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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