Dear
friends, We just received this letter from Afghanistan:"My name is Gulnoor* and
I'm fifteen years old. It's illegal for girls to go to school here. My freedom,
my hopes, and my dreams were taken from me the day schools closed. But I
won't let that stop me -- I want to be a doctor one day. So now, I go to an
underground school for girls. We learn English, maths, computers -- but biology
is my favourite. I'm scared the Taliban will find us. But life without learning
is a dead end."Like Gulnoor, thousands of girls are refusing to give up hope. In
the face of terrifying violence and restrictions, they are bravely defying the
Taliban, slipping through the streets to attend secret, underground
schools.Taught by women forced out of employment, these classrooms are the seeds
of resistance -- but the number is severely limited, and as poverty soars, many
could close. We have to help! Avaaz has contacted the teachers, and we've
developed a plan to rapidly expand the network of underground schools. Now our
movement could get hundreds more girls in school, funding teachers' salaries,
books, and computers, in a defiant stand against oppression. Being a girl
in Afghanistan is terrifying -- but they are finding the cracks. Let's throw
open the doors of learning, give girls the best chance we can, and accelerate
our urgent campaigns for women's rights. Donate what you can now:
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We
just received this letter from
Afghanistan:
"My
name is Gulnoor* and I'm fifteen years old.
It's illegal for girls to go to
school here. My freedom, my hopes, and
my dreams were taken from me the day schools
closed.
But I
won't let that stop me -- I want to be a doctor
one day.
So now, I go to an
underground school for girls. We learn
English, maths, computers -- but biology is my
favourite.
I'm scared the Taliban will
find us. But life without learning is a
dead end."
Like
Gulnoor, thousands of girls are refusing to give
up hope. In the face of terrifying violence and
restrictions, they are bravely defying
the Taliban, slipping through the streets to
attend secret, underground
schools. Taught by women forced
out of employment, these classrooms are
the seeds of resistance -- but the
number is severely limited, and as poverty
soars, many could close. We have to
help! Avaaz has contacted the
teachers, and we've developed a plan to
rapidly expand the network of underground
schools. Now our movement could get
hundreds more girls in school, funding teachers'
salaries, books, and computers, in a defiant
stand against oppression. Being a
girl in Afghanistan is terrifying -- but they
are finding the cracks. Let's throw open
the doors of learning, give girls the best
chance we can, and accelerate our
urgent campaigns for women's rights.
Donate what you can now:
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Today
only one in three girls can read and write in
Afghanistan. This pushes girls to the
very bottom rung in society -- brutally policed
in the streets, increasingly barred from work,
and barely any legal protections at
home. It can seem hopeless, but
thousands of girls are refusing to give
up. In back rooms and basements,
they're secretly soaking up knowledge to keep
hope for the future alive. Now, from across the
planet, our movement could help many, many
more. We cannot look away as the Taliban
tightens its grip. Let's get more girls
in school and intensify our campaign for women's
rights -- if enough of us chip in, we
will:
- Expand and set
up a series of new underground schools
across the country;
- Fund hundreds
of girls to access education, providing
books, computers, and learning materials;
- Work with
governments around the world to
guarantee the right to free education in
international law; and,
- Accelerate new
global campaigns on gender equity --
such as fighting for girl's education and an end
to gender-based violence.
Everything
Avaaz does is 100% funded by people like you --
the more we raise, the
more schools we can fund, and the more girls we
can help. Donate what you can now:
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The
picture in Afghanistan looks bleak. But beneath
the surface, courage and determination are
thriving. They take the shape of a young girl,
carrying her books to a secret school, yearning
for freedom and knowledge. The women of tomorrow
are rising -- and with them, hope for the
future. Let's give them all the help we
can!
With fierce hope and endless
determination,
Camille, Adela, Sarah,
Anneke, Ruth, Kaitlin and the whole team at
Avaaz
*Note: Gulnoor's name has been
changed to protect her identity.
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