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Bilal Khodadad: "Every hometown, a teacher"; Let's take responsibility for educating Afghan children
Bilal Khodadad, a former journalist and political activist, has launched an educational campaign initiative, calling on Afghan citizens abroad to
Providing education for children and adolescents in rural Afghanistan, taking responsibility for funding an educational class in their hometown.
Khodadad said in a message that Afghan citizens living in the United States, Canada, and European countries
They can contribute to the cost of a teacher in their village by paying $50 to $100 per month.
According to him, this responsibility can also be carried out as a group so that the cost of training is divided among several people.
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No money will be collected centrally, and individuals or groups must find their trusted local teacher and pay the training fee directly to that teacher.
He said that this initiative has been launched in four regions so far.
Children and adolescents in these areas are practically engaged in education.
Khodadad added that this action has no political dimension, is not affiliated with any party or political movement, and is not considered a project of any domestic or foreign institution.
According to him,
The main goal of this movement is to create educational opportunities for Afghan children and adolescents so that they can learn math, English, science, and intellectual skills, and maintain their connection to current world knowledge.
Khodadad, referring to poverty and hunger in
Afghanistan has said that addressing the immediate needs of the people is essential, but depriving a generation of education could have long-term and irreparable consequences.
He is a member of the media, journalists, educators, professors, and social figures.
He asked them to help spread this initiative from one village to another by replicating it.
Khodadad has expressed hope that this movement will expand from the current four locations to four hundred and then to thousands of locations throughout Afghanistan.
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He urged Afghan citizens not to wait for help from institutions but to find trusted teachers in their hometowns and directly fund their children's education.
This is despite the fact that after the Taliban returned to power, girls' schools
Above the sixth grade and universities are closed to girls.
At the same time, the Taliban have focused more attention on religious schools, and many Afghan youth have faced serious restrictions on access to modern science and education.