Kids 4 Afghan Kids

Kids 4 Afghan Kids

Kids 4 Afghan Kids is a non-profit organization that seeks to establish schools and address health conditions for Afghanistan children and their families. It was started in 1998 by a group of 6th graders in Northville, Michigan. The program is officially called the 'Multi-Ethnic Afghan Schools and Humanitarian Assistance' and has raised over $100,000 toward their efforts. [ [http://www.cidi.org/news/kids4kids.htm "CIDI Links with Kids 4 Afghan Kids in Support of Student-to-Student Programs"] , "Center for International Disaster Information", February 14, 2002]

So far a 6-room school, a medical clinic, a guest house, a community well, and a bakery/kitchen have been built for persons living in Wonkhai Valley, in the mountains 3 hours southwest of Kabul. [ [http://www.kids4afghankids.com "The History Behind Kids4AfghanKids"] , www.kids4afghankids.com] The school building was originally designed to house 150 students and six teachers were hired. When it opened in March 2001, 465 students showed up the first day of school. [ [http://hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080221/NEWS12/802210647/1029 "Diplomatic Citizen: Amerman's Nedam earns national honor"] , Jason Carmel Davis, "Northville Record", February 21, 2008] Currently, the school has 16 teachers and 650 students. In addition, 40 orphans currently live at the school facility. Because of cultural issues boys and girls attend the school at separate times. Fund-raising is currently under way to build an all-girls high school. [www.kids4afghankids.com]

The director of the "Kids 4 Afghan Kids" program, Khris Nedam, is the teacher behind the project. Nedam taught school and lived in Afghanistan in the early 1990s. For her work, she received a 2007 National Award for Citizen Diplomacy. [ [http://www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org/us-center-programs/national-awards/awards_2007/index.php "National Awards for Citizen Diplomacy 2007"] , U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy, retrieved March 17, 2008] ["U.S. 'citizen diplomats' honored for volunteering abroad," Howard Lafranchi, "The Christian Science Monitor", February 15, 2008]

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