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The story of two children in a family.

Mirza Hussain married his cousin at the age of sixteen. After two years, he had her first child. Because of coming into a bad condition in his life, he moved from one village to another. Cold winters and mild summers passed one after the other. After many years, due to not having land and a house, his feet slipped in the corner of a hill on the border between two districts and his work clothes, which he was collecting got a little damp and dried.

He digs into the ground with his scythe and suddenly finds a wellhead that wets his chapped lips. It is this water that gives him new hope and weaves many dreams in his heart. With his family and his wife, he started working with all his children and built a mud house next to this wellhead and a lonely house on the corner of a hill. This source of water is enough for daily routines and a little for a few trees. After many years, this family has become an extended family and has reached nine people (father, mother, six daughters and one son). The only concern of this family is collecting firewood and food for six months and consuming it for another six months due to the force of nature.

Suddenly, another hope was found for this family. RRSWO Organization with the financial support of UNICEF created an ALC class that covered girls who missed education due to some issues. Mirza Hussain, who is an hour away from the village also registered three of her daughters by the names of Gul Afruz, Firoza and Mahdia in this class. These three sisters are 15, 13 and 10 years old. Gul Afroz who is now sixteen years old has two other older sisters at home. But, we did not register them in this class due to their age.

This is the first time that these three sisters make an alphabet from their lives and tell the story beyond day and night on a hill to their parents and siblings. They walk for an hour every day and then come to class in Khedir district of Daikundi province to learn the alphabet of life from their teacher.

Now, this class has reached the third grade and all three sisters read stories to their parents not only from the alphabet but also from their books. The story of the Fox and the Rooster, the story of the peasant and the king, and the story of life with security, happiness, livelihood and the world outside of a mud house.

Now, Gul Afruz’s father talks about two hopes. One is the “Fountain of life” and the second is “the story of life”. But he is faced with one hesitation and regret, and that is his other children still cannot do homework. ALC class is a program that has created new hope for hundreds of girls and boys who have been left out of education for various reasons. In Khedir district, there are 12 ALC classes that have covered more than 200 students who have been left out of education.

In the hearts of each of these students are new hope and many regrets from the past and untold stories.

Hussain Ramish

RRSWO District Coordinator

Khedir District

On February 4, 2024, Mr.Serajuddin Ghafori, the executive director of Rah-e-Rahnaward Social Welfare organization, visited that province to monitor and visit the progress of the Herat project.

During an administrative meeting, Mr. Ghafori first visited the provincial office of Herat with the employees.

The executive director thanked the efforts of the Herat provincial employees for the effective and timely implementation of the activities of Herat program and emphasized that more work is needed to achieve goals and employees are obliged to make continuous efforts in this field.

In this meeting, Khair Mohammad Jalali, head of Herat provincial office, while welcoming the executive director, provided information about the progress of Herat project activities.

The RRSWO has started its activity in the field of “Improving and restoring the social, economic situation and the participation of families in the neighborhoods of forcibly displaced people (immigrants)” in Herat province since four months ago and it continues now.

In order to create more coordination and organize activities and to share the challenges and problems of the CBE project in Ghor Province, a meeting was held with the participation of Sirajuddin Ghafori executive director, Khaled Ibrahim Khail Program Manager, Mohammad Gul Yazdanpana Child Protection Officer, and provincial colleagues of Rah-e-Rahnaward  Social Welfare organization (RRSWO) were held with Mr. Abdul Khalil Khaliq, Ms. Hasna Sharifi in charge of programs and employees of the UNICEF provincial office.

In this meeting, Sirajuddin Ghafori spoke in detail about the activities of the RRSWO organization, about the progress made in CBE program of Ghor province, the challenges and problems that have become the Issues for the CBE program as a result of the tolerance of the previous implementing organization. provided necessary and comprehensive information.

The UNICEF provincial office director considered the existence of social problems and the low quality of lessons in classes as an undeniable fact and emphasized on taking appropriate measures to provide effective educational services and transparency in all sectors.

This meeting, which took place at the Ghor provincial office of UNICEF, consisted of creating more coordination, strengthening and continuity of joint supervision, creating pre-school education classes, preparing educational materials and other issues related to the CBE project.

In order to create more coordination and strengthen the spirit of cooperation, Executive director with their accompanying team, Ahmed Khalid Ibrahim Khail Program manager, and Mohammad Gul Yazdanpana child protection officer; During separate meetings, they met with the officials of Education and Economy of Ghor Province

In these meetings; First of all, Mr. Sirajuddin Ghafori, the executive director of (RRSWO), provided detailed information about the activities of this organization in education sector.

While enumerating some challenges and problems in CBE project of Ghor province due to the lack of precision of the previous implementing NGO, Mr. Ghafori emphasized on making changes and modifications in the memorandum.

Then, Sheikh Hafizullah Mahfouz, head of education, Sheikh Abdul Jabbar Saqib, head of Islamic education, Mufti Mohammad Hafez Saberi, head of general education, Maulvi Noor Ahmad Siar, head of human resources and administration, and Maulvi Mohammad Haider Omari, head of quality assurance of the education department of Ghor province, spoke about important issues and They mentioned the importance of linking to the CBE education program.

Moulavi Mohammad Nabi Khalid Mansour, Director of economy Ghor province, also focused on creating coordination in the implementation of programs, identification and prioritization of needs, detailed planning to improve the quality in the education sector, and special attention in the agriculture and livestock sector, considering geography and deprivations.

At the end of the mentioned meetings, the members emphasized on transparency, proper implementation of the CBE program, strengthening the spirit of cooperation and organizing activities in the memorandum between the Ministry of Education and Rah-e-Rahnaward Social Welfare Organization.

Rah-e-Rahnaward Social Welfare Organization, which is currently operating in several provinces of Afghanistan, also educates thousands of children, including boys and girls, in Ghor province as part of the (CBE) education program with the financial support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Mr. Sirajuddin Ghafori, Executive director of RRSWO, met and talked with the honorable Maulvi Ahmad Shah, the Governor of Ghor.

In this meeting, necessary information was provided about the general plans and goals of RRSWO, especially the education project (CBE) and more plans in Ghor province.

The governor of Ghor, while supporting the constructive programs of Rah-e- Rahnaward Social Welfare organization, emphasized on the observance of Islamic principles and regulations and local customs and habits.

Today (3.6.2023), the members of Maidan wardak provincial team met with Mr. Serajuddin Ghafory, the general director of Rah-e-Rahnaward Social Welfare organization (RRSWO) and discussed in detail the important issues of the educational project of that province.

First, the Director of RRSWO spoke, while welcoming the leadership team of Maidan wardak office, he emphasized the following points:

• Complete administrative affairs of Maidan wardak province office;
• organizing workshops to improve the capacity of provincial office employees;
• Compliance with office principles and policies;
• Team management and coordination for better implementation of the project;
• Respecting the hierarchy and keeping the secrets of the office;
• Complying with administrative affairs and restricting attendance;
• Awareness and full compliance with the bill of duties;

Respecting local customs and traditions and…

Then Mr. Sayed Rahman Salamzai, the provincial coordinator of Maidan wardak, spoke and discussed the suggestions and needs of the provincial office.

With the completion of the recruitment process of field employees, the preliminary survey program to establish classes in five districts of Maidan wardak province is going to start soon.