About Books for Afghanistan
The KOR–Hoopoe mission is to give books and supporting learning materials to Afghan children, libraries, schools, and community-based literacy classes.
Mission
The program provides beautifully illustrated retellings of traditional teaching-stories from Afghanistan and the surrounding region, together with read-along audio, teacher lesson plans, teacher training, and radio programs.
The stories support literacy while encouraging comprehension, social-emotional development, analogical thought, and flexible problem-solving.
Mother-tongue literacy
Afghanistan is a multilingual society with more than 40 minority languages and many dialects. The program’s bilingual editions help children begin reading in their home language and transfer those skills to Dari or Pashto for continued education.
Children take books home to read with siblings, parents, and neighbors.
Traditional stories reconnect young readers with narratives recognized by elders.
Guides and training help teachers build literacy, discussion, and assessment into lessons.
Team from the legacy record
These names and roles are preserved exactly as organizational history from the legacy site; they should not be interpreted as a newly confirmed 2026 staff directory.
Leads the Kabul implementing partnership. Khatiz Organization for Rehabilitation is a non-profit, non-political NGO registered with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Economy and has worked with Afghan refugees and communities since 1992.
Developed the Books for Afghanistan Teacher Guides with Afghan educators from HTAC, AYNI Education International, AAFF, and Palwasha Salam. Her work focuses on reading and writing as thinking processes.
An early-childhood educator who helped develop the curriculum and translated Hoopoe Books and Teacher Guides into Dari and Pashto.
The legacy record names Ms. Saliha, Dr. Farida, Sibghatullah, Dr. Yaseen Saad, Mohammad Anwar, and Jamil as training staff.
Supported printing and distribution operations.
Supported program finance and administration.
Supported program administration.
Supported book and publication design.
Supported program financial management.
Migration source
Migrated from the legacy Books for Afghanistan site, last substantively updated in 2024. Historical roles and program claims are labeled so they are not mistaken for newly verified 2026 activity.