Educating Afghan
Girls Worldwide

Remote learning for every Afghan girl, everywhere

Self-paced coursework in the palm of your hand. Students only need a smartphone and basic internet to access SOLAx-designed education from their own homes, all using WhatsApp, all completely free.

Don’t Look Away

Who we are

SOLA, the world’s only boarding school for Afghan girls, is proud to offer SOLAx, an online education platform meticulously designed to deliver the Afghan curriculum, including ESL and other courses, in a digitized format transformed into engaging microlearning modules. SOLAx is accessible to every Afghan girl on Earth and available in the English, Dari, and Pashto languages.

In Afghanistan today, girls are forbidden from attending school past 6th grade. In the Afghan refugee diaspora, hundreds of thousands of girls struggle to find access to the classroom. Education is a human right, and with SOLAx, we bring this right within reach.

We have engaged members of the diaspora in creating compelling content for our platform, and SOLA girls have taken key leadership roles in developing our coursework.

Ultimately, SOLAx is by Afghans, for Afghans. We invite you to join us.

Our mission is to bring education to Afghan girls wherever they may be. Our vision is of a global network of sisterhood: a generation of compassionate and confident Afghan women with the leadership skills to rebuild Afghanistan and guide their homeland into a better future.

SOLAx Vision

How SOLAx works

1
Get Started

Save one of our service numbers in your phone contacts and initiate a WhatsApp conversation. Send us a message and choose your preferred language of communication: English, Pashto, or Dari to kickstart your learning journey.

2
Create an Account

Sign up with us by entering basic information and begin accessing the various courses offered in our chatbot.

3
Select Course

After successfully signing up, you can explore the list of courses available for a specific grade and proceed to enroll.

4
Request Daily Content

For enrolled courses, you can request fresh content, with the next day’s material delivered after receiving the current day’s content and waiting for a full day.

5
Learn with Knowledge Check

Assess and enhance your learning with stimulating and thought-provoking questions.

6
Get Certificate of Completion

Upon successfully attempting all course questions and achieving the passing score, you can instantly receive certificates to validate your educational achievements.

Everything you need for learning with SOLAx is a smartphone, basic internet access, and WhatsApp. Our coursework is ready for you, and it’s completely free.

SOLAx in action

Instructions
Send a WhatsApp message to the SOLAx chatbot using one of the service numbers listed above to initiate your learning journey. You can also watch this video to see every step of the SOLAx educational experience.

The need for SOLAx

In Afghanistan in 2021, the number of girls openly attending secondary school was 1.1 million. In 2024, the number of girls openly attending secondary school is 0. The Taliban have raised their pursuit of gender inequality to the level of national policy. They know what educated girls are capable of. And so do we.

Our Journey

From a boarding school in Kabul to the forefront of a global movement of educated girls, follow the milestones to the creation of SOLAx.

  1. 2016

    SOLA opens its doors to its first class of 6th grade students in Kabul, becoming a full-time boarding school.
  2. 2019

    SOLA grows by enrolling a new class of 6th graders annually, and officially becomes a boarding high school with girls attending grades 6-9.
  3. 2020

    The coming of COVID creates an immediate need for online education. Faced with the struggle to reach Afghan girls in homes with poor online connectivity and limited tech infrastructure, the SOLA team begins exploring paths to improve remote learning.
  4. 2021

    SOLA departs Afghanistan upon the Taliban’s return, evacuating its entire student body of girls in grades pre-6 through 11. SOLA resettles in Rwanda and resumes its operations.
  5. 2022

    The Taliban decree that girls may not attend school past 6th grade and women may not attend universities. SOLA completes its 1st enrollment season in Rwanda, drawing new students from the Afghan diaspora. Nearly 200 students apply.
  6. 2023

    SOLA completes its 2nd enrollment season in Rwanda. Nearly 2,000 students apply for just 25 places in SOLA’s 6th grade class.
  7. 2024

    SOLAx is born.

Our impact

We intend to have immediate impact on the lives of thousands of Afghan girls and their families – but we aren’t stopping there. We intend to redefine what education means in the Afghan context, moving from a tradition of rote learning and memorization to a new model embracing critical thinking.

17700+

Total Learners

77

Countries Represented

29

Courses Available

100000+

Learning Hours

200000+

Lessons Completed

950+

Certifications Issued

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