The Woman & Girls Match Fund 2023

Despite marking two years since the Taliban banned women’s education in Afghanistan, we aren’t giving up hope. Our belief that positive change is still possible has earned us a spot in The Big Give’s Woman & Girls Match Fund 2023.

Some key information:

Between Wednesday 11th October to Wednesday 18th October, Rahela Trust aims to raise £5,000.
This £5,000 will be match funded by The Big Give.
That means one donation brings TWICE the impact.
Funds will be matched up to our £5,000 target. Any funds raised over the £5,000 target will still go towards Afghan women’s education through scholarships and mentoring, but will not be matched by The Big Give.
To help make this happen, donations MUST be made through The Big Give Campaign page – the link to which will be shared with you via our website, social media and newsletters on launch day (Wednesday 11th October).
We have one week to make this happen!
£10,000 would enable us to provide MORE SCHOLARSHIPS, supporting FIVE more scholars and reaching 50 more women and children through community initiatives.

Why does this all matter?

Women have been banned from education. This is not right. Their fight is a global fight – for equality, for dignity.
THANKFULLY, due to our size and connections in-country, our scholars are still able to study, receive mentoring and retain hope.
We’ve been providing talented Afghan women with Afghan university scholarships since 2016. Supporting us allows you to directly provide young Afghan women with an education, helping to create future local leaders for a more progressive and equitable future in Afghanistan.
This campaign doesn’t just help individual scholars. Between 2022 – 2023, our scholars reached 370 women and children through their community initiatives.

We need your support to provide more scholarships!

If you’d like to support us, there are lots of things you could do….

⭐️ Share this campaign with your friends, family and network, and ask them to share with theirs too.

⭐️ Follow us on social media and repost our messages about this campaign.

⭐️ Download the social media campaign assets below so you can run your own campaign to support ours! Feel free to email our Development Officer Mollie Tant if you’d like more information about this.