Habibe Kadiri Girls High School

The right to free and compulsory education is one of the most fundamental of all human rights. After decades of war, basic education in Afghanistan, especially for girls, had totally disappeared.

The reconstruction of the Afghan educational system which started in 2001 is still far from complete. There are still millions of students living in rural areas, many in refugee camps, who continue to be denied their right to education.

In 2007, Barakat Company devoted USD 600,000 to construction a primary school in the remote town of Akcha in northern Afghanistan with 16 classrooms and modern facilities for the education of girls. The school remains one of the very few schools in Afghanistan equipped with computers, laboratory room, conference hall, cafeteria, air conditioning and heating system. The school has been donated by Barakat to the people of Akcha and modern education system has been implemented by the Turkish Ministry of Education. Twenty qualified female teachers have been recruited from Turkey in order to teach more than 500 girls students the curriculum as per Turkish educational system. All textbooks, uniforms and other necessities have been delivered from abroad and distributed to students free of charge. Education is free with entrance based on examination.

Believing that education is the symbol of progress, Barakat Company has also devoted to the renovation of several other schools in Afghanistan and continuously sponsors students in various projects.