Aqeela Asifi

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Aqeela Asifi (2016)

Aqeela Asifi (* 1966 in Afghanistan ) is an Afghan teacher . She has taught thousands of refugee children in Mianwali , Pakistan .

Asifi studied history and geography as a teacher in Afghanistan .

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1992, they had to leave their country. When she arrived as a refugee at the reception center in Kot Chandna , Mianwali, there were no schools for refugee children there. Asifi built a school in a rented tent. In 2017 there were nine schools with over 1500 students in the reception center. Many of these schools are also attended by Afghan girls.

In 2015 Asifi was awarded the Nansen Refugee Prize for her tireless efforts to provide educational opportunities for refugee Afghan children . She used the majority of the US $ 100,000 prize pool to finance the construction of a new school. The award recognizes extraordinary commitment to refugees.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ For refugees, education is as essential as shelter The Guardian . Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ A life of teaching Afghan refugee girls BBC . Retrieved March 24, 2017
  3. ↑ The Global Teacher Prize website ( memento of the original from June 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Global Teacher Prize . Retrieved March 24, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.globalteacherprize.org
  4. ↑ Amid Mass Returns, a Teacher's Hopes for Refugee Girls in Afghanistan News Deeply . Retrieved March 24, 2017
  5. ↑ Pakistani Teacher Aqeela Asifi ranked among Top Ten Teachers of the World Daily Times Pakistan.Retrieved March 24, 2017
  6. ↑ Educating Afghan refugees in Pakistan UCA News . Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ UNHCR names Afghan refugee teacher Aqeela Asifi its 2015 Nansen Refugee Award winner UNHCR . Retrieved March 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Asifi, Aqeela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Afghanistan