Andeshagah Library
Education is the solution to a number of problems that challenge Afghanistan. Unfortunately, for years, large numbers of Afghans were not able to learn even basic reading and writing due to civil wars and the rule of the Taliban. Today, in the midst of political chaos and economic depression, Afghan youth and children are passionately seeking education. However, the majority of Afghan children who attend school, attend public schools, which have very limited resources and 90% of the these schools have no libraries.
We believe in education and that creating libraries will allow students to think independently and critically. As a result, Qamarnisa Ayoub established Andeshagah Library in the summer of 2017 with direct supervision of Joe Highland, one of the board members of AGFAF and the financial support of AGFAF. It is the first functioning/active library at Sayed-u-Shuhada girl's school which has 7000 students. Andeshagah's chief goal is to promote a reading culture and provide a safe place for girls to explore books. Andeshagah provides various books to students and is also open to the whole community. We plan on starting our first Farsi and English reading clubs in the near future.