Recipients
AGFAF currently has 21 very committed and ambitious women in the program attending schools across the country as follows:
College of St. Elizabeth, Dickinson, Goucher, Groton, Lafayette, Lynchburg, Mercersburg Academy, Mount Holyoke, Muhlenberg, Piedmont Community College, Skidmore, Smith, St. Timothy’s, The Peddie School, University of the Pacific, and Yale
Colleges and schools previously attended with AGFAF assistance include Blair Academy, Drew University, George School, Rutgers – Douglass Residential College, and Lyndon Institute
Our First Graduate
Shamila Kohestani - Drew
She is a former captain of the Afghanistan Girls Soccer Team and a recipient of the ESPN-ESPY Arthur Ashe Courage Award. She graduated from Drew in May 2012 and is now at a one year internship in the North Africa- Middle East section of the International Republican Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meeting Shamila in Afghanistan
Our College Juniors
Noorjahan Akbar – Dickinson
Because of her leadership and courage back home (including her lead in a protest in Kabul against sexual harassment), Newsweek and Forbes have recognized her as one of the outstanding women in the world. In March, she was on a Women in the World 2012 Summit panel which was moderated by Chelsea Clinton and which dealt with the use of digital technology and social networking as vehicles for positive change. Read more
Wazhma Sadat – Yale
She has formed and leads KAMYAB Afghanistan, a consulting and marketing firm which aims to empower small and medium size enterprises in Afghanistan.Her work has been featured on TEDx. This past summer, she was back home assisting women with the development and marketing of their products. She spent the later part of the summer in study at the London School of Economics. Read more