Support Afghanistan By Backing its Future

The Omid Girls’ Scholarship Fund

Want to contribute
to a brighter future in Afghanistan? Then support its youth!

The Canada Afghanistan Solidarity Committee
is supporting a collaborative fundraising drive to establish a Scholarship
Fund to support a special group of Afghan girls to achieve their dreams
of getting a university education.

The young residents of the Omid-e-mirmun
Orphanage in Afghanistan each have a story of survival, resilience and
hope in how they came to be at the orphanage. And all dream to one day
be able to access higher education, and ultimately, better opportunities
for their futures.

We know that Canadians are capable
of mobilizing resources to make this dream a reality, and are appealing
to CASC friends and supporters to donate to the Omid Girls’ Scholarship
Fund, administered by Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. We believe
in supporting the aspirations of Afghanistan’s girls and women to
the human right of access to education.

Omid:
“hope” in the Dari language

To donate, please follow the instructions
here and include a note with your donation specifying that
you wish to support the the Omid Girls’ Scholarship Fund. All donations
will be acknowledged and receipts issued.

About the Omid-e-mirmun Orphanage

Omid-e-Mirmun is a
safe and nurturing home for 25 vulnerable young Afghan girls, ages 3
to 14. The support staff at the orphanage includes a manager, supervisor
and a teacher, as well as cooking, cleaning, gardening and security
employees. The Orphanage is founded and managed by the Canada-based
Afghan Women’s Organization, created
to address the unique needs of Afghan women and children in the Greater
Toronto Area, as well as the rest of Canada, and even as far as Afghanistan
and Pakistan.

The Scholarship Fund is a non-profit
initiative raising funds for:

• Tuition costs for study
  in Canada at accredited post-secondary institutions
• Living expenses for the
  scholars
• Supporting the Omid girls’
  secondary education in Afghanistan to prepare them for post-secondary
  education
• Travel costs to and from
  Afghanistan

About Canadian Women for Women in
Afghanistan

CW4WAfghan is a volunteer
solidarity network founded in 1996. CW4WAfghan began as a small volunteer
network of women in Canada committed to supporting the empowerrment
of Afghan women and girls. There are now fourteen volunteer chapters
and affiliated groups working in solidarity across Canada to support
rights and opportunities for Afghan women and girls.

YOU
can make a difference in Afghanistan.

Your
donation can open doors to classrooms and windows to new futures.

Supporting
education is the most powerful antidote to violence and poverty.

Support
the Omid Girls’ Scholarship Fund today.