17 FEBRUARY 2007 | MIRZA ABDUL QADER, KABUL

 

Sara, 16, from the village of Mirza Abdul Qader near Kabul, is a recent graduate of APEP's Accelerated Learning courses.  She, along with other girls and young women, make up 56% of the program's graduates.  According to Sara, "Under the Taliban we were unable to obtain an education.  Now we are able to enroll in school and read simple things like street signs and write as well."

http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/documents/document/document/5