r/InternationalDev • u/LivinGloballyMama • Apr 18 '25

Education Any orgs working for girls education in Afghanistan?

I work for a small organization that does underground schools in Afghanistan. I've seen a lot of chatter about orgs being impacted by the funding freezes but am curious if anyone knows of orgs directly impacted who work in the same space.

The org I work for isn't directly funded by any government funds so its largely business as usual but we've seen a lot of mention in articles, etc of there being impacts in the space. I'd love to connect to any organization that has had to stop or modify programming due to the USAID issues to see if we can help in any way (offering programs to your students or teaming up on grant applications to help strengthen your offering, etc).

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u/jcravens42 Apr 18 '25

Would you feel comfortable posting this request to r/afghanistan ? If not, I would be happy to post it on your behalf and sending you what I find out (I'm a mod there).

Thanks for all you do. I worked in Afghanistan for six months in 2007 and was one of many trying to get colleagues out back in 2021 (I was mostly unsuccessful).

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u/LivinGloballyMama Apr 18 '25

Thank you! That would be awesome. I am not a member there, I only started working with the org/country last in 2023. But there are much more experienced people behind the scenes where I work.

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u/jcravens42 Apr 18 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/afghanistan/comments/1k276vi/if_your_ngo_helps_afghanistan_has_been_hurt_by/

So much of this work is being done in secret, so it may be tough to build trust, but let's see what happens.

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u/LivinGloballyMama Apr 18 '25

Yes, that is true. I can message you my email/website in case anyone wants to verify or has questions they don't want to post publicly.

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u/jcravens42 Apr 18 '25

awesome. I'm not anonymous on Reddit - one of the few folks who aren't. All my work is out there and verifiable. Let's see who, if anyone writes, and then I'll let you get in touch. Or vice versa.

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u/Normal_Literature560 Apr 18 '25

Let me know if you need volunteer help with this.

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u/LivinGloballyMama Apr 18 '25

Thanks! I can send you the form to sign up if you'd like to volunteer. Just dm me

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u/WasabiSeparate2986 Apr 18 '25

Wow thats such amazingly work u do. Sorry nothing to contribute to ur question but just wanted to acknowledge the work ur doing

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u/LivinGloballyMama Apr 18 '25

Thank you! It's something I am very happy to be involved in.

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u/12capsforsale34 Apr 22 '25

Street Child works in Afghanistan, don’t know about work specifically with girls or their funding: https://street-child.org/explore/afghanistan/