For Saida, hope once felt out of reach.
After a devastating divorce, she returned to her father’s home, in Afghanistan, with no income —and without her children. The future felt impossible to imagine. Then everything changed...
✨Click the link in our bio to learn more!
Don’t miss CAI's interview with Executive Director, Alice Thomas and Esha Walia at KBZK TV!
Alice will shares how the war in Iran is impacting the region and what it means for CAI’s programs and the communities we serve.
📺If you’re in Bozeman, MT tune in to Channel 7 this Saturday at 5:30pm!
CAI welcomes bipartisan support to hold the #Taliban accountable for persecuting Afghan women & girls. After nearly 5 years of rights stripped away, the Rejecting the Erasure of Afghan #Women and #Girls Act advances documentation and accountability. 👏
Read the article here: amu.tv/233192/
Rural Afghan women face severe restrictions: 94% report hunger, 57% of births occur without medical assistance, and most cannot leave home without a male guardian. Our new blog explores these realities and what must change.
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🌙✨ Eid Mubarak from Central Asia Institute! ✨🌙
As families celebrate #Eid, we send warm wishes to #students, #teachers, partners, and supporters across #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, and #Tajikistan.
Help us educate a girl this Eid and donate today: centralasiainstitute.org?give=KJEZ2JE2
#EidMubarak
Nowruz is about community...
Join us and Dr. Karim-Aly Kassam to explore Nowruz traditions and the spirit of renewal, plus how CAI’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Programs build resilient, food‑rooted livelihoods.
✨ Register for our Nowruz Cookbook. Click the link here or in our bio: bit.ly/4aUjKj7
Join CAI and Dr. Karim-Aly Kassam for a conversation on the history of Nowruz and how women in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan use cultural and ecological knowledge to build resilient livelihoods.
📚 Register for our 2026 Cookbook. Click the link here or in our bio: bit.ly/4aUjKj7
#Nowruz
Nowruz celebrates new beginnings—and so does our work.
Join us and Dr. Karim-Aly Kassam for a webinar on Nowruz through cultural and ecological lenses, and how women entrepreneurs sustain food security and local economies.
✨ Register for our Nowruz Cookbook. Click the link here: bit.ly/4aUjKj7
CAI celebrates #women and #girls this 🌷International Women’s Day!
For decades, we’ve supported remote communities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. Today we honor women and girls everywhere accomplishing incredible things despite challenges.
✨ Watch Khaleda’s story: bit.ly/40OhQL7
Food tells stories—and Nowruz tells one of new beginnings.
Join Dr. Karim-Aly Kassam for a webinar on the meaning of Nowruz, regional traditions, and how CAI’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Programs create impact.
🌿 Register for our Nowruz Cookbook! Click the link here or in our bio: bit.ly/4aUjKj7
What is Nowruz?
Join us and Dr. Karim-Aly Kassam as he explores the ancient history of Nowruz, its food traditions across South and Central Asia, and how this celebration of renewal connects to CAI’s women-led livelihoods.
🌿 Register for our Nowruz Cookbook! Click the link here: bit.ly/4aUjKj7
Nowruz marks a new day.
Join our webinar with Dr. Karim-Aly Kassam, International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies at Cornell University, as he explores the cultural and ecological roots of Nowruz. Register to receive our Nowruz Cookbook! Click the link or in our bio: bit.ly/4aUjKj7
From Central Asia Institute, we wish all that celebrate, a blessed Ramadan.
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#Educateagirl #ChangeTheWorld #CentralAsiaInstitute #CAI #Pakistan #CentralAsia #EducationForAll #EmpoweringGirls #GirlPower #Education #Afghanistan #Pakistan #Tajikistan #SheisKey #Ramadan
Education transforms communities.
In Pakistan, Sumeera used Early Childhood Care and Education training from CAI and Moawin Foundation to create a joyful classroom—and became Head of Junior Section, mentoring others.
Read her story: centralasiainstitute.org/seeds-of-cha...
