CAI now has more than 400 projects , with over 100,000 students enrolled , 70 percent of them girls .
she continues work on her master ’ s degree in English .
“ Education is so powerful ,” she said . “ It has changed me my feelings , my thoughts , my way of speaking are all different . I try to develop a confidence in class and learned how to talk with honorable people , with adults , friends , and the teacher .
“ Now I am very proud of myself . I am even role model — after my education there are many girls going to school and they have a big interest in learning something . I thank
CAI now has more than 400 projects , with over 100,000 students enrolled , 70 percent of them girls .
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enrolled in health-worker training . She was insatiable when it came to learning .
Already , she was light years ahead of the other young women in her village . Her father put his foot down and demanded she marry . She complied , but did not surrender her dreams .
With the help of another CAI scholarship , she , her husband , and their firstborn child moved to Islamabad , where my God and Central Asia Institute for a good education in my life ,” she said .
Jahan is part of the first wave of literate young people in the communities CAI serves .
CAI now has more than 400 projects , with over 100,000 students enrolled , 70 percent of them girls . For those students , the world is opening , much as it did for Jahan .
“ For too long people have looked past the people who live in these communities and focused instead on the stunning landscapes , the peaks to climb , the wars that wage in the valleys , the corrupt and elitist governments ,” CAI Executive Jim Thaden said . “ Central Asia Institute focuses on
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