Education

$20 million -- Women’s Teacher Training Institute. At the opening of UNESCO in 2003, the First Lady announced USAWC's initiative to establish a Women's Teacher Training Institute(WTTI). In September 2004, WTTI opened at Kabul University. $10 million was dedicated to WTTI’s first program the Afghan Literacy Initiative. An additional $10 million was also made available for the Learning for Life program which helped teach basic literacy and numeracy to women in rural areas of Afghanistan. From 2008-2013, $40 million will be made available by USAID, in part, to carry forward the work of WTTI by Afghanistan’s National Literacy Center which will expand its mission to include priorities identified in the Afghanistan National Education Strategic Plan. (USAID Funded)

$100,000 – MicroSoft facilitated a donation by DELL Computers of $100,000 worth of computer equipment and software with teaching applications to support the Women’s Teacher Training Institute, the International Association of Women Judges, the Ministry of Education and the Women’s Resource Center in Kabul. (Direct Donation)

$8.5 million – International School of Kabul (ISK). Also announced by the First Lady at UNESCO, the International School of Kabul opened September 2005 and is designed to provide Afghan children, grades K-12, with a first-rate education through U.S.-style curricula to help prepare them for higher education and leadership roles. Original contribution in 2004 from USAID was $3.8 million. In 2007, USAID provided an additional $4.7 million to support the school. (USAID Funded)

$17.7 million – The American University of Afghanistan. This multi-year initiative established a University, which opened in March 2006, offering English-language business, management, information technology and other professional courses and encouraging the interchange of ideas between Afghanistan and the United States. In June 2008, the First Lady announced in Kabul that USAID will sustain its support of this institution with an additional $40 million over the next five years. This funding will enable the University to offer new courses, provide scholarships, and continue the development of its campus. (USAID and private sector funded).

$1 million – Afghan Teacher Education Project (ATEP). In cooperation with the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, USAWC supported the pilot phase of ATEP at the University of Nebraska which provides training for Afghan women educators and teachers. (State/ECA & USAWC Funded).

U.S. Leadership Management and Computer Education. In 2002, USAWC brought 14 women from various Afghan government ministries to multiple cities in the United States for an educational exchange program. During their stay, they received training in computers, proposal writing, communications, and leadership management. (USAWC/ECA funded)