1,000 days.

Today marks 1,000 days since girls have been freely permitted to attend school in Afghanistan. This is a horrifying thing to say. An infuriating thing to write.

1,000 days. September 2021 to this moment.

But it’s not enough to look back in anger. What’s necessary is to look forward with intention.

Our intention, at SOLA, is to help create the best-educated generation of women that Afghanistan has ever known. Our intention is to help create a global network of sisterhood, a global network of compassionate and confident young leaders.

Our intention is to be a home for the Afghan girls who’ll change the world.

I’m so honored to be partnering with the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration, or IOM, to make this happen. I hope you’ll read their new press release, sharing news of the dozens of girls we’ve safely brought to us in Rwanda. In it, you’ll hear from one of these girls yourself. Her voice, her goals. Her future.

Tomorrow is our final day of this year’s admissions season at SOLA. Meanwhile, our online academy SOLAx is in full swing, registering new learners and delivering daily content straight to each user’s smartphone.

Our global village of supporters makes this possible. It’s an honor to know you’re with us, and that you see the hope that Afghan women carry, the light that burns like fire in the darkness. It’s an honor to know that you do not look away.