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When the first day of the new school year starts in Afghanistan on Thursday, 3.7 million boys and girls won’t be in attendance, because of increased violence, displacement and poverty. The total number — roughly one in three school-age Afghan children — is expected to...
Afghan Children, Deprived of School, Tell of Their Deepest Fears By THE NEW YORK TIMES
When the first day of the new school year starts in Afghanistan on Thursday, 3.7 million boys and girls won’t be in attendance, because of increased violence, displacement and poverty. The total number — roughly one in three school-age Afghan children — is expected to...
Food4School: Changing the Lives of Needy Afghan Families by Red Elephant
Girls are vulnerable to being married at a young age when families cannot afford to buy food and children do not go to school. For $60 a month an entire family can be fed. Food4School provides needy Afghan families with money for food in exchange for sending their...
Food4School: Getting Girls in the Classroom by Feeding Their Families by Alexandra Bradford
With her Food4School program, educator Marilyn Mosley Gordanier hopes that giving families money to buy food will allow them to pay for their daughters’ education and keep them from turning to child marriage to make ends meet. Marilyn Mosley Gordanier’s life changed...
A Truly Compelling Project That Touches My Heart by Rebecca Kochenderfer from Homeschool.com.
Dear Fellow Homeschooler, This is Rebecca Kochenderfer from Homeschool.com. I just had the most amazing breakfast meeting with Marilyn Mosley and I'd really like to tell you about it. Marilyn is the founder of Laurel Springs School and she is one of the best human...
#WereWithHer By Isobel Lola Mosley
The 2016 election is one unlike any other. Those who are not citizens of America are utterly confused, but to be honest, so are we. We have been presented with two candidates, but clearly only one of them is prepared for what is arguably the biggest job in the world....
War Widows of Afghanistan by Zarghuna Kargar
Foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan, marking an official end to 13 years of conflict, in which 13,000 Afghan soldiers have lost their lives. For a new BBC documentary, Our World: The War Widows of Afghanistan, Afghan journalist Zarghuna Kargar has been on the trail...
Summer Newsletter
Welcome to our Summer Newsletter. You will have an opportunity to learn about the significant progress our families have made and how you can help and get involved. We have included wonderful photos of our children and families, this is an opportunity to gain an...
Ending Child Marriage in Nigeria by Marilyn Mosley Gordanier Founder, Laurel Springs Online School
A human tragedy of grave proportions continues to exist in modern Nigeria. In the 19 northern states, 48% of all girls are married by the time they reach adolescence. In Kibbe State, girls are married at the age of 11. According to the global partnership Girls Not...
The Importance of Ethical Education
There is only one man in the world and his name is All Men. There is only one woman in the world and her name is All Women. There is only one child in the world and the child’s name is All Children. — Carl Sandburg We stand on the brink of undreamed exploitation of...
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