Sustainable solutions to Afghanistan's often seemingly intractable problems must come from educated Afghans, especially Afghan women, and cannot be imposed from the outside.
— Ted Achilles, SOLA Co-Founder
— Ted Achilles, SOLA Co-Founder
Mission
SOLA is a people-to-people, non-profit organization dedicated to furthering educational and leadership opportunities in Afghanistan and the world for the new generation of Afghanistan, especially for women.
Vision
SOLA envisions an Afghanistan with a vibrant, globally competitive, private economy providing opportunity to create substantial, legitimate wealth for both Afghan men and women. An Afghanistan that offers sustainable educational, training and entrepreneurial opportunities to all, thriving in its use of new technologies and operating within the rule of law.
SOLA...
... is not about numbers.
It is about the quality, the intellectual and personal quality, of a few.
... meaning "PEACE" in Pashto, is about bringing peace through education.
... believes in the power of youth.
... is about the future leaders of Afghanistan--that small cadre of women with the courage of
their convictions, the courage to lead in the face of a 5,000 year old male-dominated history--
those who can fix their country their way.
... is not about numbers.
It is about the quality, the intellectual and personal quality, of a few.
... meaning "PEACE" in Pashto, is about bringing peace through education.
... believes in the power of youth.
... is about the future leaders of Afghanistan--that small cadre of women with the courage of
their convictions, the courage to lead in the face of a 5,000 year old male-dominated history--
those who can fix their country their way.
SOLA--School of Leadership, Afghanistan, Inc., is a non-profit organization registered with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as "School of Hope, Inc." in the state of Florida. (SOLA intends to petition the IRS to resume its original name in 2012.)
SOLA's tax-exempt ID is #04-3646166 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
For more information, please email us at: info\at\sola-afghanistan.org
SOLA's tax-exempt ID is #04-3646166 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
For more information, please email us at: info\at\sola-afghanistan.org
