Promising Afghan Teens in the US Education System

photo: Meetra

While looking for info about another org I stumbled upon this one. WOW! I love it.

The Afghan Scholar Initiative (ASI) creates partnerships between promising Afghan students and college prep boarding schools in the United States. The nonprofit's goal is to ensure that these students receive scholarships for 6 years of education in the United States, starting with two years of high school and continuing through college.

For an overview of how it works, check this out.

Definitely check out this short documentary film about ASI. (Unfortunately I couldn't embed the video in this post.) The documentary was filmed in Kabul, summer 2008, and features two of ASI's pilot scholars Meetra and Sikandar. Meetra and Sikandar went on to attend Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine.

Following up on the documentary, check out the summary of their first year in the USA here.

For more info about the nonprofit and their students check out their blog.