Give Afghans a University Degree

Give Afghan universities degree

Summary

Afghan youth, who studied in refugee schools and graduated from high school, now want to attend college. Make this dream a reality for 120 computer science and business administration students. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Due to war in Afghanistan, university education has been almost non-existent for Afghans. In September 2002, CHI’s partner, the Afghan Institute of Learning, opened Gawhar Shad University to provide post-secondary education for Afghans. The University prepares young Afghans, especially women, in the fields of pedagogy, health and computer science. To date 140 men and women, have graduated, including 65 graduates from the College of Math and Computer Science and 75 from the Nurse Training Program

Activities

120 students will study math and computer science at the University, which offers classes to Afghan refugees in Pakistan. These students are learning technical and leadership skills in these fields.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $6,498
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $69,502
Total Funding Goal: $76,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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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

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in AfghanistanAfghanistan and can also be found under EducationEducation.

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 November 10, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 1, 2004

Latest Update from the Field

A Special Giving Opportunity.....

By Sondra Johnson - Afghan Students Thank You, November 10, 2009 03:51 PM

Thank you for your support. Your desire to make a difference in this world has made a difference, and we are so thankful that Afghan people have had their lives changed with your help.

We wanted to share with you a very special opportunity to give more than 100% from November 10 through December 1st. Please share this with those you know who care. During this time, we are privileged to receive additional matching funds from your donation through Global Giving of at least 30%. The need is still great. Afghanistan struggles to become a country of strength and stability.

Here are recent updates from a number of our nursing graduates. There is a great demand for qualified nurses and midwives in Afghanistan, and a student can find good work once they have graduated:

Fariba works in the Afghan India Hospital in the Laboratory section where she examines 175 patients daily.
Sayda works in the Mirwise Wardak Clinic in the delivery ward where she delivers 9 babies in month .
Rushan is working in the French hospital in the emergency room; she take care of 90 patients a day.
Fatima works in the Ibn- e- Sina hospital as an admin assistant and she takes care of 35-40 patients by dressing wounds and giving.
Sayda workings at the Faisal Hospital in the pharmacy section and she is helps the doctors during operations. In a recent month she attended 3 operations and distributed 155 patients’ medicine.
Jamila is a kindergarten health nurse. She provides first aid health care.
Farida is working in Amarkhail Clinic in the delivery section. She delivers about 20-25 babies a month in the morning and works in physiotherapy section in the afternoon
Lena and Shaima are working for AIL as Health Trainers. They teach reproductive health and other and health workshops and teaches the nursing course.

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