Tag Archives: Water

Improving Their Future One Child at a Time

boys water well

Qualified Female Teachers in Short Supply Eight years ago it was impossible to find a qualified female teacher willing to teach in Lalander, the first village where TIE financed the construction of a school. Many families in Lalander would not allow their daughters to be taught by a man. Most were also afraid to let […]

One of our “rapid fixes”…….Sept. 28, 2011

Man with Farzana 2

One of the advantages of being a small grass-roots organization is that there are very few levels of approval. So when a well runs dry at one of our community learning centers, we can say “drill deeper” right away.  Of course, since we run as a partnership with the Afghans, we offer to pay  half […]