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Forced Afghan Deportations
An Afghan refugee girl peers through a torn curtain at the entrance of her home at Kababayan Refugee Camp in Peshawar, Pakistan (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) Forced Afghan Deportations Since the...
How Central Asia celebrates Nowruz and Eid
Central Asia Institute wishes all who celebrate a Happy Nowruz Mubarak, or beginning of Spring, and a joyful Eid al-Fitr! By Bella Pich Have you ever wondered how Central...
Freeze on Foreign Aid Spending
We have received emails and calls from many of our supporters regarding the recent freeze on U.S. foreign aid, asking whether it has affected CAI’s programs. Fortunately, thanks to the...
Beheshta’s Joyful Transformation
Beheshta’s Joyful Transformation Nine-year-old Beheshta is a second-grade student at a CAI-sponsored community-based school in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. A bright student interested in learning, she quickly excelled in reading. However, Beheshta’s...
Afghan Female Olympians Take the Fight for Women’s Rights to the 2024 Paris Games
Afghan Female Olympians Take the Fight for Women’s Rights to the 2024 Paris Games It’s been three years this week since the United States pulled out of Afghanistan, allowing the...
Get to know our summer intern: Rida
Get to know our summer intern: Rida Each summer, Central Asia Institute welcomes students from around the country – and the world – to work as summer interns. Our internship...
Welcome to Preschool #2!
Take a tour of Preschool #2 As many of you will recall, Preschool #2 is located in the mountain town of Barushan in Tajikistan. Barushan is located in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous...
Rana Dreams Big
Read our 2023 Impact Report Rana Dreams Big In the remote Rast Qol village of Afghanistan, eight-year-old Rana and her grandmother are the best of friends. After Rana tragically lost...
Kabirova’s Journey to Leadership
Kabirova’s Journey to Leadership Kabirova’s journey is a testament to resilience. An early marriage forced her to halt her education prematurely. Eager to find ways to use her skills and...
Zehra’s Season for Success
Zehra’s Season for Success In Marudo Kharmang, Pakistan, Zehra has long appreciated the sweet taste and economic potential of the simple apricot. And yet, she struggled to raise consistent harvests...
Wajmah forges her own path in Afghanistan
Wajmah forges her own path in Afghanistan “I couldn’t write or read until last year, not even a single word,” shared 16-year-old Wajmah. As a girl in rural Afghanistan, Wajmah...
Zarafshon’s Future Looks Delicious
Zarafshon’s Future Looks Delicious At 49 years old, Zarafshan has experienced significant strife in her home country of Tajikistan. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, civil war broke out...
Celebrating Women’s Month
This International Women’s Month, Join CAI in Celebrating the Women and Girls of Central Asia Throughout the month of March, Central Asia Institute is celebrating all the incredibly inspiring and...
Tajikistan’s Preschool #2 Comes to Life
Tajikistan’s Preschool #2 Comes to Life Supporters of Preschool #2 (P2) in Tajikistan will be able to celebrate soon! Four years ago, we broke ground on P2, and so many...
Emergency Response to Herat Earthquake
Emergency Response to Herat Earthquake Between 7 and 15 October 2023, Herat Province, Afghanistan, endured a series of three powerful earthquakes, each registering a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter...