By Mariam Ajami | Programs Administrator
Dear Friends,
The girls that attend the leadership workshops led by The Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) come away knowing they can be leaders. All do some act of leadership after the workshop. In the case of Sughra (whose story is below), she followed in the footsteps of Dr. Sakena Yacoobi and has become a Social Entrepreneur!
Before attending AIL workshops and classes, I was not active in my society. I was trying to build my own capacity, but when I faced problems, I was not able to solve them and it was very painful for me. One day I found out that AIL was going to hold a leadership workshop in Herat to empower society members in different fields of life. I participated in the AIL leadership workshop in which they taught us different ways of leadership. After participating in this workshop, I felt a big change in my life; even my colleagues felt changes in my behavior and ideas-- and I became trusted.
I decided that I needed to do something and I opened a Learning Center for women and children in my home province of Dai Kundi in the central mountains of Afghanistan. I then asked for support from AIL and they came and saw what I was doing and supported me. Since then I have also received training to hold leadership workshops and now I am training others in my province to be leaders.
There are many like Sughra who want to make a difference not just for themselves, but for the country of Afghanistan. Please help us by donating March 1thru March 15, so that this project has the opportunity to be showcased in the Global Giving Girl Fund for 2017. Donate now, tell your friends and family! Give Sughra and the women and girls of Afghanistan a chance to make a difference!
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