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Schools for Afghan Children
Children in Afghanistan have been especially hard hit by conflict and political unrest in their country that lasted over two decades. During these troubling times, many educators left Afghanistan, schools were destroyed, and the children's education system suffered. With your help, UMCOR will:
- Provide school kits and school supplies to Afghan children, and teaching supplies to Afghan teachers;
- Construct and reconstruct schools in Afghanistan;
- Work with communities to develop parent teacher associations that can help organize the rehabilitation of schools in their communities.
Please write checks to UMCOR with "UMCOR Advance #602225, Afghanistan Emergency" written on the memo line. Be sure to designate "Schools for Afghan Children." Give through your local United Methodist church or mail contributions to: UMCOR, 475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115. Call 1-800-554-8583 to make a credit card donation. In terms of material contributions, Health Kits and School Kits are needed.
Photos: 1. An Afghan girl, denied an education under the Taliban, studies in a school for refugee children in Quetta, Pakistan. Credit: Paul Jeffrey/ACT International 2001. Credit: UMCOR/NGO, Tudan, Afghanistan 2001. Click on any photo for larger view.
See Also
Church Resources
- Church Bulletin Insert: Afghanistan: Schools, Homes, and Hope in a Nation in Crisis, August 2004.
- School Kits: What They Contain and How to Make Them.
Onsite and Partners News and Features
- Afghanistan: Current Programs, UMCOR/Afghanistan.
- United Methodist Committee on Relief to Build Schools in Afghanistan, UMNS, May 26, 2004.
- From Rubble to Schools and Clinics: UMCOR Begins New Afghan Project, GBGM, May 25, 2004.
- Delighted Afghan Children Receive UMCOR School Kits, UMCOR, October 17, 2003.
- Afghan Kids Say "Thank You" for School Kits, UMCOR, February 12, 2003.
- Thank You Letters from Afghan Refugees at The Nazoo Anna Education Center.
- Afghan Children Study Under the Trees, UMCOR, October 23, 2002.
- UMCOR Responds to the Crisis in Afghanistan.
- Schools for Afghan Kids, USAID.