Due to COVID19, the start of academic year, which usually is at the end of March in Afghanistan, did not happen and students were left home with limited possibilities to attend online /on television regular classes.
In this context, Womanity was able to quickly move all its vocational training courses online providing students with internet connection, a laptop (if not available at home) and more importantly with the possibility to continue some form of education.
Although the classes had more limited capacities than the in-person one to allow for interaction and sufficient internet bandwidth, we were able to support about 150 students divided in our English, computer literacy and coding classes.
In parallel, Womanity identified families (in the schools’ communities we support) who, due to lockdown measures, were not able to provide for themselves and distributed to them food and sanitation equipment for one month. A second distribution is planned at in August/September 2020.
“At first, when I came to this course, it seemed very difficult. I did not think that I would learn all lessons and all these codes but after some time, the lessons became interesting and I was able to assimilate all the content. Now I have finished HTML and I can design basic HTML pages and giving style to them. I am really happy that the Womanity Foundation gives us this opportunity to study coding in a safe area and to have female teachers”. a student from the Coding class.
Thanks to your wonderful support, the program completed another year with the following results:
An external evaluator has confirmed that students have expressed increased feelings of self-worth, self-efficacy and self-confidence. Also, more and more students wish to enter the Tech sector after having completed one of the courses.
“Becoming a professional web-developer is one of my dreams; I saw some of movies about it. I thus wanted to know how to code. I started to code in GCC project. Now I can build a simple website page by my own. I am very thankful for my teachers and Womanity’s preparation of this great opportunity for Afghan Girls.” Coding student
“I am very thankful from Womanity and its team for the great program implemented in this school. As a father it is my responsibility to support my daughter in her education. However, due to our unfavourable financial situation, my family isn’t able to take full responsibility for her education. This program is therefore is a big help our daughter since I am confident that my daughter studies in a safe environment and has a polite and good female teacher. I am glad the Foundation extended the classes to a winter program.” Father from an ICT student
Womanity thanks you for your precious support to contribute to a vocational training enhancing young Afghan women’s education in the Tech field!
“I always wanted to know how to code. There were times when I was watching my cousin, who had done his BSC in computer sciences, making a website for a client. When I asked him to teach me, he made fun of me by saying girls can't code. At that time, I promise myself that one day I’ll learn how to code, and I did. It is all because of Womanity and my lovely teacher”
The Womanity team thanks you for your support on the Girls Can Code project. Thanks to you your contribution we have:
Girls Can Code builds the skills and confidence for young Afghan women to enter the labor force:
“In the future, I want to have my own hospital or clinic so I can help people. Through the skills obtained through GCC, I can connect to hospitals around the globe. Using computers and the internet, I can conduct research on different diseases.” Coding student
“Participating in ICT classes is the great opportunity in my life. Before this class I couldn't turn on the computer, now I can learn new things on computer related subjects and hope to learn more, thanks Womanity for creating this opportunity for Afghan girls.” ICT student
On behalf of the Womanity team we thank you for supporting young Afghan women to accomplish their potential to study and work the growing IT sector.
"I always wanted to know how to code. There were times when I was watching my cousin, who had done his BCS [qualification] in computer sciences, making a website for a client. When I asked him to teach me, he made fun of me by saying Girls Can't Code. At that time, I promise myself that one day I’ll learn how to code, and I did. It is all because of Womanity and my lovely teacher.” Girls Can Code student, Afghanistan
On behalf of the entire team at Womanity, thank you for your support for our Girls Can Code project in Afghanistan. Thanks to the support of people like you, in recent months we have:
Through this work, we are building the skills and confidence of young women, providing them with core skills to be able to enter the world of work. Below are some examples of the feedback we have received from our students:
“I want to study computer science in future and become a web developer […]. I am very happy for this course to be held because my family is poor and isn’t able to pay fee for courses. This course is a great opportunity for me to achieve my goals.” Coding student, Wahdat High School
“I'm excited to say that now I can make a responsive website. I am still learning but with my hard work I would like to become an expert web designer and developer in the future. […] Please continue this good work.” Coding student, Al Fatah High School
Thank you for helping these young women to fulfil their potential and achieve their aspirations. We will continue to keep you updated with the progress of our project in Afghanistan.
With your support and that of institiutional funders, our Afghan programme has supported a total of 699 young women this term, who have participated in courses in English, computer technology and coding.
We have provided technical orientation training to 16 teachers, which has supported them in delivering the course effectively. Training included techniques such as lesson planning, attendance monitoring, monthly reports, data capture.
After this training, Womanity’s team undertook monitoring visits observe teacher-student interaction, teaching methodologies and students’ levels of understanding. Since the beginning of May we have carried out 19 such visits to coding classes and 14 for ICT. We then met with the teachers to discuss what is working well and where things could be improved to support better learning outcomes.
The feedback from students has been extremely positive – for example, Marina, an ICT student commented:
“Participating in ICT classes is the best opportunity in my life. Even before this class I couldn't turn on the computer, now I can learn new things in computer and hope to learn more. Thanks Womanity for creating this opportunity for Afghan girls for us.”
We are committed to ensuring that young Afghan women like Marina get the best quality education possible, so they can fulfil their potential as adults. The importance of this for poorer families is highlighted by this mother:
“I am a widow and […] do not have economic ability to pay fee for my daughter to go in private courses and learn English. This is a great opportunity for the poor families like me and their daughters, as now they are studying English in a very safe environment. Thank you to Womanity Foundation and from the respected staff and trainers, as you support our daughters’ education.”
On behalf of all the students, their families and our team in Afghanistan, thank you for choosing to support this important work. We will keep you updated with our progress.
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