Help Afghan Boys Trade Guns for Books

Bonus funds on ALL donations are available NOW until 9 am Thursday 13^th.

Funds distributed on a proportional basis as to how much we raise, so we will get some extra money!

Up to $1,500 per unique donor per organization is eligible.

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New recurring donations (active 4 payments) matched on initial gift up to $200 per donor per project. 

So far this year, 27,293 people have attended classes at AIL Learning Centers (LCs) of these   8,772 are male, that is 33%. Literacy is often the first class many students want to attend. Herat LCs have had 2,189 males attend literacy class so far this year.  At Kabul area LCs they have had 748 people enrolled in literacy classes so far this year as well as 782 enrolled in Arabic class.

“I am very glad that I can now read and write and I am interested to learn more. I would like to join the computer class and maybe get a job in computing. Literacy was the first step for me to a new life.”

Thank you for your support for Afghan boys and young men as they study and work to gain modern, marketable skills and improve their lives.

50% Match Opportunity TODAY while funds last on this and all our projects on Global Giving! Max. $500 per donor per organization.  New recurring donations (active 4 months) matched 100% to $200.

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AIL is active in promoting literacy and book reading to all children. Recently, as part of a leadership class the staff held a Book reading contest called Books and Leaders. The boys and girls in each leadership class competed with each other. The contest encourages reading but also reading focus and close attention to detail in reading something that requires concentration of thought in today’s world of instant news, images and distraction.  

The questions used in the contest were composed from three books:

The Power of Emotional Intelligence written by Donal Gellman

Creativity and Problem Solving by Brian Tracy

Manage Your Time by Brian Tracy.  

One student said, “I enjoy books and doing this contest. I had to pay attention so as to be able to answer all the questions correctly. I really like reading a lot.” 

The school principal and head of the leadership class were the judges and a team won the contest with a high score of 30 out of 38 marks. 

Thank you for your continued support for literacy for boys and men.