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Innovative literacy program uses mobile phones

Using phones and texting to accelerate literacy for Afghan girls and women.

Gardening for health

Scholarships for Afghan girls

Fund scholarships for 20 Afghan girls.

Print 3,000 magazines for Afghan students

The Afghan Institute of Learning is creating a magazine to develop critical thinking skills for Afghan and Pakistani students in refugee camps.

Interactive training seminars for Afghan teachers

Since 1996, Afghan Institute of Learning has trained 20,500 teachers, benefiting more than 5 million students.

Bring peace, human rights, justice to Afghanistan

Visionary women-led organization introduces workshops for peace, human rights and justice.

Help fund health clinic operations for one month

A visit to an Afghan Institute of Learning clinic costs $1.80 per patient.

Opening the world for students and teachers

Training 230 women as teacher trainers and school mentors in Nepal's poorest villagers.

Banking breast milk for babies

A lifesaving low-cost intervention to save newborn babies using mobile phones and donated breast milk.

Gardening for health

Vertical Gardens help boost the health of families who don't always have enough money to buy nutritious food.