The Afghan School Project

The Government of Canada has agreed to provide the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) with more than $60,000 in funding to establish the Kandahar Capacity Building program, to begin on May 1st 2008 and continue until May 30th 2009.
The capacity-building program will enable the ACCC to hire additional teachers and improve our facilities, thereby allowing us to [...]

Shah Ahmad Saeed, the Director of Foreign Affairs Kandahar, has generously given a high-speed computer to the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC). This computer, complete with all accessories, can be used with ACCC NComputing devices to create the equivalent of several individual computers, thus reducing the costs of both computer equipment and electricity.
We would like to extend [...]

A group of students with the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) Business Management program has generously donated more than $200 to the ACCC, thereby helping us provide the gift of education to a new generation of students.
 
Many of our students have been able to obtain high-paying jobs with international non-government organizations and large Afghan businesses as a result of [...]

I’m proud to announce that the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) was prominently featured in a documentary produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). The documentary, entitled “Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear”, examines some of the problems currently effecting the Afghan people and asks whether progress is being made. The achievements of the staff and students of the ACCC [...]

The Weal, the student newspaper for the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), has published a series of articles regarding the group of students at the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) who are currently enrolled in online business management training offered by SAIT.
The articles are presented as three parts:
Part 1 – The High Cost of Education (Jan 17th, [...]

In recognition of Brendan Choi’s exceptionally generous donation of US$1,730, a portion of the new computer facilities at the Afghan Canadian Community Center (ACCC) will be named the Brendan Choi Computer Lab. The Brendan Choi Computer Lab, to consist of ten computer workstations, will be used by students at the ACCC to further their education [...]

The Afghan School Project, working with UK-based technology news source IT Pro, is proud to announce that we have reached our goal of raising US$3,300 to provide the Afghan Canadian Community Center (ACCC) with an additional 20 computer workstations, which have been offered at a substantial discount from NComputing.
We would like to extend our sincere [...]

This past Saturday, the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) was featured on Global National, a Canadian television news program. The video shows the Canadian public the benefit of education for women in Afghanistan, and included interviews with several of the school’s students.
I would like to thank the students for participating in the story, and wish to say [...]

Eng. Ahmad Shah of the Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC) recently visited the Afghan-Canadian Community Centre. During the visit, Ahmad Shah generously provided 200 mobile phone cards (SIM cards) to staff and students. A few days later, representatives of the AWCC provided students of the ACCC with 30 school bags full of school supplies.
The AWCC’s [...]

The Afghan School Project and IT Pro, a UK-Based business technology news source, are currently raising money to provide the ACCC with additional computer equipment, including multi-user computer devices from NComputing.
Roshan, the leading cellular service provider in Afghanistan, has generously agreed to donate the US$2,500 required to purchase new screens, keyboards and monitors. However, we [...]