Recipients
Yasamin Rasoul (August 2009)
The second award from the Fund was made to Yasamin Rasoul. She attended George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania during 2009-2010 and then returned to Afghanistan. [read more]
Shamila Kohestani (August 2008)
The first award from the Fund was made to Shamila Kohestani, who is from Kabul, Afghanistan. Shamila, a former captain of the Afghanistan Girls Soccer Team and a recipient of the ESPN-ESPY Arthur Ashe Courage Award, is now in her junior year at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. [read more]
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meeting Shamila and Yasamin in Afghanistan