Schools for Afghanistan - a project in peril | DW Documentary

Afghanistan is becoming increasingly dangerous. More and more international aid workers are withdrawing from the country.
Development aid workers Peter and Annemarie Schwittek have been living in Afghanistan for decades. The German couple began establishing schools for girls in the country more than 20 years ago. But now their path breaking project is in peril. Even before the fall of the Taliban, the international community made education and schools for girls in Afghanistan a priority. But these international efforts have faltered in recent years. Today Afghanistan is facing a catastrophic security situation. Even as many aid workers have left the country, a few have risked their lives to remain - among them Peter and Annemarie Schwitteck. Their NGO, called OFARIN - an acronym that means ‘well done!’ in Farsi - began establishing schools for girls in the country in 1998. By working with local mullahs in their school projects, they have been able to secure the support of the population. At Abu Bakr Siddique mosque in Kabul, the Quran is put away twice a day, and school books are brought out. Then school lessons are held for 90 minutes at a time. Girls and boys are taught separately, as is the custom in Afghanistan. Now OFARIN’s most important sponsor, the Catholic relief organization Misereor, has stopped funding the project due to security concerns. In early 2017, OFARIN was providing an education to some 9000 young students, more than half of them girls. It also offered employment and a livelihood to some 500 teachers, many of whom are former students. Since then, contributions from private foundations and donors have allowed OFERIN to continue running schools for some 5000 girls and boys. However, this funding is only assured through March 2019. For Peter and Annemarie Schwitteck, giving up is inconceivable.
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[@MostPowerfulPMofIndia]

I am so amazed to see the beautiful and truely positive and peaceful spirit. These children are going to build a peaceful and respectful world. Love from India. We are always there to help you Afghanistan.

[@danielhamid479]

I’m very grateful Archana on behalf of the Afghan people for your country’s contributions in our educational development! I cordially appreciate your kind words and positive attitude toward our destitute and undereducated people! Unfortunately we still have to endure and struggle with educational challenges to this day!

[@kevinwest5456]

It is very sad that some would restrict access to knowledge. This is a good thing that these young women can gain an education. Amen.

[@cdecde2858]

Kevin West Virginia welcome to the religion of Islam

[@swiftlifetechnologies9148]

We Indians like afganis people always.and we love to help them forever.

[@Uyiiouuoiuiiuyi]

Thank you 🙏

[@irinaroslyak0va]

[@muniyamakhtar6710]

Love you Afghani brothers and sisters!love from India U p!

[@jagwinderbhullar8121]

Great work for the Afghan people..👍

[@CherieDeDieu]

What a lovely, humble couple! May God bless the work of their hands and may they never lack.

[@newnormtrump7519]

teaching the woman is just as important as teaching the men

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Knowledge is power as long as their education in that country there is hope

[@kevinwest5456]

May Almighty God place a hedge of protection around this couple, their schools and the young women attending. Amen.

[@saazhamusic7070]

Ameen

[@piyushtripathi2351]

Nice documentary. Perhaps they made it on my suggestion.

[@groundtraveler1523]

A good documentary. If they do modernize, I'm sure they will do outstanding in their job.

[@KevinEontrainer381]

What happened to "The girls of Taliban" documentary video? Why is it suddenly become private?

[@yahooo949]

A wonderful project. It's very heart warming to see these girls get the education they deserve to get and be excited to learn. This makes me appreciate what I have taken for granted, education. Thank you for the ownderful video.

[@piyushtripathi2351]

Nice documentary. Thanks dw. You made it on my suggestion.

[@nigmao]

God has seen your heart He will surely see your work through ...

[@arielhudson7490]

People Who live in this type of situations needs to believe in something... Grab to hope of a better future..

[@kevinwest5456]

Oh my that food looks so Good!

