EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN
AN AID PROJECT FOR AFGHANISTAN
Our Project
The Foundation
The "ZAKI - Afghan Children Foundation" is a non-profit association under public law. It was founded on December 13th, 2021 in Innsbruck by Zahir Shah and is based in Fulpmes, Tirol, Austria.🇦🇹
Plesae find more information about our association's statutes here. ➤
The purpose of the foundation
According to Unicef, an estimated 4.2 million children are not going to school in Afghanistan, especially in hard-to-reach areas. The majority of them (over 60 percent) are girls. The reason for this is an absolutely inadequate state-funded education system in which girls are systematically disadvantaged. In order to improve this situation a little bit, it is therefore necessary to offer school education within the framework of private initiatives. This is the central concern of the ZAKI-Children Foundation.
The purpose of the association is therefore to give children, especially girls from precarious financial circumstances and orphans, access to a basic school education. We provide school fees, education materials and school uniforms for this purpose.
The annual financial outlay is USD 100 per year for a child (boy or girl) aged 6-15 years. In addition, we support the construction of the school infrastructure.
Our campaign
Our campaign started in May 2021. To day (May 2022) 43 boys and girls have been able to attend a school in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Our local cooperation partners are the Farooq Rahimzai Private School in Jalalabad and the Hilah Private School.
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Our Team
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Zahir Shah
is our founder and chair. He grew up in Afghanistan and moved to Austria in 2015. He lifes in Fulmpes, Austria.
Christoph Bierwirth
our vice-chair is an architect in Innsbruck, Austria.
Gudrun Krall
has known Zahir since 2016. She has been a dedicated team member since the foundation was established.
Elisabeth Proksch
is a retired elementary school teacher. Since 2015 she has been helping refugees learn the German language.
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Dawa Khan Menapal
is our managing director in Nangarhar, Province, Afghanistan He is a teacher and responsible for administration.
Najibullah Bezar
is a teacher and our deputy on site.
LAL ZADA
Is secretary and supports our projects in all matters.
News
23.01.2024
CHILD LABOR IN A BRICK FACTORY
"WE HELP A BROTHER, A REFUGE FROM AFGHANISTAN!"
This is how a letter to us from Pakistan began from a man
who became aware of the emergency situation and hopelessness of a family.
16.01.2024
ZAKI Private School
Since the only school in the region, the Lal Poori Private School, was to be closed because the current headmaster wanted to leave the country, our non-profit association ZAKI Children Foundation took advantage of the opportunity to purchase its license at a reasonable price. This means that ZAKI has officially recognized school status and can later open additional schools
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Donations for our Children
With an amount of only 100 USD,
the tuition can be provided for a child for 1 year.
Become a sponsor - and take over the contribution for a child.
Or become a member of our Foundation.