Journey of HOPE
ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF CENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE
2024-2025 | CENTRALASIAINSTITUTE . ORG
In this issue :
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Letter From the Executive Director
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Afghanistan : Amid the Challenges , CAI Continues to Provide Education and Hope
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Harvesting Hope for Women in Gilgit-Baltistan
The Fight of All Fights
The Women Reviving the Folk Crafts of Tajikistan
New Ways to Give
How Will You Be Remembered ?
Meet CAI ' s New Board Members
Above : 12-year-old Bibi and 12-year-old Reza in their afternoon classes at a CAI community school in Jabal Saral District , Parwan Province , Afghanistan . Photo by Lynzy Billing
Cover : 49-year-old Zarafshon Yoqutkhonova took part in Central Asia Institute ’ s Women ' s Livelihood training in Tajikistan in 2019 and now runs her own bakery business . She is pictured here with her daughter Gulchuncha who often bakes with her mother . Photo by Lynzy Billing
Opposite page : Women ’ s Fruit Dehydration program in Pakistan Photo by Yawar Talib
Back cover : Ashaba ( Rast Qould ) village , Jabal Saral District , Parwan Province , Afghanistan Photo by Lynzy Billing
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