Help Resettling the Afghan Girls Robotics Team

Summary of Campaign:
Your generous donation will help the Afghan Robotics Girls, their families, and DCF staff escape their dangerous current situation and resettle safely in a new country. Thank you so much for your support and care.

What we hope to fund with your kind support:
+ Charter flight to immediately leave Afghanistan 
+ Clothing and resources to return to school
+ Resettlement into a new country 


Background:
The Afghan Girls Robotics Team  aka the "Afghan Dreamers" made headlines in 2017 when they came to Washington for an international competition just a few blocks from the White House. Most members of the team were born after the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001, symbolizing a new Afghanistan where girls were free to go to school and women were getting at least some opportunities that had been long denied. But with the Taliban back, the future of these girls — some of them now young women — has turned precarious. We need your support to get the rest of the girls and their families out of Afghanistan as well as the Digital Citizen Fund (DCF) staff who supports the girls. Your generous donation will help the girls, their families, and DCF staff escape their dangerous current situation and resettle safely in a new country. 


More details about their current situation here and below.

More links below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58286398

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/19/afghanistan-girls-robotics-team-fleeing-to-canada/?variant=116ae929826d1fd3

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/19/world/taliban-afghanistan-news/afghanistan-girls-robotics-team

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/world/asia/afghanistan-girls-robotics-visas-trump.html


The Digital Citizen Fund (DCF's) mission is to increase women's participation and advancement in the workplace. This is done through the provision of education, training, and support. By creating new pathways to digital literacy and new jobs, the DCF team is transforming societies and helping women take control of their careers and futures. So far, DCF has provided training in entrepreneurship, coding, robotics, and gaming for almost 16,000 students. DCF's goals is to empower women with the technology-based education that allows them to improve lives within their own cities and villages while simultaneously making an impact on the wider world.  Digital Citizen Fund is an IRS 501c3 tax-exempt organization. Your contributions are tax-deductible. 
 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58286398