From February to November 2008, the Canadian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) donated more than 700 books to the growing library of the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC). The books were generously provided by Canadian citizens and cover a wide range of subjects and genres, from math and science textbooks to short stories and novels. These books [...]
Ehsan Ullah, Director of the Afghan-Canadian Community Center, has delivered financial assistance on behalf of Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan to victims of the recent acid attack against students of the Mirwais Nika Girls High School. The financial assistance will be put towards the victims’ medical and transportation expenses.
Ehsan is working with Rona Tarin, [...]
On August 27th, the Afghan-Canadian Community Center was deeply honoured with a visit by Kandahar Governor Rahmatullah Raufi, who toured the ACCC and presided over the certificate ceremony for close to 250 graduates of the ACCC. The event was covered by local, national and international media, including Kandahar Television, Hewad Television, Afghanistan National television, Aryana [...]
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 [...]
The Afghan School Project has started a petition requesting financial support from large international donor bodies, such as the World Bank, the European Union, the United Nations, USAID, and others. This additional funding would be used by the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) to hire additional teachers, install a solar power system, rent additional buses, purchase new computers, further [...]
In late June 2008, the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) moved to a larger facility better able to handle the school’s growing student population. The new facility has a total of 15 rooms, including classrooms, offices, a media room, and a library with over 600 books. The ACCC currently operates more than 50 computers, almost half [...]
Despite ongoing insecurity near Kandahar City, the vast majority of students continued to attend classes at the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC). The dedication of the students not only demonstrates their courage and the leadership, professionalism and skill of the ACCC staff, it also reflects the high value placed upon ACCC education by members of the Kandahar community.
The volunteers and supporters of the Afghan School Project would like to extend [...]
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 [...]
