Inside Afghanistan’s First Boarding School for Girls | National Geographic

I spent a great chunk of my childhood
under the Taliban regime there were
literally no schools for girls my
parents have always made it known to me
me and my siblings that education is
their number one priority for us 6% of
women in Afghanistan have a college
degree to be a part of that small
minority I feel extremely lucky and
privileged but at the same time how did
I get to be so lucky maybe there was a
reason I realized that I needed to
become an educator I’m the president and
co-founder of Sola school of leadership
Afghanistan it’s the first girls
boarding school in Afghanistan their
education has a real purpose not just
for them to have a good job good income
but their education is also for them to
serve their country to be responsible
global citizens
the process of empowerment has to be
initiated from within we create a safe
space for these girls to be able to grow
into their confidence selves
if I can be a doctor I want to be a
teacher of size I want to be an explorer
and with summer things but it’s really
hard to decide I want to be Delta and a
teacher I want to prove that girl can do
everything okay they all come here to
learn to become the future leaders of
Afghanistan
the solution to problems in Afghanistan
have to come from Afghans when you
educate a girl you educate her family
her community society and our world at
large
you