Schools Outfitting Schools: Partnership with Afghanistan Schools

As the iEARN community and the Afghans for Civil Society work together to support schools for children and youth in Afghanistan, iEARN students are invited to help raise funds to provide school supplies in Afghanistan school communities.Each participating school and/or group of students designs a community fund raising project that includes using their math, economics, literacy and communication skills to learn about schools in Afghanistan, understand the need and economics of providing school supplies for Afghanistan schools, and build community support in their effort to generate funds for school supplies. In Afghanistan, the staff of Afghans for Civil Society purchases and delivers the needed school supplies. In collaboration with iEARN, the Afghans for Civil Society facilitates communication between schools in Afghanistan and iEARN schools so that students reciprocally learn from and with one another. Participating schools are encouraged to post their project activities on a website to share their efforts globally. An iEARN website that documents the partnerships between schools in Afghanistan and schools around the world will be maintained by the project coordinator.

Facilitated by: Kristi Rennebohm Franz, iEARN Teacher, in the USA in collaboration with staff of Afghans for Civil Society

Website: Schools Outfitting Schools

Ages: Ages 5 to 18

Languages: English

Dates: Ongoing

Contact: For more information about participating in this or other iEARN projects, write to iearn@iearn.org.