KEY IMPACTS

Playing a significant role in making education available and accessible to disadvantaged children and youth, motivating them and their parents and communities in remote locations.

Educating students not only to perform well academically but also to grow in self-confidence, critical thinking, leadership, social commitment and a positive attitude to life.

Supporting the Herat Technical and Vocational High School to upgrade to an Institute and to become recognized as a model in Afghanistan.

Promoting the career development of girls, women and ethnic minority groups through vocational and higher education programs, with graduates becoming teachers, founders of local NGOs, and social-minded entrepreneurs.

Enhancing the quality of higher education in government universities and teacher-training colleges, providing a good foundation in English language skills, teaching methodology, and youth leadership.

Helping youth, primarily female, to get scholarships to pursue higher studies abroad, especially in Jesuit colleges in India, so that they may return and contribute professionally to community development, institution building, and the advancement of education.

Supporting 8 Education Department staff to complete an online MBA (Education Administration) in Heart and to establish an NGO to provide management training and to improve public education.

Partnering and networking with like-minded local NGOs, especially those started by JRS staff/graduates, to replicate innovative models of education and training, thus extending JRS’ outreach.

Promoting women’s Self-Help Groups among resettled communities, enabling women to achieve greater self-reliance through training in tailoring, embroidery, carpet-weaving, beauty care, animal husbandry, food-processing and more.

Accompanying communities in returnee townships and IDP camps in Herat and Kabul, and offering primary healthcare awareness and first-aid training.

Providing practical study opportunities and training in professional clinical practice to healthcare staff in various hospitals, medical faculties and schools of nursing in Herat and Kabul.

Promoting harmony and peace-building activities within and among returnee, IDP and host communities.

Offering more access to higher education through JRS-JWL online/onsite education programs in areas that did not enjoy such access before.

Encouraging local communities to contribute and eventually take ownership of interventions started by JRS thanks to the development of lasting bonds of trust with local communities and reliance on local government support.