#YourImpactInAction
From the team and partners of Central Asia Institute, we extend our warmest wishes to all who observe this sacred month. 🌙
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#Ramadan #RamadanMubarak #MonthOfReflection #Community #Hope
Your donation receipts are on the way!
Your partnership with CAI helped lay the foundation for our transformative work. As we step into the year ahead, please keep an eye on your inbox or mailbox for your 2025 tax receipt from CAI!
#EducateAGirl #Afghanistan #Pakistan #Tajiksitan
Tax letters are en route!
A new year brings new possibilities—and a moment to reflect on what we’ve accomplished together.
As we continue this work together, please keep an eye on your inbox or mailbox for your 2025 tax receipt from CAI!
#EducateAGirl #Afghanistan #Pakistan #Tajiksitan
Thank you to everyone who participated in honoring women authors with us this month! Your engagement made this campaign a true celebration of powerful voices and an act of resilience—proof that women’s voices cannot be erased. Your support doesn’t have to end this month!
#HerWordsHeard
📚 Let’s keep the celebration going!
📣 We’ve shared who inspires us, but we want to know who moves you. Your participation shows solidarity with women whose voices are under attack.
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📚 Help us celebrate women authors this month! Your participation shows solidarity with women whose voices are under attack.
⬇ Drop a woman author you'll always say yes to! ⬇
#HerWordsHeard #SupportWomen #WeStandWithWomen #EducateAGirl #ChangeTheWorld
Education is the ultimate catalyst for change.
In Afghanistan, geographical and social barriers often prevent children from gaining an education. Mida's story is a testament to how CBE programs can bridge that gap while empowering women professionals.
Read Mida’s full story & go to our website!
We stand with women everywhere. Afghanistan is banning books written by women while new restrictions grow. This month CAI celebrates Afghan women authors. Share a woman writer you love or why she inspires you—your support keeps women’s words alive. Participation is resistance. #HerWordsHeard
Join #HerWordsHeard with CAI. We honor Afghan women authors + giving away 3 signed books of Above Us the Milky Way by Fowzia Karimi.
Which woman author inspires you?
Share a name or line in comments or tag us—your engagement shows voices can’t be erased.
Books by women are being erased in Afghanistan, even university subjects about women are targeted. But their voices remain. This month CAI celebrates Afghan authors—today Fowzia Karimi & Above Us the Milky Way.
Which woman author inspires you?
Share a name/quote + #HerWordsHeard.
Her Voice Will Be Heard.
As women’s books are banned and voices silenced in #Afghanistan, we’re celebrating Afghan women authors who inspire hope. ⭐ Today: Sahar Muradi—poet, educator, and author of OCTOBERS, tracing loss, love, and healing.
📚Share a woman author • 💬Why her words matter • 🏷️Tag Us!
As 2025 comes to a close, we are deeply grateful for your unwavering support. ✨ Together, we’ve helped thousands of #children attend #school and supported hundreds of women across Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan to launch their own businesses. We couldn’t do this without you.
Happy New Year!
This season, we’re reflecting on the extraordinary #kindness that makes our work possible.
As you gather with loved ones, your #generosity is reaching far beyond your home—supporting #teachers, empowering #students, and shaping brighter futures. Thank you for believing in the power of #education.
⏰ It’s not too late to grab your 2026 CAI Calendar!
Start the new year surrounded by stunning images from #Afghanistan, #Pakistan, and #Tajikistan—reminders of the resilience and hope your support makes possible.
📲 Get yours now at the link in our bio!
Shayema is the hero of her classroom. You're the hero behind the scenes. Meet Shayema, a teacher from Afghanistan becoming the foundation of her community. In 2025, your collective contributions helped uplift entire communities.
Support teachers like Shayema:
➡https://bit.ly/4rNerZc
Thanks to nearly 124 donors, we’re just $21,000 away from our Giving Tuesday goal to support teachers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Laila, a teacher from Kunar, Afghanistan is one of them.
🌟Donate: centralasiainstitute.givecloud.co/GT
➡ Laila’s story:
centralasiainstitute.org/lailas-story...
