Young Girl Who Fled the Taliban Helps those She Left Behind if Pakistan Doesn’t Deport Her

Robina Azizi, 18, had just found some stability and a meaningful occupation when the Pakistani government announced that it would begin in November 2023 deporting nearly 2 million refugees back to Afghanistan.  It meant that the initiative she had worked so hard to get off the ground, which helped Afghan girls continue learning, would face an uncertain future–much like herself.

When the Taliban sent girls back home from their classrooms in March 2022, Robina felt as if her world came crumbling down. For a while, she had hours empty of any activity, idle at home. Scrolling through her Instagram, she discovered an online education program offered by the American charity, Dallas Foundation. Worldwide Education Fund, the initiative she had seen the add for, operates a global virtual school for children and young adults in marginalised communities throughout South and Central Asia.