Volunteer of the Year 2006:  

Each year, the United Nations Volunteers Program (UNV) Created by the UN General Assembly in 1970, honors ten outstanding volunteers who make an exemplary impact on human development and demonstrate their commitment to sustaining social and economic progress in the world. By promoting volunteerism, UNV supports the efforts of national governments and International community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
 
 This year the UNV selected HASCO Online Volunteer Mrs. Rajaa Abdullah with other nine Volunteers as the Volunteer of the Year 2006. Mrs. Rajaa Abdullah, a mother of five, is an Omani national, and head of the English department at a school in Oman.

During the last year despite her numerous responsibilities and a busy schedule she has demonstrated a great deal of dedication and commitment to promote education in Afghanistan and to help Afghan children build a better future. 
 
 Mr.Hafizullah Khaled director of HASCO congratulated Mrs. Rajaa Abdullah and expressed his appreciation for her strong commitment and valuable contribution to education of Afghanistan school children. Mr Khaled said: selection of Mrs. Rajaa Abdullah by United Nations Volunteers programme as the Volunteer of the Year 2006 is the best way to recognize her devotion to the long- suffered children of Afghanistan.
 
Help Afghan School Children Organization (HASCO) is Vienna based non-profit organization devoted to promote education of Afghan school children. HASCO´s goal is to help Afghan children catch up on many years of lost schooling.

Children are the future of every society if we want to prevent another humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan if we want a peaceful, prosperous and friendly Afghanistan; we must help the young generation of Afghanistan catch up on the long years of missed education.