GREEN VILLAGE SCHOOLS
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Mission Statement
Green Village Schools is a Portland, Oregon based non-profit organization committed to increasing literacy in under served areas of Afghanistan. Our vision is to build and support schools in Helmand Province that offer boys and girls the basic education required for participation in local, national and global economies.
About This Cause
Green Village Schools is a Portland, Oregon based non-profit organization committed to increasing literacy in under served areas of Afghanistan. Our vision is to build and support schools in Helmand Province that offer boys and girls the basic education required for participation in local, national and global economies. Green Village Schools also seeks to improve the lives of these communities by providing health education, potable water, and a model for good sanitation at the schools. In March 2001, Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti, an Afghan American, began supporting classes for ten boys and six girls in the Kharoti family compound in the village of Shin Kalay (or "Green Village"), with a population of 11,000, in Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. Two literate women from another village were hired as teachers for the girls. Mohammad personally funded the construction of three classrooms within the family compound. But as the demand for classes increased, the teaching space was stretched to capacity. Back home in Portland, Green Village Schools (GVS) was officially recognized as a US charity and, with new funding available, Mohammad met with the elders of Shin Kalay in 2003 to discuss with them the need to build a real school. Construction began immediately on half a hectare of land owned by Mohammad's brother, Habib. In the ensuing years the educational complex eventually comprised eight classrooms for boys on one side of the school and eight for girls on the other, providing space for nine grades. A well was dug and an elevated storage tank, separate latrines for boys and girls, and a privacy wall around the entire complex were constructed. In addition, the complex contained a library which also served as a community center, and a computer lab was under construction. By 2007, with about 800 boys and 400 girls and a teaching staff of 35, the school was licensed by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Afghanistan and they provided some financial support for teachers’ salaries. Other support came from a diverse range of community and international partners. The Provincial Office of the Minister of Education records that over 2,400 students had attended the school during its short history. Then, in October 2008, the school in Shin Kalay was destroyed and looted by militants with uncertain motives. Devastated, but undaunted, Dr Kharoti, inhabitants of Shin Kalay, and the GVS Board continued to support education of the students at the local mosque and private homes. A British organization, Afghan Appeal, became instrumental in fund raising and supporting the re-building of the school. A completely re-built and larger school building is nearing completion. It is providing secular education equally for boys and girls from Shin Kalay and the surrounding area, as well as becoming a community center in the town. Meanwhile former GVS students have gone on to further educational accomplishments, including 3 women currently enrolled in medical school. Further information can be found on the GVS website: greenvillageschools.org