Takhar Education Initiative
Afghan Connection supports education for Afghan children in remote, rural areas. Working with the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, AC has focused its educational efforts on Takhar Province. Here the aim is to give children every opportunity to both access and complete an education, whilst also promoting culturally sensitive school environments to encourage more parents to send their daughters to school. AC has done this by supporting the following initiatives:
· School construction for existing schools that have little or no facilities.
· The provision of community-based education for children in the more remote villages who cannot reach schools.
· Teacher training courses to improve standards and to support more training for women, as there are very few female teachers in Afghanistan.
· The provision of training and infrastructure for the District Education Department so that over the coming years this education programme will endure.