Armaan Braille Library
Education is one of the biggest casualties of the on-going wars in Afghanistan. Little has been done to improve schools and make accommodations for the visually impaired. There is just one school for the blind in Kabul, a city of 6 million. Classroom books are outdated, there is no library, no leisure reading and no opportunity for students to broaden their horizons and engage in critical thinking.
Growing up with my brother, a graduate of this school, it was disheartening to watch him sit and do nothing while I and my other siblings read novels, played board games, and solved Sudoku and cross-word puzzles. With the financial support of AGFAF and the mentoring of board member Joseph Highland, I was able to open the very "first" Braille library in Afghanistan and introduce the visually impaired students to novels, poetry, games and puzzles. The library opened with 120 Braille books, 40 electronic books and more than 40 GB of audio books in two languages, English and Dari. In addition, the library provides games, toys and, for the first time ever in Afghanistan, drawing classes with Wiki-sticks designed to help improve students creativity and intellectual advancement.
Enhancing the education of sightless children, enables them to grow individually and become active members of Afghan society and the world. Please help open the world for these children by supporting the Armaan Braille Library.
Yasameen Mohammadi, Founder of Armaan Braille Library