Our Mission
Fardah Roshan Academy is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that empowers communities in Afghanistan by fostering literacy, education, and opportunity through innovative grassroots initiatives.
Ensuring a Brighter Future
According to a 2022 UNESCO report, almost two-thirds of Afghanistan’s adult population is illiterate. Yet literacy is the foundational skill upon which education is based. Therefore, investing in education is crucial to ensuring a brighter future for the over 41 million residents of Afghanistan.
A School On Every Street
Instead of building a large school, which may be difficult for students to travel to and costly to establish and maintain, we set up a network of ‘micro-schools’. We recruit women in the community to invite neighboring children to their homes to teach them how to read and write. This provides several advantages:
Safety. Parents are more comfortable sending their children, especially their daughters, to the house of a trusted neighbor than to a building away from the neighborhood.
Opportunity. Women who are not allowed to work outside of the home are given a chance to earn an income and play a more prominent role in the community.
Quality. Children are in classes with a 4:1 student to teacher ratio, and thus receive focused attention in a nurturing environment.
Scale and Assess. Every child can reach their neighbor’s house. And a city full of neighborhoods can hold more teachers and students than a single school building ever could.
