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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Asif Chaudhry
Chair of the Board Nasrine Gross
Board Member Farid Senzai
Board Member Peter Thatcher
Board Member
Mark S. Ward
Vice Chair George E. McCown
Board Member Christina Rocca
Board Member John E. (Jed)
Williamson
Board Member
Aftab Khan
Secretary
& Treasurer Abdul Subhan
Misbah
Board Member Alice Thomas
Board Member
Full bios available at
centralasiainstitute.org/board-of-directors
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
AFGHANISTAN
Shining Star Educational
Organization of Afghanistan
Interim Director:
Abdul Subhan Misbah
Locations supported: Kabul
Star of Knowledge
Director:
Muhammad Nadir Hanifi
Locations supported: Badakshan,
Baghlan, Ghazni, Kabul, Kapisa,
Khost, Kunar, Laghman, Logar,
Nangarhar, Paktia, Panjshir,
Parwan, Urozgan, Wardak
PAKISTAN
Central Asia Educational Trust
Board President:
Azhar Khan
Locations supported: Azad Jammu
Kashmir, Baltistan, Punjab
Central Asia Institute-Gilgit
Director:
Saidullah Baig
Locations supported: Gilgit,
Hunza, Ghizer
Marcopolo Social Services and
Reconstruction Organization
Director:
Janagha Jaheed
Locations supported:
Badakhshan, Takhar
TAJIKISTAN
Central Asia Institute-Tajikistan
Director:
Mahbuba Qurbonalieva
Locations supported: GBAO
CAI STAFF
Janell Arneson – Development and

Outreach Manager
Brittnee Brown – Finance and
Administration Director
Kristina Klaas – Major Donor Manager
Terri Larson – Executive Assistant
Jennifer Pearson – Development Manager
James Thaden – Executive Director
Hannah White – Communications Director
PHOTOS BY
Ellen Jaskol, Sa’adia Khan,
Erik Petersen, and Hannah White
GRAPHIC DESIGN BY
AMCS Marketing - amcsmarketing.com
CENTRAL ASIA CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS:
ACROSS DOWN
1. GBAO: Acronym for autonomous region of Tajikistan
6. China: Country that borders Tajikistan to the east
7. Literate: Someone who knows how to read is _____
9. Marcopolo: Name of a famous explorer of Central Asia,
and a kind of sheep
10. Boundary: This kind of wall surrounds schools to
protect students
13. Wakhan: "Corridor" in Afghanistan's east
14. Dushanbe: Location of the world’s largest teahouse
15. English: One of the official languages of Pakistan 1. Gilgit: _____-Baltistan
2. Ninth: School required in Tajikistan
until which grade
3. Malala: First name of the youngest
recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
4. Madrasa: Islamic religious school
5. Forty: # of letters in Pashto alphabet
8. Islamabad: Capital of Pakistan
10. Buzkashi: National sport of Afghanistan
11. Kabul: Capital of Afghanistan
12. Pamir: Mountain range in Tajikistan
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Answers to Quiz,
Page 19:
Question 1
d. 573 million
Question 2
a. 67%
Question 3
c. 51.5%
Question 4
b. 44%
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