An educational center in the Vogal region of Delhi has become a lot of hope for the refugee children and youth. More than 120 students studying here are taught English, Hindi, math and computer skills.
In another center in Malvia city, children and women are being taught digital literacy and language. The main goal of these centers is to make the refugees self -help.
English teacher Mohammad Akbari has been teaching children for the last seven years at Vogal Center. He explained, “Most students are from Afghanistan, but children from countries like Sudan and Congo Democratic Republics come here. I am learning a lot while teaching kids – as I have started to understand a lot of Arabic and Frances now.”
Refugee women are also taught linguistic and other skills in UNHCR -backed centers, so that they are easy to get employment.
Mohammad Idris, who was studying in the sixth grade at Vogal Center, wants to be a doctor later. According to Idris, at this center, he received a lot of help in learning computer as well as computer.
At the same time, Anisha Parbani, who left her 6 -year -old granddaughter in the center, said, “The financial condition of Afghan refugees is not good, so we cannot send the children to private schools. But this center is changing our lives. Now both my granddaughters can speak Hindi and English.”
21 -year -old Farishta Haidari, who studied at the Malvia Nagar Center, is also a student. “I wanted to do something for my community, so started reading here,” he said.
This center is not only for kids, but for adult women, where their language and computer are being taught so that they can be employed.
“These centers are open to everyone,” said Mohammad Qais Malik Jazad, chairman of the Afghan Solidarity Committee.
He said that many students of these centers also got admission to the Indian School and National Free School Education Institute (NIOS).
The teaching being provided in these centers is not just a study for refugees, but also a new life-where they are gaining the ability to create their future as well as their future.
Farishta Haidari with refugee kids.