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5 More School Buildings Inaugurated In Nimroz Province

Thanks to land donated by local Afghan land owners and $350,000 worth of funding from UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), Afghanistan’s southwestern province of Nimroz now has 5 more school buildings. Many more students in the province will no longer have to study under tents.  Each of the new school buildings have 6 classrooms, a […]

June 13, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Afghan cricket team raising funds to build schools

Afghanistan’s national cricket team has set up a website that sells cricket jerseys,  and the money they raise from the selling of these jerseys will go towards building a school in the village of each player. The idea to raise money to build schools was first introduced by one of the team’s star players, Mohammad […]

May 18, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghan Sports News, Education, Reconstruction and Development

More now have access to electricity in Faryab and a new school in Uruzgan inaugurated

Afghan media reported earlier this week that around 6000 families in the Shirin Tagab district of Afghanistan’s northern province of Faryab now have electricity. They are no longer dependent on the use of lamps to light their houses at night. Faryab Governor’s spokesman, Ahamd Jawed Bidar, told reporters that 11 electricity centers have been established in […]

May 13, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

New School Building And Masjid Inaugurated In Balkh Province

Last week, On May 4th, Afghan officials, led by Balkh Governor, Atta Mohammad, and officials from NATO inaugurated a new school building for the Ali Chapan School in Mazar-e-Sharif. The new school building has enough classrooms to meet the educational needs of 1,340 pupils.  According to a NATO press release, “the building cost €80,000 and […]

May 11, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

New Girls’ High School To Be Built In Kabul

Afghan and foreign officials attended a brick laying ceremony earlier this week to mark the construction of a new High School for girls in Kabul.  The school is called Sir Asiab Girls’ High School and will accomodate approximately 3500 students.  The school will have 20 classrooms, and construction is expected to be completed by the […]

May 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

School building construction completes in Nangarhar and another starts in Ghazni

In the Trili village of Chaprihar district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, the construction of a 30-room school building has been completed. Over 3,500 students will benefit from the school. As this construction comes to an end, a new school building project has been launched in southern Ghazni province. Construction on two other school building are […]

May 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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India to fund construction of new schools in Kunar

On Sunday, Pajhwok Afghan News reported that India, who has already contributed millions to the reconstruction of Afghanistan, will fund the building of 13 new schools in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar. According to the report, the new schools will be in the districts of Shigal, Sawkai, Narang, Dangam, Sarkani, Marawara, Khas Kunar and in […]

April 28, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Repaired Middle and High Schools Inaugurated in Balkh, & New School Building Is Inaugurated in Zabul

On Thursday, April 22, 2010, Moqsadullah Shaheed High School in Mazar-i-Sharif was re-opened after a year long construction project was completed at a cost of $240,000. Afghan government officials, as well as teachers and students participated in the re-opening ceremony. The school now has 16 classrooms, 4 administrative rooms, a main conference room, and 5 […]

April 25, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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One hundred school buildings constructed in Paktya over past two years

[UNAMA Report] — Some 100 school buildings have been constructed in Paktya province over the past two years, with 70 more to be completed this year. This progress in the education sector in the south-eastern province was revealed by Paktya Governor Juma Khan Hamdard, at the opening ceremony for a middle school building in the […]

April 21, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Newly Repaired Middle School Inaugurated in Jabul Saraj

Today in Parwan province’s district of Jabul Saraj, Afghan officials led by governor Abdul Basir Salangi, inaugurated the newly repaired Mullah Tariq Shaheed Middle School.  The $110,00 project was funded by the Germans, and the work was completed by the Hindu Kush construction company in one year.  The newly repaired school has 8 classroom, 4 […]

April 20, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Afghanistan’s Ministry of Higher Education Takes Over Responsibility Of The National Women’s Dormitory in Kabul

Yesterday, the National Women’s Dormitory was handed over from international donors to the Ministry of Higher Education during a ceremony at Kabul University. Acting Minister of Higher Education, Sarwar Danish, and other important Afghan and foreign officials were present at the ceremony. The Americans had built the dormitory originally in the 1970s, but years of […]

April 19, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

The opening of the refurbished Farah City Orphanage celebrated

In Afghanistan’s southwestern province of Farah, a celebration was held on Sunday (April 11th) to mark the opening of the refurbished Farah City Orphanage. Afghan officials, led by Farah Provincial Governor Rahul Amin, and foreign officials from NATO participated in the celebrations. They spent time with the children (ages 4-18) who live in the orphanage. […]

April 14, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development