Islamic Relief proposed a holistic approach to strengthen capacity of the Kandahar Education Directorate in primary education along with essential steps to rehabilitate and respond to the immediate needs of the primary schools.

Project Objectives

To improve the quality of education in southern Afghanistan through a process of providing systematic teachers training manuals to currently serving, informal teachers who have no prior history of teacher training or qualifications

Project Activities

• New refresher teacher training manuals and resource materials developed which focus on modern teaching techniques

• 1500 copies of teacher training manuals to be printed and distributed

• Up to 1300 informal teachers to be provided with a systematic and organized training and manuals

• Up to 90 master trainers to be trained

• 74,080 current children to receive better quality of education through more adequately trained teachers (in the future an additional 25,000 to 35,000 newly enrolled students to benefit each year
  

"Islamic Relief is striving for a fairer world. Our mission is to help the poor and needy to live sustainable, self-reliant lives within safe and caring communities. Our work is guided and shaped by the core values of accountability, humanitarianism, neutrality and impartiality, inclusiveness, integrity and co-operation, all of which are also integral to the Islamic faith."
Dr Hany El Banna - Founder of Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief was established in 1984 and our unique approach is the result of these many years of hands-on experience.

1. Where possible we adopt a community partnership-based approach; encouraging community involvement, understanding and ownership of projects.
2. We run the majority of our field projects ourselves, giving us direct insight into the problems faced and how best to solve them.
3. We aim to empower those we help in order to achieve sustainable results.
4. Though our emergency response teams are quick to respond to emergencies around the world, we continue to support communities long after the initial media interest has died down.
5. We recruit staff locally to benefit from their local knowledge. This ensures that we are culturally sensitive and allows us to reach communities and areas other organisations cannot.
6. Where necessary we coordinate our work with other reputable aid agencies, local organisations and governments.

Millennium Development Goals

Islamic Relief is committed to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which have been agreed by the world’s leading development institutions in an effort to meet the needs of the world’s poorest by the year 2015. 

The goals:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development

For more information about the MDGs, please visit: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/