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AIL is always looking for ways to increase literacy among men and boys. It offers classes in reading and writing, publishes a magazine and supports or provides libraries. Another way is through book publishing and recently the book, Focus of Thought was published by AIL. 

This slim volume of 124 pages is aimed at helping people to focus and therefore be more effective not just in reading but in anything they do. The chapters include principles of concentration, concentration in reading, working and positive thinking, as well as senses in the classroom. Reading is good for the individual but concentration in reading and in life is better, being in the moment helps us to be effective, alert, empathetic and aware of others.  At the book release presentation all the attendees received a copy of the book and AIL hopes to get copies to all its offices and Learning Centers.

Here is a story from one of the LC libraries, “I am a student of English at an AIL Learning Center. I am a school girl as well. My teachers at school gave me projects to search for. Fortunately I find lots of good books in the library at the AIL center which I can use as references. I study in this library and borrow some books to work on my projects. I also help my classmates to study and search on their projects. I am recommending my friends use this library.” 

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1073 Save Rural Afghan Women and Children with Healthcare

1155 Fast-Tracking Education for Afghan Women and Girls

As the year draws to a close we reflect on what we have done and how this has changed lives for the better. AIL’s Learning Centers (LCs) give boys and men the opportunity to learn gaining both knowledge and capacity. In 2017, 23,054 students 7,580 (male) have attended 6 month courses at LCs ( rural) in Herat and Kabul locations.

Stories are the best way for us to show how you have helped poor Afghans improve their lives and communities. Here is one of our favorites from the year:

A student said, "In my opinion the first and best thing that youth need to do is to transform ourselves and then to transform the community. This way we will be able to motivate society and our country toward development and a more prosperous future. Everybody needs knowledge and perception in order to have a good life. We have learned that studying and reading books is “a light in the path of life”. Our countrymen spend less time on reading and studying useful topics than people in developed countries. This is one of the common reasons why our people lack academic awareness.

Our teacher tells us that a society develops when its people develop two habits, exercise and reading books. In this class we understand the purpose of reading books. Every month we read, summarize and present one book in front of the class. We have been doing this for a year. Now reading has become one of our daily habits. If I don't read some pages during the day, I feel like I have lost something."

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