We were very excited to attend this special event.
It was planned on the 25th anniversary of the acceptance of women in Rotary!
Befoire that women were not allowed in Rotary.
There were several speakers: Author Razia Jan
Razia’s Ray of Hope is a nonprofit organization that empowers Afghan girls and young women through community-based education in the district of Deh’Subz.Our organization and our school were founded in the belief that education is key to positive, peaceful change for current and future generations — and that we must provide girls and young women the education and resources necessary to work toward brighter futures, in their own villages and beyond.
"Our flagship project is the Zabuli Education Center, an all-girl K-12 school that provides free, exemplary education to more than 430 students. The founder of our school and foundation is Afghan nativeRazia Jan, a CNN Top 10 Hero and tireless humanitarian.
Our immediate goal is to add 50 students per year to our current program until the Zabuli Education Center reaches its full capacity of 650 students. The Razia's Ray of Hope Foundation will fully support the school in perpetuity by eventually setting up a sustainability endowment.
The philosophy of education and school-building employed by Razia’s Ray of Hope Foundation and the Zabuli Education Center has proved remarkably effective. It is our intent to use our school as a model to expand into neighboring villages. There is a desperate need for quality, free education in Afghanistan, a need that the public school system is decades away from fulfilling. We will continue to meet this need on an ever-increasing scale."
It was planned on the 25th anniversary of the acceptance of women in Rotary!
Befoire that women were not allowed in Rotary.
There were several speakers: Author Razia Jan
Razia’s Ray of Hope is a nonprofit organization that empowers Afghan girls and young women through community-based education in the district of Deh’Subz.Our organization and our school were founded in the belief that education is key to positive, peaceful change for current and future generations — and that we must provide girls and young women the education and resources necessary to work toward brighter futures, in their own villages and beyond.
"Our flagship project is the Zabuli Education Center, an all-girl K-12 school that provides free, exemplary education to more than 430 students. The founder of our school and foundation is Afghan nativeRazia Jan, a CNN Top 10 Hero and tireless humanitarian.
Our immediate goal is to add 50 students per year to our current program until the Zabuli Education Center reaches its full capacity of 650 students. The Razia's Ray of Hope Foundation will fully support the school in perpetuity by eventually setting up a sustainability endowment.
The philosophy of education and school-building employed by Razia’s Ray of Hope Foundation and the Zabuli Education Center has proved remarkably effective. It is our intent to use our school as a model to expand into neighboring villages. There is a desperate need for quality, free education in Afghanistan, a need that the public school system is decades away from fulfilling. We will continue to meet this need on an ever-increasing scale."
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https://raziasrayofhope.org/
https://raziasrayofhope.org/
Razia dreams of getting an education, but in her small village in Afghanistan, girls haven't been allowed to attend school for many years. When a new girls' school opens in the village, a determined Razia must convince her father and oldest brother that educating her would be best for her, their family and their community. Razia's Ray of Hope is the latest inspiring story from the CitizenKid collection. It is based on the true stories of the students of the Zabuli Education Center for Girls just outside of Kabul, founded by a generous and resourceful woman named Razia Jan, a CNN hero, who also appears in the story.