In 2007, Razia Jan founded Razia’s Ray of Hope Foundation on the belief that education is the key to positive, peaceful change for current and future generations. Razia brought girls’ education to a rural Afghan community for the very first time, and the resulting transformation has been nothing short of remarkable. The foundation improves the lives of Afghan girls through community-based education, in addition to the provision of necessities like food and warm winter clothing, understanding that we must empower girls and young women through both education and resources to work toward brighter futures in their own villages and beyond.

 

Razia Jan was a presenter at the District 6250 Conference held in LaCrosse in 2019. After that connection,  our Rotary Club funded a  bus for transporting the girls to/from school. Since the fall of the Afghan government in 2021,  the school has been limited to educating girls K-6.  

 

Andrea Alberto,  Executive Director  of Razia's Ray of Hope, will be our presenter.  She will share with us some of the challenges and resulting changes that have occurred in the past 4 years.