Literacy Classes & Books for Afghan Women & Girls

Dear Friends, 

TODAY June 15TH -9:00am ET TO 11:59pm! 50% Matching funds available for donations made to AIL projects on GlobalGiving.org! Donations up to $1,000 per individual donor per organization may be matched while funds available. The money runs out fast- so donate now!

Are you a UK donor? GlobalGiving.co.uk has its own bonus day. Donations up to £1,000 per donor per organization may be matched 50% while funds last. Match starts 14:00:01 BST on June 15th and ends at 4:59:59 BST on June 16th.  

The AIL education program is going well and classes are being held at 43 Learning Centers (LCs) in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including 15 rural centers around Herat.  A diverse range of subjects are offered (though not at every center) including: math, literacy, Arabic, English, sewing, miniature painting, computers and physics. So far 13,888 students (including 9,044 females and 4,844 males) participated in Learning Center education. There are 150 females in 4 month long mobile literacy classes.

AIL staff maintain libraries in many LCs to help students with their studies and expose them to as varied a selection of reading matter as possible. Sometimes the libraries do double duty serving a school and an LC such as in this case, " The second branch of the school near Herat has a smaller library as it is located in a far village where the students are not able to go to the city to a big library or buy books. Therefore all students, girls and boys are allowed to study and use books in the school library at scheduled times. This library gives village students a  great opportunity to study subjects more in depth and to read advanced books so improving the depth and breadth of their knowledge".

TODAY, your donation can go further!  Donate between 9:00am and 11:59pm and help AIL continue its valuable work.