Help Afghan Boys Trade Guns for Books Afghanistan, Children , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched Many Afghan boys want schooling but are too old and must work. Help 360 boys who have been refugees and/or soldiers get an education that will prepare them for successful, peaceful futures. read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $10 - 1 boy has books and school supplies for one year $20 - 120 boys have a classroom in which to study for six months $55 - 1 boy fast-tracks his education in a six month course show more $7,571 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Fast-Tracking Education for Afghan Women and Girls Afghanistan, Children , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched Provide literacy and fast-track education to 1,000 women and girls who were deprived of learning by the Taliban and are now eager to become literate and earn grade certificates at an accelerated pace read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $10 - One girl has books and school supplies for one fast-track class. $50 - 600 women have fast-track class teachers for one day. $65 - One woman learns to read and write in a literacy class. show more $1,950 - 30 women study language, math, peace, human rights, and reproductive health for six months. $28,071 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Aid Refugees Fleeing Fighting in Swat Valley Pakistan, Disaster Recovery , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched CHI project partner AIL is providing food and dishes to Swat Valley IDPs living in tents in Katachagari and Nasir Bagh camps near Peshawar. AIL is also planning to provide sewing training to women. read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $10 - feeds two IDPs for 7 days $40 - packet of food for 8 people for 7 days $80 - provides package of dishes for one tent show more $29,477 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Save Rural Afghan Women & Children With Healthcare Afghanistan, Children , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched Support 3 clinics for 12,000 patients monthly in rural areas of Afghanistan with no other health services. These clinics provide medical services and prevent disease through health education. read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $25 - 208 patients receive medicine. $50 - 26 children receive medical services. $75 - 42 women receive basic healthcare and health education. show more $45,762 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Vital Job-Skills Training for 500 Afghan Women Afghanistan, Women and Girls , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched By providing 500 women with job-skills training, Afghan women can participate in the reconstruction of their communities, helping them not just to live but to thrive. read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $42 - One woman receives job skills training for one year, in an area such as making beaded jewelry, food processing, or shoe-making. $65 - 5 women receive one year of literacy training to help them better manage their businesses. $150 - Provides 10 women with supply kits after graduating from the traditional birth attendant program. show more $420 - Gives 10 women access to year-long small business development training in areas such as pricing, marketing and accounting. $840 - Provides an entire community of women with one year of job skills and business training. $13,125 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Pakistan Earthquake Medical Relief Clinics Pakistan, Disaster Recovery , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched CDRS works in Muzaffarabad and Rawalakot where health facilities were destroyed. We also provide health education events for kids and work with local govt to re-establish a permanent healthcare system read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $30 - Provides free healthcare and medicines to 21 patients $150 - provides free healthcare and medicines to 105 patients $300 - Provides free healthcare and medicines to 210 patients show more $700 - Provides food for 30 CDRS employees and overnight patients and their families for one month $850 - Provides medicines and medical supplies for all 8 CDRS facilities for one month $1,000 - provides dental medicines and supplies for one dental unit for one year $1,000 - provides basic medicines to all 8 CDRS health facilities for one month $15,000 - Repairs 6 dental units damaged in the earthquake and re-establishes Jinnah Dental Hospital and College in Muzaffarabad City $134,844 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Give Afghan Refugees the Gift of Education Pakistan, Children , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched Millions of Afghan women and children have missed years of schooling as refugees in Pakistan. Support refugee schools and classes for 2,500 women and children with training, salaries, and supplies. read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $25 - 30 students have school supplies for one month. $50 - One child has a year of education. $75 - 400 children have a school building for one month. show more $119,755 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Help Displaced Families From Swat and Buner Pakistan, Health , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched CDRS Medical Teams and Logistics Officers are deployed in Mardan to provide The IDPs from Swat and Buner with greatly needed Healthcare Services, Medicines, Baby Formula, Clean Water and Hygiene Kits. read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $25 - Provide Medical Care and Medicines to 10 patients $50 - Provide Baby Formula to 10 Infants for 1 Week $100 - Provide 20 Hygiene Kits to IDPs show more $42,595 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Provide Relief to 500 Displaced Families Pakistan, Human Rights , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched The project will provide emergency basic healthcare, psycho-social and food support to 500 most destitute families now living as refugees with host communities in Dargai district of Malakand agency. read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $100 - Provide one month basic food for one family $120 - Provide basic household items to one family $300 - Provide trauma counseling to all 500 families for one month show more $600 - Provide medical support to all 500 families for a month $222,963 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Establish and Support Afghanistan Model Schools Afghanistan, Education , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched Our model schools provide highly-qualified teachers, innovative learning programs, a safe and secure learning environment where children can flourish, and strong local community investment. read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $25 - provides a month of essential school supplies to 5 students. $50 - provides a one-month stipend for a deserving teacher. $75 - provides essential materials in maintaining a peace room, as part of HTAC’s peace education program. $100 - pays for planting a school garden that students will help maintain. show more $250 - pays for printing and distributing 30 bi-lingual storybooks $500 - helps pay for one school playground equipment $44,615 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Peace Education Programs for Afghan Children Afghanistan, Education , Safer World Matching Funds Available , Donations to this project are being matched Help the Afghan Children is addressing the root causes of violence and trauma by educating young Afghans who will embrace the principles of peace and work hard as adults to break this vicious cycle. read updates from the field How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $25 - provides peace education workbooks and materials to 5 students. $50 - provides a one-month stipend for a deserving peace education teacher. $75 - helps purchase peace puppets used in non-conflict resolution role modeling. $100 - provides peace education training materials for 15 teachers. show more $250 - pays for printing and distributing 30 peace education storybooks. $500 - helps pay for the initial establishment of a school’s peace room for one year. $29,740 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Donate to the Safer World Fund Afghanistan, Human Rights , Safer World Matching Funds Available The Fund promotes education, health care and economic opportunity to counter the sway of extremists and terrorist tactics. See http://www.globalgiving.com/saferworld_full.html for supported projects. How You Can Help:  Make a one-time monthly recurring donation $50 - Provide one year of schooling to an Afghan child refugee. $100 - Support 56 rural Afghani women with basic healthcare and health education. $1,000 - Buy three cows and provide financial training for 10 farmers through microlending in Afghanistan. show more $484,925 - Will fully fund this project show less $ Other amount   or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Who is running this fund?

