Aisha is a 12th grade student with Educate Girls Now. Before joining our program she missed a lot school. Now she is doing very well and plans to go to college.
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Mothers Are The Key to Educating Girls – Marilyn Mosley Gordanier Contributor
It been said that “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation”. Yet, the key to making this work is often overlooked – empowering and supporting mothers. This is not a new issue in countries such as Afghanistan which has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world.
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 grow this year as violence
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 children to
#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 of the hidden victims of the
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 inside view of life
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 Brides, if a
Spring Newsletter
Welcome to our Spring Newsletter. You will have an opportunity to learn about the significant progress our families have made and how we helped them survive the winter months. We have included wonderful photos of our children. This is an opportunity to gain an inside view of life in Afghanistan.