Education is forbidden. Hope is not.
Millions of Afghan girls are denied the right to learn. ASRF creates pathways to safety and education so they can build a future of their own choosing.
Scouters and students evacuated to safety
Students in U.S. high schools & universities
Students at Albukhary University, Malaysia
In scholarships secured for students
Of funds go directly to student support
Their stories. Their futures.
Behind every number is a young woman with courage, dreams, and the determination to create change, starting in the classroom.
“I am a Biology student at the University of San Francisco with the goal of becoming a physician and using healthcare as a way to serve others.”
Noorya, who arrived in March 2025 and now studies biology in San Francisco.
“I hope to become a lawyer and use my education to help people who need support and advocacy.”
Humaira, who starts at Connecticut College this fall.
“I am excited to begin the next chapter of my journey as I start studying nursing.”
Nazira, now training as a nurse in the United States.
“As a woman who once was deprived of education herself, I understand how vital women’s education is.”
Masuda, who finished high school after fleeing Kabul.
Why “Scout”?
It started with a promise “to help other people at all times,” part of the Scout Oath.
After Kabul fell in 2021, members of Afghanistan’s Scouting leadership and their families received death threats. ASRF’s founder helped them reach safety and organized multi-year support until they received refugee admission to the US and Canada. What began as an emergency effort to help Afghan Scouts grew into a broader mission — helping students, especially young women, escape danger and continue their education.
Our work goes further.
Rescue, education and community support remains at the center of everything ASRF does – and the organization’s work reaches further still.
Afghan Girls’ Book Club
Art Therapy
Advocacy
Afghan Scouts & Scoutmasters
Emergency Family Support
2nd Country Safe Harbor
Accredited Diplomas Online
Supporting Underground Schools
Malaysia & International Placements
Afghan Food Program
When words aren’t enough, they create.
Through ASRF’s Book Club and Art Therapy programs, students process the distance between the lives they left and the lives they’re building — in their own words, and their own images.
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Your gift provides visas, travel, housing, school supplies, legal support, and the resources students need to build new lives.
No amount is too small to assist the many and varied needs of our students.
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