Provide Education to the Females of Afghanistan
Help to educate women and girls in Afghanistan. This gift will help towards increasing female literacy rates in Afghanistan. You can sponsor a female student's education in either a lower level literacy course (called Sowat Amausi which literally means 'to teach one to become literate') or throughout her higher level literacy courses (called Sowat Hayati which translates to 'literate for life'). Lower level courses include an accelerated 10-month curriculum covering grades 1-3 and higher level courses cover grades 4-9 in six years.
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Proof of Impact
Sponsorship of a lower level course includes a photo and a copy of the sponsored student's completion certificate at the end of the 10-month term.
About Barakat
Partner since September, 2008
Barakat’s mission is to improve the well-being of marginalized groups in South and Central Asia by increasing access to quality education and a healthy environment. Barakat works towards this mission by supporting local, innovative organizations that are making a real difference in the places they work. One such area of focus is education in Afghanistan. Many people miss out on education because they live too far from schools and programs, or don’t have enough money to pay for the classes or the materials they need to attend those classes. In Afghanistan, there are strict cultural codes that put tight restrictions on the interactions between boys and girls, and therefore girls are forbidden from being educated, because the programs are not separated by gender. Barakat works to overcome such obstacles and ensure that everyone who wants an education can get one.