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Journey of
HOPE
ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF CENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE
VOLUME XI | FALL 2017 | CENTRALASIAINSTITUTE.ORG
In This Issue:
2 The Professional Bakers of Bano
5 In Her Own Words: Saima’s Story
6 Tapping into the Power of One
10 Executives’ Brief: What is it like to work
in Central Asia?
14 Preventing Another Lost Generation:
Educating Refugees Will Save a Nation
17 Computer Literacy At the End of the Road
20 Photo Essay: Delicious Dishes from Central Asia
26 To Eradicate Poverty in Afghanistan We Must
Empower Women
28 A Woman’s Place
30 Rising from the Dust
34 Dialogue Opens Doors to Education in Diamer
Cover: The energy is electric as students at Teru High School
in Ghizer District, Pakistan take a break from class to skip rope.
Opposite page: The Chilbish/Faisabad Community Primary
School was set on fire in 2009 and rebuilt by CAI. Eager students
realize how close they came to losing access to education.
36 2006 Pakistan National Curriculum: Importance
and Implementation Challenge Inside back cover: This girl, at Jamia-Tagab Primary School
in Koran-wa-Monjan, has an intense desire for education.
42 546 Examples of Kindness Back cover: The Hunza River flows by Sost, Pakistan where
FALL 2017
CAI-Gilgit supports teachers and a vocational center.
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