Educate Girls Now with Jane Torres | Girls Who Refused to Stop Learning
When the Taliban banned girls from school after sixth grade, Key Biscayne resident Jane Torres helped build a classroom that works from a cell phone.
On this episode of Key Biscayne Stories, we sit down with Jane, a Key Biscayne resident for more than 40 years, to talk about Educate Girls Now, the nonprofit she has worked with for the past five years. The organization runs "school on the phone," a WhatsApp-based program that connects Afghan girls directly with teachers, all from inside their homes.
Jane also shares her own story: how she and her husband left Nicaragua on the last plane out during the Sandinista takeover, then bought a home in Key Biscayne within two days of visiting friends here.
In this episode:
• How Educate Girls Now evacuated more than 250 girls and their families to Canada, and why it shifted to teaching inside Afghanistan
• Why live teacher-student interaction makes a difference
• The three learning tiers, from basic literacy to an American curriculum with U.S. school certificates
• Vocational training, including tailoring and midwifery
• Staying safe while running a program the Taliban would shut down
• The sponsor program, where supporters connect with a student weekly
• University scholarships, and the visa barriers that block them
• How you can help, and the idea of an art and poetry exhibit in Key Biscayne
🔗 LEARN MORE / BECOME A SPONSOR
Website: educategirlsnow.org
🎙 About Key Biscayne Stories
A bilingual community podcast where neighbors meet neighbors. Subscribe for new episodes featuring the people who make Key Biscayne special.
#KeyBiscayne #EducateGirlsNow #Afghanistan #GirlsEducation #KeyBiscayneStories #Miami
On this episode of Key Biscayne Stories, we sit down with Jane, a Key Biscayne resident for more than 40 years, to talk about Educate Girls Now, the nonprofit she has worked with for the past five years. The organization runs "school on the phone," a WhatsApp-based program that connects Afghan girls directly with teachers, all from inside their homes.
Jane also shares her own story: how she and her husband left Nicaragua on the last plane out during the Sandinista takeover, then bought a home in Key Biscayne within two days of visiting friends here.
In this episode:
• How Educate Girls Now evacuated more than 250 girls and their families to Canada, and why it shifted to teaching inside Afghanistan
• Why live teacher-student interaction makes a difference
• The three learning tiers, from basic literacy to an American curriculum with U.S. school certificates
• Vocational training, including tailoring and midwifery
• Staying safe while running a program the Taliban would shut down
• The sponsor program, where supporters connect with a student weekly
• University scholarships, and the visa barriers that block them
• How you can help, and the idea of an art and poetry exhibit in Key Biscayne
🔗 LEARN MORE / BECOME A SPONSOR
Website: educategirlsnow.org
🎙 About Key Biscayne Stories
A bilingual community podcast where neighbors meet neighbors. Subscribe for new episodes featuring the people who make Key Biscayne special.
#KeyBiscayne #EducateGirlsNow #Afghanistan #GirlsEducation #KeyBiscayneStories #Miami
