Education Kit for Afghan needy school children:

HASCO News / 22.May .2008/ Vienna

To promote Education of Afghan children and to assist Afghan new returnees and poor families send their children into school recently HASCO launched  a new school supplies distribution programme for 2008.

Under HASCO Education Kit distribution Program HASCO Volunteers in Kabul have distributed hundreds  pieces of Education Kits among several Girls and Boys school in Arzaan Qemat area during first weeks of Afghan new school year 1387 (March / April 2008), each Education Kit contains School Bag with Pens, Pencils, Notebooks, Ruler, Eraser and other need of a school child.

The schools of Arzan Qemat area have been chosen by HASCO with consultation of Afghan Education authorities for distribution of school supplies, Arzan Qemat residential project (means cheap price houses) located 15 km east of Kabul City, majority of residents are Afghan disadvantaged new returnees and poor families which providing school supplies for their school children is an extra burden to them.

 During distribution process school children of  Ahmadsha  Baba BiBi Aishia Sadiqa Girls school  and  Lycee Ibrahim Khalil have received Education Kits,Teachers and school children of each  school expressed appreciation and thanks for providing them with school needs.

In the end of distribution process director of  Ibrahim Khalil High School spoke about the need of education for Afghan Children and thanked HASCO volunteers for spending their time to assist Afghanistan school children.

 During distribution process representative of the Afghan Ministry of Education Mr.Naqibullah and the head of Kabul 12 district Education department was also participated in distribution process together with HASCO Volunteers.

 Today the biggest challenge facing Afghan families is to provide their school age children with school materials, such as notepads pens pencils, clothes and other needs of school, to support these families HASCO organized several school supplies assistance programmes during last five years  in different part Afghanistan.

On 20th June 2005 HASCO launched the largest school supplies operation under the name of Hope Journey Caravan in North of Kabul, during Hopes Journey Caravan HASCO Volunteers distributed more than 2 000 pounds of school supplies in  Qarabagh,KalaKan,and Mir bachkot districts  in North of Kabul, the school supplies have collected by tens of school children, and teachers from different part of United States for Afghanistan children.

Thanks to Mr.Cary Ragsdale and tens of other Volunteers in United States for collecting school supplies and spending their time to assist Afghan children,

We are also thankful to International Assistance forces in Afghanistan  for shipment of  all donated school supplies to Bagram  Airfield without any charge.