Emergency Health Care for Poor Afghan Women

by Creating Hope International (CHI)
Emergency Health Care for Poor Afghan Women

Project Report | 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
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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Creating Hope International (CHI)

Location: Dearborn, Michigan - USA
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Twitter: @sakenafund
Project Leader:
carolyn dunlap
Dearborn , Michigan Afghanistan

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