learning barriers

The words of a student and peer of ours, spoken three years ago, still ring in our ears today: "Books are great, but we have nobody to teach them." In Khorog, Tajikistan, students desire much more from the books they receive from charities. They want to engage them.   Disparities in access to "quality" education have brought the global community into a learning crisis. Access to education does not simply mean the availability of tangible resources, especially when the infrastructure to make use of those resources does not exist. In Khorog, many families cannot afford to send their children to [...]