Teach For Afghanistan

We are proud to announce the TAO Alumni panelists for How is Teaching Leadership? at our 10th Anniversary Online Event:
Ijazulhaq Momand, TAO Fellow ‘22
Bushra Mushfiq, TAO Fellow ‘24
Elham Mohammadi, TAO Fellow ‘24

Moderated by Fawadullah Saeedi, Provincial Lead & TAO Alumni

Join us as they reflect on what the fellowship gave them, what the classroom taught them, and what they want the next generation of Afghan educators to know.

This event is part of celebrating a defiant decade of Afghan-led education, the launch of our anniversary magazine ‘Ten Years Standing’, and a look at what the next ten years must hold for Afghan children.

📅 June 23rd, 2026
🕓 4:00 – 5:30 PM AST | 4:00 – 5:30 PM Afghanistan Time (GMT+4:30)
Register today: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hi5KbNcURO6LFwTSwUH9fw

Ten years ago, we placed our first fellows in classrooms across Nangarhar. Today, with 170,000+ students, 200+ classrooms, and 540+ alumni, we are celebrating a decade of uninterrupted learning and a leadership movement for Afghans, by Afghans.

🎉 You are invited to our 10th Anniversary Online Event
📅 June 23rd, 2026
🕓 4:00 – 5:30 PM Afghanistan Time (GMT+4:30)

What to expect:
- A grounded understanding of Afghan education today
- Launch of ‘Ten Years Standing’, our anniversary magazine
- Panel discussions with global and national education system actors
- Stories from Afghanistan’s frontlines

Watch this space for more updates!

Register today: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hi5KbNcURO6LFwTSwUH9fw

Learn more about our work: www.teachforafghanistan.org

Wondered what the Fellowship looks like day-to-day?

No two fellows experience it the same way. But Rohita Hashimi, a Year 2 Fellow from Parwan Province, paints a real picture of what showing up every single day for her students actually looks like.

👉 Read it in her own words: https://www.teachforafghanistan.org/post/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-tao-fellow
👉 Support our Anniversary Appeal: www.globalgiving.org/projects/taofundraiser

Liza Khuram was a Teach for Afghanistan Fellow in Parwan, Afghanistan. Today she is a teacher and a student in California, USA. She is also someone who still dreams of going back to build schools in Afghanistan one day. Her journey is among many inspiring alumni stories we have had the privilege of sharing.

Read Liza's full interview here: www.teachforafghanistan.org/post/teaching-from-parwan-to-california-a-conversation-with-liza-tao-alumna

Stories like Liza's are only possible because people believed in TAO enough to fund a fellowship. There are hundreds of Lizas still in Afghanistan waiting for that same chance. Help us kickstart their leadership journey.

Support our fundraising campaign: www.globalgiving.org/projects/taofundraiser

“There was a time when Afghans had one complaint above all others: that the world saw us only as numbers. So many were killed without faces, names, or stories. Today, something even more painful is happening: even the numbers are disappearing.”

Our CEO Rahmatullah Arman wrote about the children who still show up in school in the middle of cross-fire. About what we owe them. About what silence costs. About what it means to keep teaching when the world has stopped watching

Read this powerful piece here: https://www.teachforafghanistan.org/post/when-even-dreaming-of-an-education-is-bombarded

Support our fundraising campaign to help us reach every Afghan child with an excellent education: www.globalgiving.org/projects/taofundraiser

What do we do at Teach For Afghanistan?

We find passionate young Afghan graduates. We train them intensively. We place them as teachers and leaders in the schools that need them most. And we stay with them by coaching, supporting, and building a community of leaders that outlasts the fellowship itself. The result is an empowered generation of students and leaders transforming the country from within.

👉 Learn more about our work: www.teachforafghanistan.org
👉 Support our Anniversary Appeal: www.globalgiving.org/projects/taofundraiser

Training to Save Lives

As part of the ongoing educational and awareness-raising programs for students, a first aid training session on “Initial Response to Snakebite” was recently conducted by TAO’s fellow Mr. Farshid Sharifi at Jabal-us-Siraj District.

At TAO, education goes beyond textbooks. Through practical and community-centered learning, students develop the skills, awareness, and sense of responsibility needed to contribute to safer and more resilient communties.

Learn more about TAO’s work: https://www.teachforafghanistan.org/

Support TAO’s 10th Anniversary Fundraiser and help invest in the next generation of Afghan leaders: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/taofundraiser/

We have a new home on the internet!
We are thrilled to launch the new Teach For Afghanistan website⁠, a space where you can learn about our work and follow along as we build a generation of Afghan leaders.

Explore today: www.teachforafghanistan.org⁠

We are also excited to launch our quarterly newsletter, which you can subscribe to directly from our website. Each issue will bring you closer to our classrooms, alumni, and what it takes to build a leadership movement in one of the most challenging education contexts in the world.

As we celebrate 10 years of impact, we have also launched our 10th Anniversary fundraising campaign. Support our work by donating through https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/taofundraiser/.