Andeisha Farid

Ms. Andeisha Farid Andeisha Farid is the Founding Director of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO). Ms. Farid is an Afghan woman who herself was raised in war after Soviet bombardment of her village. Andeisha determined to provide for the thousands of children suffering without home, family or access to education. She saw a way to transform a national tragedy into strength, giving children the gift of security, health and education, the things that lifted her up when she was a girl living in a refugee camp. Since 2004 Andeisha has been heralded by journalists from NBC, BBC and CNN, including a spotlight on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams about “people making a difference”. In March 2010 she was given a Vital Voices Award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, honored by dignitaries such as founder of the award Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Jill Iscol has spotlighted the work Andeisha is doing in a recently released book, Hearts on Fire, with a forward by Bill Clinton. Andeisha has been summoned to conferences in America, Nepal, Australia, Japan, Italy, Turkey, Mexico, and India. President Obama introduced her at an Entrepreneur’s conference in 2010 thusly: “…and Andeisha Farid, an extraordinary woman from Afghanistan, who’s taken great risks to educate the next generation, one girl at a time. Together, they point the way to a future where progress is shared and prosperity is sustainable.”