Afghan Women Bike Project, Kabul
The first step of the Afghan Women Bike Project began in April 2008 in Kabul with the donation of Cord Aid.
At the beginning it was difficult to imagine that girls and women could even decide to learn riding bicycle in Afghanistan. We had persisted in our struggle, and felt that we were close to reaching our goals. We trained girls groups in Aiesha-e Durani, Rabia Balkhi and Ariana girl’s high schools. Also a group of girls were under the training by Afghan Women Network in Kabul. We had waiting lists of registered students in these schools as the next training groups and Jamal Company has contacted to a few other girls schools too.
Our trainer went to these schools and trained the interested girls, and soon they had a bike competition in Kabul.
We are very thankful from the Ministry of Education and Kabul Traffic who expressed their appreciations to our project and arranged a large seminar on our behalf. Also it is important to mention that the Ministry of Education accepted the Manual of Basic Traffic Rules, which was published for Afghan Women Bike Project by Shahmoama in Kabul, as part of a student’s lesson material. Because of a 3 days seminar sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Kabul Traffic and Jamal Company, the representative of Shahmoama, a teacher from each school was invited to learn about this manual (600 teacher in 3 groups). One of the Deputy Ministers of the Ministry of Education and Kabul Traffic’s Director was participated in the opening ceremony of this seminar.
The first day of seminar was on 22th October in Amani Highschool, the second day on 23th in Rabia-Balkhi and the third day was on 25 October in Aieshe-e Durani high school. About 20 bicycle bags and 20 child seats was gifted to the help-worthy participated teachers in Amani School, 200 bicycle bags and 31 child seats to teachers in Rabia-e Balkhi Highschool and 30 child seats and 20 bicycle bags in Ariana Highschool to encourage girls and women to use bicycle and the benefits of these equipments was explained to them by Mr. Jamal in-charge of Jamal Company. The participated teachers got the responsibility of introducing this manual to his/her school and teaching it to the students.
Also we would like to thank the directors and management of the mentioned girl’s schools for cooperating us and showing their interest in Afghan Women Bike Project. We would like to appreciate does brave girls who participated in our trainings and we encourage them to use bicycle in their daily lives and get benefit from this very simple transportation equipment to become independent.
We also arranged a bicycle competition among girl’s schools which included a traffic rule’s quiz program too. About 70 questions were made by Shahmoama for the traffic theory quiz and sent to Kabul. 50 questions was chosen for the quiz program. The evaluation arranged by Shahmoama, Kabul Traffic, Ministry of Education and by the direct support of Jamal Company .
The activities of Afghan Women Bike Project broadcasted in the media.
We are glade to say that we are made a great progress!
We encouraged girls and women in there to buy form the lady-bikes and other equipments of bicycle that are prepared by Shahmama and was available for one year in the shop of Shahmama in Kabul.
We are thankful of Cord Aid that supported us in financing Afghan Women Bike Project and we appreciate their attendance in such projects to improve women’s lives in Afghanistan.
Sample of theory exam: 70 questions
نخستین مرحلهٔ پروژۀ بایسکل برای زنان افغان در اپریل ۲۰۰۸ با حمایت اقتصادی 2008 با حمایت اقتصادی نهاد خیریۀ کورد اید در کابل به کار آغاز کرد.
در آغاز مشکل بود تصور شود که دختران در افغانستان حتی حاضر شوند آموزش بایسکل رانی گیرند. ما بهتلاش خود ادامه دادیم تا به به هدف نزدیک شدیم و توانستیم شماری از دختران لیسه های “عایشۀ درانی“، “رابعۀ بلخی” و لیسۀ “آرایانا” را تحت آموزش گیریم.
Our trainer went to these schools and trained the interested girls, and soon they had a bike competition in Kabul.
از وزارت تعلیم و تربیه و ریاست ترافیک کابل سپاسگزاریم که ایشان خوشبینی خود را در مورد پروژۀ ما اظهار کرده اند و یک سیمینار وسیع را در زمینه تدویر کردند. قابل یاد آوریست که وزارت معارف افغانستان رساله یی را که در مورد اساسات قوانین ترافیک برای “پروژۀ بایسکل برای زنان افغان” که توسط “شاهمامه” تهیه شده بود، جزء نصاب تعلیمی مکاتب ساخته و در یک سیمینار سه روزه که توسط وزارت معارف و ریاست ترافیک و همکاری مستقیم کمپنی جمال نمایندۀ “شاهمامه” ترتیب یافته بود، حدود 600 آموزگار در سه گروپ حضور یافته بودند. همچنان یک مقام عالی رتبۀ وزارت تعلیم و تربیه و رئیس ترافیک کابل نیز در مراسم افتتاح تشریف داشتند.
سیمینار سه روزه به تاریخ 22 اکتوبر در لیسۀ امانی، 23 اکتوبر در لیسۀ رابعۀ بلخی و 25 اکتوبر در عایشۀ درانی تدویر یافت. حدود 20 خرجین بایسکل، 20 چوکی اطفال مخصوص بایسکل از جانب نمایندۀ شاهمامه به ضرورتمندان در لیسۀ امانی، 200 خریطۀ بایسکل، و 31 چوکی برای معلمین و شاگردان لیسۀ رابعۀ بخلی، 30 چوکی و 20 خرجین بایسکل برای مستحقین در لیسۀ آریانا کمک شد تا دختران و زنان علاقه گیرند که در زنده گی روزمره از سهولت بایسکل استفاده کنند. مفاد اشیای توزیع شده از جانب جمال احمد آمر کمپنی جمال به اشتراک کننده گان توضیح گردید. البته معلمینی که در این سیمینار اشتراک کرده اند، مسئوولیت گرفتند که رسالۀ آموزش اساسات قوانین ترافیک را به شاگردان مکاتب مربوطۀ شان توضیح و تفهیم کنند.
از اداره های محترم لیسه های ذکر شده به خاطر همکاری و علاقمندی شان به پروژۀ بایسکل برای زنان افغان ممنونیم و از اراده و عزم آن دختران شجاعی که در این ترینگ سهم گرفته اند، قدردانی میکنیم و آرزومندیم ایشان از این ساده ترین وسیلۀ نقلیه در زندگی شان استفاده کنند و مفاد آن را تجربه کنند
