Kids 4 Afghan Kids

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Kids 4 Afghan Kids is a non-profit organization that seeks to establish schools and address health conditions for Afghanistan children and their families. It was started in 1998 by a group of 6th graders in Northville, Michigan. The program is officially called the 'Multi-Ethnic Afghan Schools and Humanitarian Assistance' and has raised over $100,000 toward their efforts.^[1]

So far a 6-room school, a medical clinic, a guest house, a community well, and a bakery/kitchen have been built for persons living in Wonkhai Valley, in the mountains 3 hours southwest of Kabul.^[2] The school building was originally designed to house 150 students and six teachers were hired. When it opened in March 2001, 465 students showed up the first day of school.^[3] Currently, the school has 16 teachers and 650 students. In addition, 40 orphans currently live at the school facility. Because of cultural issues boys and girls attend the school at separate times. Fund-raising is currently under way to build an all-girls high school.^[4]

The director of the Kids 4 Afghan Kids program, Khris Nedam, is the teacher behind the project. Nedam taught school and lived in Afghanistan in the early 1990s. For her work, she received a 2007 National Award for Citizen Diplomacy.^[5][6]

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