Shin Kalay
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shin Kalay is a village in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It is inhabited by a Pashtun population of 11,000 and adheres to Sharia Islamic law. The village has recently accomplished high feats in education. Given its political background and ultra-conservative placement, advances in the education of boys and girls is a feat recognized and published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
Green Village Schools, an Oregon based non-profit organization, has worked closely with the US Army's Lashker Gah PRT over the past two years to construct the most modern educational facility ever to be established in the area. The school, named after GVS President Mohammad Khan Kharoti, has a student enrollment of over 1,000 including over 400 girls—apparently the largest female enrollment in a school in the entire province.
