Afghan boys will have the opportunity to return to school after getting sidetracked as refugees or soldiers.

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Help Afghan Boys Trade Guns for Books

Summary

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

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	$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
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Afghan boys today only know fighting because of the last quarter century of war in Afghanistan. Many young boys were soldiers or lived as refugees. Refugee boys worked long hours selling newspapers or candy in the streets in order to feed themselves and their families and could never go to school. Now they have returned to Afghanistan and are too old to join school. They are hopeless. Without direction for the future, they continue to fight and disrupt their families and communities.

Activities

120 boys will study in Educational Learning Centers supported by CHI/AIL in Kabul and Herat. These community-based centers will give boys the opportunity to study math, science, language, and earn grade certificates on a fast-track basis.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $16,079
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $3,721
Total Funding Goal: $19,800

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

Boys will become literate, advance their education, and learn such skills as computers and English that will help them get jobs. Education for boys will improve Afghanistan’s economy and contribute to making the country more secure.

Project Message

My father died in the war. I am the oldest son so I had to work to feed my family. My friends laughed at me because I couldn’t write my name. Since I joined AIL’s school, I can read & write very well.
- Mohammad Akbar, 16-year-old student of CHI/AIL boys' class

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Toc Dunlap,
President
Creating Hope International
PO Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
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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.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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 September 01, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Stories to Share

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

We would like to share with you the story of Mohammad, a male student in one of AIL’s centers.
“My name is Mohammad and I have been a student of AIL’s English course for a long time. I was studying English before I can to the center, but I had problems in my previous school. The teacher did not pay attention to each student because the class had nearly 50 students in it. That made me very nervous, and one day my friend told me to join AIL’s English course because the teachers were very talented, and they use new methods during teaching. After I joined this course, my problems have decreased and I am so happy and thankful for my teacher who has helped me. I wish my teacher success in the future.”

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