•FOR 7 YEARS UNDER THE TALIBAN, GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND SCHOOL
•EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR GIRLS IS KEY TO THE LONG TERM STABILITY OF THE NATION
•BETWEEN 2004 AND 2008, THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE OF NEW CANAAN WORKED TO COMPLETE A TWO YEAR FUND DRIVE TO HELP FILL THIS NEED
•OBJECTIVE WAS REINTEGRATION OF AGE 12-16 GIRLS INTO REGULAR SCHOOL SYSTEM AT AGE APPROPRIATE LEVEL, FOR WHICH A TWO YEAR CURRICULUM WAS DESIGNED
•FUNDING SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE SCHOOLING FOR 500 GIRLS, OF APPROXIMATELY $50,000 PER YEAR, PAID FOR FACILITY RENTAL, CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT AND TEACHERS. BOOKS WERE PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.
•OUR AFGHAN PARTNER, “AID AFGHANISTAN”, FOUNDED AND LED BY HASSINA SHERJAN, OPENED TWO NEW SCHOOLS IN MARCH 2005 WITH MONEY DONATED DURING OUR FIRST YEAR’S FUND DRIVE.
•OUR UN COMMITTEE RECEIVED TRULY WONDERFUL HELP FROM NEW CANAAN’S COMMUNITY GROUPS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND INDIVIDUALS
