: Seattle, WA - USA
Website:
Facebook: Facebook Page
Twitter: @SaharEducation
Project Leader:
Ginna Brelsford
Seattle , WA United States

Funded Project!

Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.
   

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