Project Report
| Oct 9, 2017
Thirty Rural Afghan Girls to Teacher Training
By Ginna Brelsford | Executive Director
Thank you for your gift!
Your support has helped 30 young women from rural northern Afghanistan continue to be transported safely to our Teacher Training Center. These aspiring female teachers attend training classes six days a week and look forward to educating students from their villages after completing the two-year-long cycle.
“Before coming here I was shy to enter the classroom. I couldn’t even greet the guests who visited our house,” a young woman enrolled in our teaching training program said. “After coming here I have changed a lot. Now I can teach and manage a class by myself.”
This project has dramatically improved the long-term economic and social opportunities for these women. Training women to become teachers fosters their independence and raises their status, encouraging civic participation. These teachers have been empowered by their income and ability to manage their budgets and make their own financial decisions.
You have not only invested in these women’s independence, but also in the education of thousands of girls who are denied the opportunity to learn, simply because there are no women to teach them. Many families do not allow their daughters to go to school if there are no female instructors, particularly in rural areas where conservative attitudes are deeply rooted. You have provided more girls in rural northern Afghanistan with the opportunity to learn. These 50 future teachers, who you have helped transport to our teacher training center, will impact an estimated 4,500 students a year upon graduation.
Your dollars impacted the lives of thousands of girls. We thank you for your support in helping us end the cycle of female illiteracy and in creating more opportunities to learn in rural Afghanistan. One female teacher has the power to change the future of girls’ education.
Once again, thank you very much for your contribution!