The Afghan School Project is pleased to announce that we have started a pen pal program that will pair interested students at the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) with supporters in Canada and around the world.
Having a pen pal will allow students in Kandahar to receive additional help with their studies and to make new friends. [...]
On behalf of the Afghan-Canadian Community Center’s staff, its students and on my own behalf, I would like to express my deepest sorrow and sadness over the death of our nation (Afghanistan’s) last King late Mohammad Zahir Shah Da Millat Baba. We term him a leader of great stature. We pay our great tribute to [...]
Here is the next set of essays from students at the Afghan-Canadian Community Center regarding the problems facing women in Afghanistan. We at the Afghan School Project have a great deal of respect for the students who wrote these essays, as we know that it is not easy to study under such difficult circumstances.
The lack [...]
Over the next few days, theafghanschool.org will publish essays that students of the Afghan-Canadian Community Center wrote regarding the problems faced by women in Afghanistan. I would like to thank the students for taking the time to express their thoughts and, most importantly, for suggesting solutions to these challenges.
The lack of respect and protection for [...]
ACCC is the abbreviation of Afghan Canadian Community Center. This is a learning institute which was established with the support of Canada in January 2007. Mr. Ehsan is the Director /founder of ACCC at Kandahar. He struggled day and night to create a kind of School where women are free to develop their studies.
The main purpose [...]
Following the successful completion of a 42.2km marathon on May 27th, we are proud to announce that Peter Harris was able to raise close to CAN$3,100 for the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC). The funds raised will be matched by the Cadmus Foundation, providing a total of over CAN$6,200 for the ACCC, or the equivalent of [...]
Peter Harris is raising money for the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) by running a marathon during Ottawa’s race weekend on May 27th. He first visited the ACCC when on assignment in Kandahar.
Regarding his decision to run the marathon to raise funds for the ACCC, Peter said: “The ridiculous notion that I can run 42.2 kms hit [...]
The backwardness of a country depends mainly on percentage of illiteracy. This percentage is fairly large among men in the world, but it reaches alarming figures in the case of women. So, for the progress of a country, education for women is essential.
Men and women are two wheels of the cart of society. The cart [...]
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 [...]
In the name of Allah, the merciful and the Beneficent
Dear fellow students, respected ACCC staff and distinguished guests; on behalf of my friends and ACCC students, I welcome your company in today’s congregation held on the occasion of March 8th, to mark International Women’s Day.
During the past century, there was a dramatic progression in [...]