Joyce Manchester directs the Long-Term Modeling Group at the Congressional Budget Office in Washington, DC, and is the former secretary of the governing board for Our Voices Together. She and her husband, David Stapleton, support education for boys and especially girls in Afghanistan through The Afghan Education Giving Circle of Northern Virginia. Friends Leslie Whittington and Charles Falkenberg, along with their daughters Zoe and Dana, were passengers on American Flight 77.

David Stapleton is the director of the Center for Studying Disability Policy at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., in Washington, DC, and a former board member of Our Voices Together. He and his wife, Joyce Manchester, founded and lead The Afghan Education Giving Circle of Northern Virginia which funds school projects in Afghanistan. Friends Leslie Whittington and Charles Falkenberg, along with their daughters, Zoe and Dana, were passengers on American Flight 77.

Gene Steuerle is Vice President with the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. He previously served as a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, and as co-director of the Tax Policy Center, a joint effort of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. On September 11, 2001, Gene's wife Norma was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77, which was flown into the Pentagon. In the days following the 9/11 attacks, individuals around the world responded with an outpouring of goodwill toward the families who had lost loved ones and with widespread solidarity against terrorist tactics. This spirit of community and the feeling that these families had a voice that could be used for compassion motivated Gene and his daughters to donate the money they received from the federal Victim Compensation Fund to start two charities, the Alexandria Community Trust and Our Voices Together (now merged with Americans for Informed Democracy). Gene has reached out to numerous families and friends who also lost loved ones to terrorism and is expanding his vision to include the Safer World Fund – philanthropy intended to thwart the terrorists' intent by building positive change in vulnerable countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan.