Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children

STORY: Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children DATELINE: July 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of students studying at the Today Child Mobile School 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): WAZIR KHAN, Volunteer teacher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): SAFA, Student STORYLINE: Over 1,000 students have benefited from a volunteer-run educational center that teaches basic literacy skills to village children from poor families on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital. The center, called "Today Child Mobile School," was founded by 23-year-old Wazir Khan a year ago in Khak, a destitute village near Kabul. He offers free education to the children of needy families. Each class is composed of 100 to 200 children, mostly from extremely unprivileged families. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): WAZIR KHAN, Volunteer teacher "Today Child Mobile School is virtually a mobile school and has been providing education to children over the past year. The children didn't have access

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

(230707) -- KABUL, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children attend a charity class provided by a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School", in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, May 9, 2023. Amid lack of educational facilities to pupils in Afghanistan's rural areas, Wazir Khan, 23, has volunteered to open a school for village children to teach the sons and daughters of the most unprivileged families. Located in Both Khak, a poor village in the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Kabul City, Khan established a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School" one year ago to provide education for the children of needy families free of charge. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children". (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

(230707) -- KABUL, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows a charity class provided by a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School" in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Amid lack of educational facilities to pupils in Afghanistan's rural areas, Wazir Khan, 23, has volunteered to open a school for village children to teach the sons and daughters of the most unprivileged families. Located in Both Khak, a poor village in the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Kabul City, Khan established a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School" one year ago to provide education for the children of needy families free of charge. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children". (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

(230707) -- KABUL, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children attend a charity class provided by a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School", in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, May 9, 2023. Amid lack of educational facilities to pupils in Afghanistan's rural areas, Wazir Khan, 23, has volunteered to open a school for village children to teach the sons and daughters of the most unprivileged families. Located in Both Khak, a poor village in the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Kabul City, Khan established a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School" one year ago to provide education for the children of needy families free of charge. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children". (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

(230707) -- KABUL, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows a charity class provided by a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School" in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Amid lack of educational facilities to pupils in Afghanistan's rural areas, Wazir Khan, 23, has volunteered to open a school for village children to teach the sons and daughters of the most unprivileged families. Located in Both Khak, a poor village in the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Kabul City, Khan established a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School" one year ago to provide education for the children of needy families free of charge. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children". (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

(230707) -- KABUL, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children attend a charity class provided by a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School", in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, May 9, 2023. Amid lack of educational facilities to pupils in Afghanistan's rural areas, Wazir Khan, 23, has volunteered to open a school for village children to teach the sons and daughters of the most unprivileged families. Located in Both Khak, a poor village in the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Kabul City, Khan established a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School" one year ago to provide education for the children of needy families free of charge. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children". (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-EDUCATION-CHARITY CLASS

(230707) -- KABUL, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children attend a charity class provided by a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School", in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, May 9, 2023. Amid lack of educational facilities to pupils in Afghanistan's rural areas, Wazir Khan, 23, has volunteered to open a school for village children to teach the sons and daughters of the most unprivileged families. Located in Both Khak, a poor village in the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Kabul City, Khan established a simple educational center named "Today Child Mobile School" one year ago to provide education for the children of needy families free of charge. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children". (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)