Our Projects for Afghanistan

Paghman Trutz High School
Schools at Jalalabad
Village School of Zawa
Village School of Chewa
Start of Building Additional Schools
"Iron Cow" (Milk Supply for Children)
Mother-and-Child Hospital
Unicef
Basic Health Units
Orphanage "Children`s House Afghanistan"

PAGHMAN TRUTZ HIGH SCHOOL - Peace Schools within the Refugee Camps

The School

The PEACE SCHOOL, founded and run by “Kinderhilfe Afghanistan” is a unique prototype of a school and it is one of the most modern schools among the refugee camps of Pakistan. At the “Paghman Trutz High School” (named after the 4-year-old son of the Eroes family, who died in Pakistan), only Afghan women are teaching. Here, the refugee girls receive an excellent education. This means that later on they will have the skills and the knowledge to work and teach in their country, thus being able to aid in the rebuilding of their country.
In the summer of 2001, the German Embassy in Pakistan covered the costs of a basic renovation of the old school building and the purchase of new computers. 

Students

The number of our students rises constantly. At present, there are more than 600 children (6 to 17 years of age) and adults, studying in 3 shifts. 80% of the students are girls, one third of them orphans. During morning and evening hours, we teach adult illiterates to read and to write. The school building is most efficiently used.

Teachers

 The director of school is Mr. Muhammad Janna Alem, one of our most reliable coworkers on staff in the years of soviet occupation from 1987 to 1990. Only women are working as teachers at our schools. At present, we employ 26 Afghan women. They were educated in Afghanistan before the war and trained by UNO (United Nations Organization) or assisting organizations. This education is based on a program of the UNO for most effective promotion of basic knowledge within developing countries. Our teachers and students are enthusiastic about up-to-date teaching methods compared to the simplistic education practiced at Quran schools of the Taliban. The teachers earn a monthly salary of about 50 EURO. This salary is reasonable for the district and depends on age, family status, and qualification of the teacher. Thus, with their salary our teachers are able to support their families.

Curriculum

For 25 hours a week, the following classes are taught: Dari and Pashtu, the native Afghan languages, English, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Healthy Living, Drawing, and Religion. Since 2001, Afghan women with degrees in philology are teaching German, which is unique at Afghan refugee schools. Especially gifted students receive computer instruction classes.
With the assistance of the UNO we introduced the subject “Education for Peace”.

Education for Peace

This is a central topic to our curriculum. After 20 years of war this is an extremely important subject! Tuition for our schools is free. In addition, Kinderhilfe Afghanistan pays for all the books and supplies. Notebooks, pencils, and books are bought at a local basar of Peshawar. Costs amount to about 30 EURO per student and year.

The School Building

The school building we rent is a simple, clean eight room house located at the outskirts of Peshawar and immediately next to the refugee camps. The house has running drinking water and electricity (not taken for granted within the camps). The rooms cannot be heated so far. The classrooms are furnished with simple chairs and tables.
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