Education Afghanistan Project #1143

Help Afghan Boys Trade Guns for Books

by Afghan Institute of Learning

Project Report | Oct 7, 2015
Bonus Funds Available October 7th

By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer

Dear Friends,

Today only,October 7, make your donation go even further!

Noon to midnight ET on GlobalGiving.com donations to these special projects will be eligible for Youthspark bonus funds from Microsoft , but the money will go quickly.

Here are the eligible projects:

362 Educating Tibetan Refugee Children and Youth

1534 Give Schooling and Housing for Children from Nepal

12500 Help Fund Scholarships for Afghan Children

1143 Help Afghan Boys Trade Guns for Books

8791 Transform the Lives of 70,000 Afghan Adolescent Girls

So far in 2015, Afghan Institute of Learning Centers have educated over 20,000 students , the health program has provided care to over 129,000 people and health education to 82,000! Your donation will help AIL to continue providing vital education and health services and transform lives for the better in Afghanistan. Many young Afghan boys are in need of good educational opportunity so they can do well in life and stay out of trouble. Currently, one AIL facility the AIL Street Children Center has 130 boys who go to class and some receive housing and clothing as needed. Many have progressed to the stage where they can rejoin school and now hope to go onto university too!

The matching funds are only available for a limited time, so be sure to make your donations on October 7 at 12.01 pm ET! All donations are final and up to $1,000 per donor per organization can be matched. The percentage of the match will be determined at the end of the day. The percentage of the match will be determined at the end of the day.

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