When we are talking about education problems in Afghanistan, it’s enormous.
There are several challenges and problems.
It actually raises your responsibility to do something for your country.
Cultural norms and traditions
are one of the biggest issues for girls in Afghanistan.
And oftentimes, parents do not feel comfortable
to send their daughters to school
if it’s only a male teachers’ school.
And there are not many female teachers
who are trained in Afghanistan.
So a lot needs to be done in terms of that.
We have amazing activists.
They are all working together
and they’re actually helping each other.
And Arman is one of them, who has been training female teachers,
and bringing change in that whole community.
I’m Rahmatullah Arman, CEO and founder of Teach for Afghanistan.
Being a girl in Afghanistan means you are facing lots of challenges,
lots of barriers.
Challenges that they face inside their families
and the strict cultures that are not allowing girls to be educated.
The shortage of teachers, obviously most of the countries they face it.
But when we are talking about the shortage of female teachers
and that’s just because there is a large belief that women should not work.
But besides the government’s inability,
it’s due to insufficient funds, that cannot really afford
the recruitment of more female teachers to teach.
As a Teach for Afghanistan CEO,
we are also a grantee of Malala Fund,
advocating for girls’ rights.
Teach for Afghanistan with the support of Malala Fund 
has been able to recruit 43 young graduates.
They were selected from over 10,000 applications,
so they are the most qualified and excellent graduates.
Of these 43, 33 were female.
They were placed inside 21 schools,
impacting over 10,000 children, of which over 80% are girls.
This fellowship has helped me a lot.
It has made me experienced in my field of study.
When I graduate from this program,
I can become a competent teacher.
By tackling internal challenges,
fighting with different systems,
different mindsets,
different ideologies,
we are recruiting more teachers, qualified people,
qualified young graduates who are going and trained:
making sure that all girls receive safe and secure education.
Through education and studying, we can attain our goals and objectives.
Everyone has goals in their life,
and my biggest goal is to become a doctor.
I would like to become a doctor so I can serve my country.
I am really hoping that we have a nation
where all kinds of ideologies are welcomed.
I strongly believe that education will
make this hope possible and real.
