Reports

Danish School for Girls in Farah Province, Afghanistan

November 22, 2007

Sponsored by the Billes Family

The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan administers Danish School for Girls in the remote Western Afghan province of Farah. “Danish” (pronounced Dah-nish) means “knowledge in the Afghan language of Dari. RAWA broke ground on its construction late 2002 with the aim of providing classrooms and teachers for 150 girls at a time.

There is no other girl’s school in the area. Since 2003 the Billes Family has generously been funding Danish school each year, enabling hundreds of girls and young women to receive an education.

Update 2017: The Billes Family support for Danish school has ended. We have been maintaining funds for salaries and materials from sporadic donations, but have fallen severely behind.

DONATIONS TO DANISH SCHOOL

CLICK HERE to make a secure online donation to Danish School. NOTE: Please select “Education” when you make your donation and write “Danish School” in the comments section of the confirmation page.

Recently AWM Co-Directors Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls visited Danish School in Farah Province and filed the following photo-report:

Danish School Main Building

Danish School’s Symbol. “Danish” means “knowledge” in the Afghan language of Dari

The school’s main gate, viewed from the outside

A mural on the school’s main gate.

A class in session

Hallway on the ground floor of the school building

A class in session

Older students being taught by the school principal

Students pick out their textbooks for the year.

Danish School’s computer lab where internet access was recently installed via satellite

A computer science teacher working with students in the computer lab.

Last year, as a result of a generous additional donation from the Billes Family, Danish School became connected to the Internet via a satellite service.