Sakena Yacoobi

Dr. Yacoobi’s speech at TEDWomen 2015 listed in Care2.com’s Top 5 TED Talks list  [January 9, 2018] https://www.care2.com/greenliving/5-ted-talks-that-will-inspire-you-to-be-a-better-human.html  Dr. Sakena Yacoobi’s speech at TEDWomen 2015, titled “How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school,” was featured in Care2’s “5 TED Talks That Will Inspire You to Be a Better Human” list.  Care2.com is […]

Afghan educator Dr. Sakena Yacoobi giving her Acceptance Speech during the 2017 Sunhak Peace Prize Award Ceremony. ⓒ 2017. Sunhak Peace Prize I am very honored to be chosen as one of the 2017 Sunhak Peace Prize laureates along with Dr. Gino Strada. I thank our host, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, members of the

Founder Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon awards Afghan educator Dr. Sakena Yacoobi with the medal. ⓒ 2017. Sunhak Peace Prize Committee Chairman Dr. Il Sik Hong awards Afghan educator Dr. Sakena Yacoobi with the plaque. ⓒ 2017. Sunhak Peace Prize  Sakena Yacoobi, Committee Chairman Dr. Il Sik Hong ⓒ 2017. Sunhak Peace Prize

Dr. Sakena Yacoobi spoke briefly at the UN Solutions Summit on the Mobile Literacy Program.  The Mobile Literacy Program is a literacy course for Afghan people to combat the country’s illiteracy rate — the highest in the world. The program was made to help illiterate students, who can’t read basic alphabet, and to develop their

Dr. Yacoobi’s innovative approach to education and community development have inspired hundreds of Afghan communities to join with her and the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) to empower women and children and to work for peace.  Congratulations to Dr. Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning!!Click the link below to see Sakena and all

Being held on February 3 (Friday) at 10 am, at the Jamsil, Lotte Hotel World, Crystal Ballroom  Over 800 people from more than 100 countries around the world in attendance, including current and former parliamentarians, national and international VIPs, music choreographer Kolleen Park, among others from all walks of life The “laureate lecture” will be

It is a great honor to be chosen as a 2017 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate. This year the Sunhak Peace Prize focuses its attention on the global refugee crisis.  It is a privilege to be recognized along with Dr. Gino Strada as someone who has contributed to helping refugees and helping in their resettlement.I, myself,

Devoted her life to Afghan ‘refugee education’Sakena Yacoobi, the mother of Afghan education, has been a pioneering and devoted refugee educator for 21 years with the belief that education is the key to social reconstruction even under severe conditions of war and occupation. Dr. Yacoobi began educating teachers in Afghan refugee camps where they had

Dr. Gino Strada, who has provided medical and surgical care in 17 African and Middle Eastern nations for a quarter-century, and Sakena Yacoobi, who established multiple refugee-educational programs against considerable odds in Afghanistan, were named as co-recipients of the 2nd annual Sunhak Peace Price. An Italian surgeon and an Afghan educator who consistently contributed to