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URGENT APPEAL for earthquake survivors in Herat, Afghanistan
URGENT APPEAL for earthquake survivors in Herat, Afghanistan In the wake of the recent devastating earthquakes in Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people and left nearly...
Watching Shabana Shine
Watching Shabana Shine As the sun rises over Parwan District in Afghanistan, 8-year-old Shabana wakes and joins her parents and eight siblings for breakfast. The day will be busy as...
Event Report: An Evening in Vermont
Event Report: An Evening in Vermont This August, roughly two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Central Asia Institute hosted an intimate discussion on the future of Afghan women...
Sulhiya’s Story – Tajikistan
Sulhiya’s Story - Tajikistan Growing up in the Gorno Badakhshan region of Tajikistan, Sulhiya was known her for compassion and outgoing personality. When she was looking for direction after graduating...
Asia’s Story
Asia’s Story Asia is a second grader on a mission. Living in the Dasht Sar Lola village of Badakhshan, Asia has faced tremendous obstacles in her journey towards education, but...
An Education Back on Track: Royesa’s Story
An Education Back on Track: Royesa’s Story In the Ishkashan Village of Badakhshan District, Afghanistan, primary education is not a guarantee. Although all children are expected to attend primary school...
Nurturing Young Minds
Nurturing Young Minds The Early Childhood Development center in Dain, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, begins each day like all early childhood centers: with smiling teachers greeting their littlest learners. One of those...
Sitora’s Story
Sitora’s Story Sitora Majnunova, 41, lives with her brother and daughter in the Roshkala district in Tajikistan’s marginalized Gorno Badakhshan region. Following the death of her husband a few years...
Sadia’s Story
Sadia’s Story Sadia Sahar, 24, lives with her large family in the Khash District in Badakhshan. Her parents are farmers. While Sadia was lucky to attain a bachelor’s level education,...
One Student, One Tree
One Student, One Tree For the teachers of Central Asia Institute’s Afghan Girls Education (AGE) program, environmental stewardship and education go hand in hand. This spring, classrooms in four Badakhshan...
Preschool #2 Update: A vision realized, brick by brick
Preschool #2 Update: A vision realized, brick by brick Barushan is a small town nestled in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) region. A poor and isolated...
Read, Watch, and Listen. Your Central Asia Study Guide.
Read, Watch, And Listen: Your Central Asia Study Guide BOOKS Defiant DreamsBy Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor, 2023Mahfouz and Kapoor shed light on the experiences of everyday Afghan girls and...
Other ways to give
Other Ways to Give Whether you choose to give a direct monetary donation, a gift of stock, or an in-kind gift, CAI appreciates your support. And we’re excited to tell...
Tackling the Climate Crisis on the Frontlines
Tackling the Climate Crisis on the Frontlines By Nicolas Pavoncelli Over the past year, Central Asia Institute has been working closely with our partners on the ground to understand how...
A Closer Look at Central Asia Institute’s Impact in Pakistan
A Closer Look at Central Asia Institute’s Impact in Pakistan By Libby DaghlianCentral Asia Institute’s story begins in 1996 in the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan. Today, CAI...