Crisis in Afghanistan

The primary objective of the Afghan Learning Academy is to help and support the education system in Afghanistan. Parallel to our main mission, we also respond to emergencies whether they are natural or man made and provide help to needy people in Afghanistan.

Since our inception in 1998, Afghan Learning Academy have impacted the lives of countless of students and educators by providing sustained educational support. The recent events in Afghanistan, however, has had such an adverse effect on the educational community that compelled us to expand our services and provide humanitarian support to the neediest of the students and educators.

Your support is urgently needed and will go to the neediest of the needy. Please give generously.

Learning for a better tomorrow.

Everyone has the right to education

Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to education…”. This right, however is not extended to all segments of the population in Afghanistan, especially parts of the country ravaged by conflicts, strives and poverty.

According to UNICEF, an estimated 3.7 million children are out of school in Afghanistan, 60% of them are girls. Low girl enrollment can be explained in part by a lack of female teachers, especially in rural schools.

Only 16% of Afghanistan’s schools are girls-only, and many of them lack proper sanitation facilities, which further hinders attendance. Certain sociocultural factors and traditional beliefs also undermine girls’ education. Girls continue to marry very young – 17% before their 15th birthday.

"When children are not in school, they are at an increased danger of abuse, exploitation and recruitment"

Adele Khodr, UNICEF

Literacy rate in Afghanistan is 36%

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The State of education in Afghanistan according to UNICEF:

  • Nearly Half Of Children In Afghanistan Do Not Go To School

  • Only 5 per cent of children with disabilities are able to access education.

  • Only half of the schools in Afghanistan are housed in buildings, and 1,000 schools remain inactive or closed due to security issues.

The educational needs of Afghanistan are enormous and the resources are scant. Our mission is to close this gap through providing educational resources to the region.

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Sponser A Child

We have helped hundreds of poor and orphaned children over the years. The primary goal of this program is to get working children off the streets and into schools. Our dedicated staff and volunteers in Kandahar city scout, identify and interview working or poor children who are not in schools and will recommend the eligible children to be enrolled into this program. The cost of sponsoring a child is only $30 per month. Once a child is enrolled, the Academy will either pay their tuition in a private school or replace their work earnings so that they can attend schools full time and not work. 

Currently 28 boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 18 are enrolled in this program and we would like to expand it. According to the World Bank, an estimated 3.7 million school-aged children are still out of school in Afghanistan due to poverty, security issues and/or lack of educational facilities. With your financial support, we would like to put a dent into this alarming statistic, once child at a time.

 
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School Surverys

One of the projects our field volunteers are working on is to conduct a comprehensive survey of all the schools in Kandahar so that a detailed database of information is gathered about each school in order to prioritize needs for each school. This model once successful in Kandahar will be replicated and extended to other provinces. 

Our first project in this endeavor is the Mohammad Azam Ayazi School in the 3rd district of Kandahar city. 

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Kankor Training

Kankor is a national college entrance exam in Afghanistan. It is held once a year and the score determines what college the students can qualify for. The more prestigious colleges require higher scores for entrance. Southern Afghanistan unfortunately has consistently scored below national average at these Kankor exams, primarily due to lack of quality education. 


The Academy has started an after-school program for Kankor training where we are currently training 1,100 high school students to prepare for Kankor. We are in the 4th year for our program and our students have consistently scored higher. The program runs for 9 months and the students review and test weekly on the material that will help them achieve a higher score in the Kankor exam. The Academy pays for renting the lecture halls and hiring qualified teachers. The students pay nominal fees to enroll in these classes. We have a waiting list of students to enroll, but we do not have the financial ability or the physical space to expand the program beyond its current capacity.

 
 

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for the day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”

LAO TZU

 

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