By Rahila Muhibi | Project Leader
Greetings,
I would like to express my gratitude for your continuous unconditional support! I hope that everyone had a great summer. Following is a brief update of what has been going on with 100 Mothers Literacy Program for the past few months.
Dr. Spencer G. Davis, my former professor of Financial Economics at Methodist University, made a bike trip across America this summer in support of 100 Mothers Literacy Program. He began his bike trip from Acata, California on 12th May. He biked through the ups and downs, hot and cold of many states including California, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina. “I did enjoy Western Kentucky as I bicycled on many small farms and rode through peaceful farm country. The many dogs that chased me were, however, not so peaceful,” Says Dr. Davis. He completed his journey at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on June 29th where he poured Pacific Ocean’s water into the Atlantic Ocean.
I visited Afghanistan in August of 2011 and had a chance to meet with students in person. It was an inspiration to see some of these women being able to read basic Dari (national language of Afghanistan). These are mothers who have just recently moved to Kabul from rural areas and exposed to a classroom environment for the first time. One of a student says with so much enthusiasm “I can read shop signs now.” It’s these precious moments that keeps us going on this difficult but promising road. Nonetheless throughout our program, one of our struggles has been to keep mothers focused and less distracted from many problems they leave behind to come for their classes. In order to overcome this issue, we have tried out various strategies and none seem to have been very successful. Based on women’s needs and wishes, we now offer tailoring classes alongside literacy classes. Thus far, the combination has worked. We hope that while literacy classes give women a chance to carve a better career in long-term and tailoring classes give them a skill to be able to bring an income to their family.
Our main goal is not to impress organizations by high numbers and big achievements but to simply walk the walk of mothers together and to be that guide in their lives in Afghanistan.
Best Wishes,
Rahila Muhibi
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