Shafia Fund Scholarship
The Shafia Fund was established to support Afghan women’s and girls’ access to education!
The Shafia Fund provides financial assistance to cover education expenses for Afghan women and girls pursuing higher education including tuition, transportation, textbooks, stationery, and other related expenses.
Scholarship Criteria & Application
- Each applicant can apply for this scholarship only once a year.
- Scholarships are up to 47,000 AFN (or its equivalent) to cover costs including tuition, transportation, textbooks, stationery, and other related expenses.
- Scholars studying in Afghanistan, and in the region, are eligible to apply.
- All applications are carefully reviewed. Shortlisted applicants are contacted for an interview.
- CW4WAfghan collects and verifies documents, and monitors students’ progress.
- Only applications submitted through this Google Form will be reviewed.
The Shafia/Mohammad Memorial Education Fund for Afghan Women and Girls was established in memory of three young sisters (Zainab Shafia, age 19, Sahar Shafia, age 17, and Geeti Shafia, age 13) and Rona Amir Mohammed, who were all murdered on June 30, 2009 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Donations to the fund were initially raised by members of the Kingston community as a way to honour the memories of these women, to draw attention to the devastating impact of violence against women, and to leave a modest but positive legacy in the wake of a tragedy.
Due to the success of this fund, CW4WAfghan adopted the scholarship fund as a permanent program, administered under our Grants program.
Support Women and Girls to Become Shafia Scholars
We invite donations to this fund enabling deserving Afghan girls and young women in Afghanistan to pursue education. Click to donate and select Shafia Fund from the drop down menu, or write “Shafia Fund” in the memo line of your online donation or cheque.