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Ayenda Children Learning Center Update
The Ayenda Foundation has partnered with the Bayat Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to helping Afghanistan’s most vulnerable populations, to build the Bamiyan learning center and orphanage. This facility will simultaneously provide two necessities crucial for a child’s growth and development—education and shelter.
Located in one of the poorest rural areas in Afghanistan, and home to the historically disadvantaged Hazara minority, Bamiyan is greatly in need of additional development and investment. Last October Ayenda founder Shamim Jawad met with Bamiyan Governor Mrs. Habiba Sarabi.
Governor Sarabi explained that the province’s priority was an orphanage, as the current orphanage was housed in a dilapidated and unsanitary building. This project will support the efforts of Mrs. Sarabi, Afghanistan’s only female governor, who is working tirelessly to rebuild her province.
First Lady Laura Bush Travels to Afghanistan and Visits the Ayenda Children Learning Center in Bamiyan Province
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Embassy of Canada Hosts Third Anniversary Celebration for Ayenda Foundation
Hundreds of distinguished guests attended a dinner reception to celebrate the third anniversary of the Ayenda Foundation, the Afghan Children Initiative ... Read More
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Novel Company
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'Wounds of war are healing'
Afghanistan native talks on past, present, future of embattled country.
Speaking this week at a luncheon hosted ... Read More
U.S.-Afghan Women's Council Partners with Georgetown University
Georgetown University hosted First Lady Laura Bush, Ambassador Said T. Jawad, Mrs. Shamim Jawad ... Read More
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From Mines to Vines: Two Mothers in Afghanistan
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Penny Campaign for Peace
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First Lady Laura Bush's Remarks at the Afghan Children Initiative Benefit Dinner
with Khaled Hosseini, Author of The Kite Runner First Lady Laura Bush Remarks at the Embassy of Afghanistan Washington, DC ... Read More
AFGHANISTAN: Education a lifeline in Afghanistan
On March 30, First Lady Laura Bush and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings visited Afghanistan for six hours to inspect the progress of several education initiatives ... Read More