arkandi

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

BUILDING A SCHOOL

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

BUILDING A SCHOOL

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

Building a school

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

BUILDING A SCHOOL

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

BUILDING A SCHOOL

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

BUILDING A SCHOOL

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

BUILDING A SCHOOL

For 750 children in the remote village of Arkandi in Afghanistan.

In 2003, Louis Palmer initiated the rebuilding of a completly destroyed school in the mountain village of Arkandi, located about 40 km west of Kabul in Afghanistan. As a result of this humanitarian project, more than 750 pupils go to school there today. 

Prior to 2003, the children in Arkandi were taught in shipping containers and tents, as their school building was destroyed by the Sovjets in the late 1970s. Girls were not permitted to go to this school.

Louis Palmer initiated fundraising and managed the rebuilding of a new Arkandi school, which was completed in 2004. The Swiss Federal Government Agency for Development and Cooperation sponsored the tables and chairs. Today, the teachers are payed by the Afghan Government, and about a third of the 750 pupils are girls.