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8 5 0 community members received training to serve on School Management Committees, responsible for helping to oversee school operations and encourage enrollment and retention.
4 2 9 teachers, 77 % of whom are women, received training, teaching materials, and salary support.
A F G H A N I S T A N W E N E V E R L E F T
Since the Taliban took control in 2021, Afghan women and girls have watched in dismay as more and more doors have been closed to them. But thanks to your unflagging support, and the resilience and determination of the communities we serve, CAI and our local partners have kept hope alive, making quality education and economic opportunity possible for thousands of girls, boys, women, and whole communities.
In 2025 we supported 8,381 primary students living in underserved, rural areas with foundational learning, ensuring they have the reading, writing, math, and analytical skills to think for themselves. We also launched a new Women’ s Entrepreneurship Program, and watched 78 Afghan women flourish, double their household income and gain a sense of purpose and happiness at an otherwise dark time.
The resilience we witness in Afghan communities every day— the determination to learn, to earn, and despite everything, to build meaningful, productive lives— is both humbling and galvanizing. It is the reason CAI stays. It is the reason we will continue to.
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people supported through CAI programming— 66 % women and girls.
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primary students— nearly 70 % girls— accessed foundational education through 171 CAI‐supported schools.
8 5 0 community members received training to serve on School Management Committees, responsible for helping to oversee school operations and encourage enrollment and retention.
4 2 9 teachers, 77 % of whom are women, received training, teaching materials, and salary support.
F R O M H E A R T B R E A K T O H O P E: S A I D A ' S J O U R N E Y
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At just 24 years old, Saida had already endured more than most. After her husband divorced her from afar, she was sent back to her father ' s home— without her two children, without income, and without hope. The grief was crushing. She suffered episodes of unconsciousness, close brushes with danger, and moments when continuing forward felt unbearable.
Then CAI and our local parter, Shining Star Educational Organization of Afghanistan( SSEOA), arrived in her village.
Selected to participate in CAI’ s Women’ s Entrepreneurship Program, Saida underwent intensive training in business development and dairy production and, alongside four other women from her village, began producing and marketing dairy products. The impact was immediate and profound. Her mental health stabilized, her confidence grew, and for the first time in years, she had money of her own.
Today, Saida is financially independent, actively contributing to her household, and dreaming bigger— she wants to expand her business and hire women from neighboring villages so that they, too, can realize their dreams.
" I am no longer just surviving; I am building a life for myself and my children."
Saida’ s transformation shows how the right opportunity, offered at the right time, can restore dignity, turning one woman’ s recovery into a source of inspiration for an entire community.
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