Creative Learning has partnered with Brentwood High School in California and the La Paz Fund to donate school supplies, art and sports equipment to the students of the Zarghona Girls High School in Kabul, Afghanistan.
“We thank the students of Brentwood High School in California for their generous donation,” says Safia Hayat, the school’s assistant headmistress. Last year, the Brentwood High School children did movie nights and bake sales to raise over $3000 for their counterparts in Kabul. The students of Brentwood also prepared letters and photos for the students of Zarghona High School. Safia says that we hope this exchange and donation would be a preamble for a longer relationship between teachers and students of both schools.
After seeing the needs within the lower grades, Creative Learning’s representatives asked the La Paz Fund to match the donations in order to provide school supplies for the younger students as well.
Zarghona Girls High School was built 64 years ago. Over 200 female teachers are currently teaching more than 6,500 students from grade one to twelve in two shifts. “Zarghona Girls High school is famous for its quality teaching”, says Safia while distributing the supplies to the Zarghona students in Kabul. “Provision of school supplies is one of the most urgent needs of the education system in Afghanistan and we believe that this donation is a step towards ensuring the continued momentum of quality teaching at the school.“
This year over 200 female students graduated, 90% of whom went on to join various faculties at Kabul University. The school is expecting around 500 new students for grade one, 70 students for grade 10 and 150 returnees for its new school year which starts on March 21, 2004.
