We would like to express our deepest gratitude to your continued donations and supports for our much needed literacy programs in Afghanistan. Our winter literacy classes ended with some success and some challenges. While it has given some mothers a great level of confidence in their abilities to learn. We have also been facing a number challenges in keeping them interested in our literacy classes due to their harsh economic conditions. Moreover, as we are a small-scale grass root program, it has been difficult to receive funding for not being a registered foundation/organization. Therefore, while our nomadic mothers are away finding food for their cattle and themselves we will be focusing on the following activities till our next literacy classes begin.

1. Organize literacy teacher training for our teachers so that they can enhance their skills of teaching and motivating our mothers more effectively for our upcoming classes.

2. Register our program in the Afghan government so that we become an official working entity in Afghanistan.

3. Work on potentially adding an economic incentive aspect to literacy programs so mothers can earn a living as well besides learning.

Given the current status of our program and the areas in which we operate, some of the above goals might be ambitious but we will try our best possible to reach our goals for the sake of Afghan Mothers with your support who believe in abilities and courage of vulnerable mothers and us.

Dear Friends,

On behalf of 100 Mothers Literacy Program, I would like to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May your Christmas and the New Year be filled with much joy, happiness and success.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support to100 Mothers Literacy Program since its establishment in the winter of 2008.

This winter 100 Mothers Literacy Program started its third term of literacy courses. As you know economic sufficiency is another key factor to women's independence. Although, our main focus will still remain literacy. Therefore, we have also produced some sample of scarves that mothers will make as soon we receive some professional feedback.

We are committed to do anything we can to improve women’s situation in Afghanistan. There is so much to be changed about women’s condition in Afghanistan. Thus, it’s necessary for 100 Mothers Literacy Program to grow and improve its capacity as a small organization to meet women’s basic needs and rights. We look forward to your continued support in the coming year as we continue our efforts.

Happy Holidays!

Rahila Muhibi

100 Mothers Literacy Program

http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/100-mothers-literacy-program/

I am very happy to announce that we just finished the 6th month of literacy courses with 60 mothers. Since, we work in the very remote areas of Afghanistan, the villagers are nomads and its their travel season; therefore, we will not be holding any literacy courses till October 2009. However, we are working very hard to organize the upcoming literacy classes with alot of energy.

As we progress in our endeavors, the updates will be made.

100 Mothers Literacy Program on the News:

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/RAHI30_20090429-220009/264753/

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/02/nation/na-forced-marriage2