What we do
Sahar partners with grassroots, locally-based organizations to create educational opportunities and safe learning spaces for girls and women in Afghanistan, empowering and inspiring children and their families to build peaceful, thriving communities.
- Meetra Alokozay, Executive Director
After the Taliban banned formal education for girls above 6th grade, Sahar is finding innovative ways to promote girls’ access to education in Afghanistan. It is now more important than ever to show up for girls’ education in Afghanistan in any capacity possible.
Afghan girls and their families demanded greater access to education in their worn-torn country. After the removal of the first Taliban rule, millions of children entered the school system—many for the first time. Girls were still substantially under-represented among the students flooding the Afghanistan education system.
Education Save Lives.
Current Programs
Underground TechSheroes
Clandestine classes for young women learning IT, coding, women empowerment and health education.
Threads of Hope
Courses for women who were never allowed an education. Mothers, widows, and women from impoverished backgrounds learn to read and tailor.
Throughout our website, many photos and videos of current Sahar students faces are blurred. We do this at the request of students and their families to protect their identities.
Protecting Identities
Making an impact
23,000
Sahar girls served annually through 2021
Sahar-educated girls total through 2024
250k