Physical Health Afghanistan Project #7677

Clean Water for a Healthy Afghan Community

Project Report | Aug 2, 2013
Construction on the well has been completed!

By Alison Hendry | Program Administrator

Water Storage Tanks on Top of the School

Thank you so much for your donations to AIL’s project to build a well. As we have told you in previous reports, the well we initially had planned was no longer necessary, so instead we installed the well in a new private school in Herat, Afghanistan. The well is providing fresh, clean water to the school and the surrounding area.

Construction on the well was completed on March 4. The final cost for the well was $4,000, which was covered by donations made to this project as well as donations from other sources. As you can see from the pictures, the well has plumbing which leads to storage tanks on the roof of the school.

Students at the school, as well as those living in the area surrounding the school are so happy to have fresh, clean water available to them.

Again, thank you for your generous donations which helped to make the construction of this well possible!!

The Well

Water Coming from the Well

Another view of the storage tanks

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Jun 11, 2013
More Great News from the Afghan Institute of Learning

By Alison Hendry | Program Administrator

Dr. Sakena Yacoobi receiving her hood at Princeton

So many wonderful things have happened for the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) in the last few weeks, and we’re very excited to share a few of them with you.

First, on Tuesday the Executive Director of AIL, Sakena Yacoobi received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Princeton University. The official citation reads:

With a profound reverence for the well-being of others, this visionary leader devotes her life to the empowerment of poor Afghan women and children. With an unwavering commitment to social justice, against all odds, and often at great personal risk, she built and sustains an institute that makes healthcare and education possible for the most vulnerable. It owes its success in establishing clinics, teaching children, and training educators and caregivers to the deep and lasting ties she has forged with the people she serves and with global communities of care. After decades of work, she is still creating hope, in her home country and throughout the world.

Additionally, AIL has had two articles posted at The Huffington Post. The first focuses on AIL’s belief that Education Is the Way to a Healthier Country.

The second article details AIL’s Mobile Literacy Program, giving details of how adding texting to a traditional literacy curriculum helped to accelerate the pace of learning.

Finally, tomorrow is a Global Giving Matching Day, and because AIL is a superstar partner, all donations will be matched at 50%! Matching will begin at 9:00 am EST and funds generally run out after just a few hours.To select a project that you might like to donate to, visit AIL’s page on GlobalGiving.

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May 10, 2013
AIL is now blogging at Huffington Post!

By Alison Hendry | Program Administrator

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