Beginning in the 1990s, in refugee camps in Pakistan where there were no educational opportunities AIL started Learning Centers and provided healthcare. AIL operated 80 "secret schools" for 3,000 girls in Afghanistan during the time of the Taliban regime, training 80 teachers. The secret schools closed and since 2001, AIL has expanded  opening Learning Centers requested by communities, establishing clinics and running workshop training in many subjects as well as holding conferences on love and forgiveness and opening a legal aid clinic.We provide for the most needy in our society. We strive for a balanced and peaceful Afghanistan in which all people are valued and have educational opportunity, good health care and economic opportunity.

AIL's success is based on the quality of its staff and their training and the quality services that they provide, but also because of the courage of the individuals and communities who come to AIL for education, training and healthcare. We have grown in size and scope over the past decade and now reach thousands with training, tens of thousands with education and hundreds of thousands with health services.

Mission Statement

The mission of AIL is to provide education, training and health services to vulnerable Afghans in order to foster self-reliance, critical thinking skills, and community participation throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan.