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Stories to Share
By Alison Hendry - Administrative Assistant, August 22, 2008 01:20 PM
We’d like to share the story of Omid, a student of one of AIL’s centers in Mir Bacha Kot. This grassroots center was begun in 2003, and the following story shows the importance of these centers.
My name is Omid, I live in Mir Bacha Kot and am a student in grade 5. I am studying English at the AIL center in my village, and I have finished two levels of this course. I am very lucky to be a student here because my teacher is very talented. He uses new teaching methods and is a very hardworking teacher. He gives us speeches, reading and writing homework and he checks our work regularly. My father is illiterate and cannot help me when I have problems with my school work. It is important to me to become educated so that day by day my situation in life can improve.
Another wonderful story that we’d like to share is that of Mursal, a computer student in one of AIL’s grassroots centers.
My name is Mursal, I am a student at one of AIL’s centers. I love to learn, and when I saw that my friends were able to use computers and speak English, the international language, I began seeking a good course that would suit our cultural life. After a long time I found this center and saw that it was appropriate for me and I joined. Now I am studying Math, English and Computers. I am so happy to have a computer class here because many of the students really needed to learn computers as well as English. We want to thanks the AIL Office for establishing this class for us. We wish them the best of luck.
Snapshot (2008) of the Community Based Organization Project
By Alison Hendry - Administrative Assistant, August 07, 2008 04:37 PM
Believing that participation by the community in a project gives the community a “stake” in the project and, in the long run, makes the project sustainable, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) has been supporting Community Based Organizations (CBOs) since 1996.
As of June 2008, AIL was supporting 33 CBOs, with 4 of those being new centers opened this year. So far in 2008, two CBOs became self-sufficient and one fulfilled its purpose and was no longer needed. From January to June 2008, 8,946 students have attended monthly classes in the 33 educational CBOs supported by AIL. In the same times period, 63,345 patients were treated in AIL’s 3 health focused CBO’s. The 3 health focused CBO’s also have health education workshops, and from January to June 2008 31,563 people participated in these workshops.
Ezatullah, a student at the Tolo e Mahtab CBO says, “I am a student at the Tolo e Mahtab CBO and also a school student of Naswaan High School. I have been studying English at the CBO for 8 months and I am very happy about it. During this short period we have learned a lot of things and the teacher’s behavior was very nice to us. On behalf of my neighborhood thank AIL for their support and wish to have their assistance continue in the future.”
Update on AIL Grassroots Learning Centers
By Toc Dunlap - Executive Director, August 17, 2007 03:12 PM
The Afghan Institute of Learning ( AIL) continues to be a leader in supporting grassroots Educational Learning Centers for women and girls and boys who have no other access to education. At the same time, AIL is building the capacity of communities to provide educational services for themselves when the government is unable to.
Presently, AIL is supporting 33 grassroots Educational Learning Centers in five provinces of Afghanistan and in Peshawar, Pakistan for Afghan refugees. An average of 10,000 students monthly attend classes in these centers.
Annual Report
By Afghan Institute of Learning - AIL, October 17, 2006 04:18 PM
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By Afghan Institute of Learning - AIL, October 12, 2006 01:15 PM
Believing that participation by the community in a project gives the community at “stake” in the project and, in the long run, makes the project sustainable, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) has been supporting Community Based Organizations (CBOs) since 1996.
As of October 2006, AIL was supporting 35 CBOs for a total of 37 CBOs supported in 2006. In 2006, two CBOs became self-sufficient. Over 10,000 students monthly attend classes in the 32 educational CBOs supported by AIL. More than 10,000 patients are treated in the 3 health CBOs supported by AIL.
Mid-Year Report
By Afghan Institute of Learning - AIL, November 04, 2005 01:58 PM
Creating Hope International shares this mid-year report from the Afghan Institute of Learning, highlighting some of AIL's recent successes!
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