Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Students in all curriculum tracks will be highly employable upon graduation and will have the tools that they need to take local, regional, and national decision-making positions.

Project Message

Our university students gain not only an education and strong leadership skills, but also a desire to reach beyond their circumstances to forge a new Afghanistan in the days to come.
- Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director, Afghan Institute of Learning

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Toc Dunlap,
President
Creating Hope International
P. O. Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
313-278-5806
Email:

Project Sponsor

Creating Hope International

Organization

Creating Hope International (CHI) Creating Hope International PO Box 1058 Dearborn, Michigan 48121 United States (313) 278-5806 http://www.creatinghope.org

Learn more about Creating Hope International (CHI) and the project team.

Creating Hope International (CHI)'s Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Fast-Tracking Education for Afghan Women and Girls	Help Afghan Women Deliver Healthy Babies Safely	Help Afghan Boys Trade Guns for Books	Learning Centers for Rural Afghan Women in Herat
Save Rural Afghan Women & Children With Healthcare	Afghans Learn to Use Computers For Their Jobs	Save Poor Afghan Families From Starving	Afghans Learn Leadership for the 21st Century
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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Afghanistan and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Afghanistan, read the Human Development Report on Afghanistan or the Wikipedia entry for Afghanistan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 22, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 01, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

Stories to Share

By Alison Hendry - Administrative Assistant, August 22, 2008 01:28 PM

Following is the story of Mustafa, a student taking part in AIL’s post-secondary education courses. Not all students are able to travel to the university to study, so AIL has begun offering post secondary courses at institutes in it’s centers to allow these students to continue their education.

I am Mustafa, a student in AIL’s Information Technology (IT) class. First of all, I would like to thank the AIL office that is supporting us and helping us to get a quality education. I am studying IT here and all of the teachers are very talented and very kind. Many of them teach at Kabul University as well. I am 18 and finished school this year. I wished to study IT, and a friend studying here advised me to join AIL’s Institute. Now that three months have passed and I only have one left, I feel that my dreams are coming true. I am hoping to finish this program as soon as possible.

Below is another amazing story about the people that attend AIL’s university. Not only are they working to advance themselves, but they are also concerned about the advancement of those around them.

“My name is Rahima, I am 26 years old and have 4 children (2 daughters and 2 sons). I have not been what you would call lucky. My husband became addicted to opium, so I had to find a way to help myself and my family. I am now studying to be a nurse and my two children are going to school. I live in a rented house. I am thankful for the AIL Health Department for providing me with some food during this month. The donation was from one of the nursing course students. I hope that AIL will be able to continue their donations to me, and am thankful for the private donation from one of my fellow students.”

One of the other students in the nursing course saw that Rahima was struggling to feed her family. Rather than see Rahima have to leave the course to try to find a job that would feed her family, another student gave a donation to AIL that AIL then gave to Rahima. This allowed Rahima to continue on her path to a brighter future as a nurse.

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