Rotary International

Rotary International received renewed funding in the amount of $10,000 to support the adult women’s literacy program at the Afghanistan-based Qdrat School.  Prior funding for this rural, community-generated school (which educates both girls and boys) has gone towards this program, which educates mothers of the students in reading and writing.  Begun as a sewing enterprise for the women of the village where Qdrat School is located, the program introduced a literacy component in 2011 to support the adult women in running a business.  The effort has mushroomed in growth, due to the women using the training materials at home to teach their husbands literacy skills in a region where less than 10% of the population have literacy skills.  Word of the program circled the region, which generated requests to the school to expand classes to include women in seven additional villages who would be enabled to educate their husbands at home.  Monies gifted will pay the teachers for another year’s training.

Rotary International is a group of 1.2 million neighbors, community leaders and global citizens coming together to create positive, lasting change throughout the world.  There are 32,000 chapters of the organization that exist in 200 countries around the world.