On July 24th 2008, the staff and students of the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) were deeply honoured by a visit from the Governor of Kandahar, Asadullah Khalid, his Chief of Staff and distinguished guests from Kabul, including the former Afghan Ambassador to Belgium. The visit was also attended by journalists from Reuters, Al-Jazeera, and Belgian [...]
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 [...]
Although International Women’s Day has been celebrated for many years, it is only recently that it has been celebrated in Kandahar. Female students at the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) have prepared a selection of essays in commemoration of this very special day.
Woman:
Woman means an angel on the earth. That with one hand shakes the cradle and with [...]
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, [...]
Due to frequent abuses by Internet advertisers, we have decided to close down the Afghan School Project forum. If you are a student at the ACCC and would like to ask us a question or ask about web sites related to your education, please visit our group on facebook or e-mail staff@theafghanschool.org.
The Afghan School Project is on facebook.com both as a group and as [...]
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 [...]
In less than a month, the facebook community for the Afghan Schol Project has already grown to 24 members. The members of our facebook community have contributed to the success of the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) by posting helpful links to educational resources, scholarships and job postings, participating in our pen pal program, developing new ways [...]
This is a very interesting article about Roshan, and business opportunities for women in Afghanistan. It’s worth noting that while Roshan spends upwards of US$1500 to train their employees, students at the ACCC receive this training at no cost.
For doing her job, Sukhriya Hassani gets hassled by goons, who call her “prostitute” and threaten to [...]
Ehsan, the Chief Adminstrator of the ACCC, was recently interviewed by Cdr Chad Snee regarding his hard work to further education in the Kandahar area. Here is a brief excerpt from that article:
‘“I teach about computers and English because there are many jobs available in these fields,” he explained. “Afghans who wish to obtain higher education abroad need the [...]
Here are a few photos of the Afghan-Canadian Community Center’s (ACCC) women’s internet facility, taken by Global National during their recent visit.
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