[@KlaraMoody]

Moege dieses wunderbare Schulungs-progamm weiterhin gefoerdert werden trotz Schwierigkeiten und oft unueberwindlichen Hindernissen. Es ist eine grosse ..Mission..und verdient den groessten Respekt und Hochachtung. K.M.....Australien

[@JasperMorello]

Very nice children, it's a shame the country treats them so unfairly.

[@beccadawn23]

This project needs to work for all the people in Afghanistan

[@jewelrana.6361]

great coverage.

[@mdtextile1]

Good

[@fiucikmiselfo1922]

In the best tradition of Albert Schweitzer

[@aminaababsa2739]

Okay I'd recommend that you use the plastic waste their I mean try to recycle it in Germany and gain money to continue funding this school. try to educate ppl that they can benefit from the dump this will increase awareness 😢

[@subscriberswithoutanyvid-nv4fn]

We also need some organizations to help parents understand how to use a *Condom* in a situation where they can't provide food for big families.

[@MostPowerfulPMofIndia]

Most kids are intelligent it is the family school and destiny that destroys them. Including me

[@sajaljain8843]

09:40 food looks tasty.

[@syedarman4720]

Afganistan and Its people are beautiful....Sadly War on terror did no justics to this country :( I think the only way to stop the ongoing wars in afganistan is to stop all the foreign invasions and spreading education.I hope by the grace of Allah(God) one day the people of afganistan will get to see their country rise again. Great documentary

[@saazhamusic7070]

their was no problems before British or the west came to Afghanistan

[@maysamjafari2738]

Only Afghan people can build their country,I hope this generation build a modern Afghanistan.using the mining and resources of Afghanistan properly for better peaceful Afghanistan.

[@sajaljain8843]

what cold war has done to this beautiful country?

[@alohamaloha2470]

Sajal Jain Goes back to Britain's Afghan adventures in 1870s (when India was Britain's colony). The cold war did the damage as well. Weird that once this part of the world was under the influence of Buddhism.

[@JW-uy2on]

@@alohamaloha2470 When was that?

[@ziarhmankhan5078]

answer me i will show you how i worked hard it was to hared for me but i want helpe my people please plaese help me

[@parkingcase1447]

Hizmet movement opened schools way before it. When taliban came to power they forced to close but after fall of taliban hizmet school reopened. Approximately 14.000 children waited in list to get it. such amount interest were they but unfortunately turkish dictator made turkish voulteer teachers left. and thees pearl school handed over to local corrupt government(((

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Dari is NOT a language! Dari is only a dialect of Persian language.

[@tanha2097]

Cyrus The Great Dari is a Language Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@mikeylejan8849]

The Taliban must never return to power, no matter the cost

[@eatinsomtin9984]

no we want them

[@mrksbrnd91]

@@eatinsomtin9984 really? Want them as opposed to whom? I thought they were a terrorist regime? I am genuinely curious.

[@groznyenterprises9092]

Afhan look like syrian and kurdish people's

[@hadyaahmade5364]

Ik what are they saying🙃😉😁😀

[@sagarsarkar324]

We want Religion free world... all Muslim knows difficult quarn sura... but don't know " how to make a small pin " actually scientific education is problem of all religion.

[@rosannecoffman1933]

Afghanistan is not my problem. THE US has spent a fortune on this country, possibly a trillion dollars. Enough already!!

[@DAAI741]

Rosanne Coffman DW is German.

[@salimsoltani348]

I do agree with you , but the current budget is somehow redirected back to US by paying their workers and curruption ( there is some medium us related organization which hire the local with low salary and get the rest of their standard salary for the organization ) this is first point. And this is the situation which we have because of US payment to the Talibans back to fight Russia there . We are losing our life , disrespected in our home and outside. Just we simply paid alot of life for the US competition with Russia in our Homeland.

[@mohammadamir1388]

When I looked at the video and I was really horrified by these people, especially from men who behave worse than animals. Even for 23 minutes it was shown that a motorcycle that smokes and poisons the air is toxic after riding ... These men, they have not learned anything and what they can teach their children and even more so women ...😂🤣😅😂🤣😅🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