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Staff:

Cambridge Office:

Angha Sirpurkar-Childress — Executive Director

Zuhra Abhar — Overseas Program Director

Deepa Baby — Operations and IT Manager

Karmen Tam — Intern and Volunteer Coordinator

Stephanie Miliano — Operations Assistant

Steven Damiano — Programs Assistant

Savannah Geasey — Programs Assistant

Laura Anderson — Communications Writer

Henriette Graff — Development Assistant
Brooke Webster — Graphics Designer

Neela Paramkusham — Graphics Designer

Afghanistan Office:

Aaq Mohammad 'Noori' — Country Director
Abdul Matin ‘Mominzai’ — Administrative Officer

Naveed Uh-lah Passon— Finance / Computer Officer
Najmullah ‘Ahmed’— North Side Manager
Fraidoon ‘Omar’— Assistant North Side Manager

Haji Hazarato ‘Haji Bibi’— Supervisor of Literacy Courses

Pakistan Office:

Sumera Sahar — Country Director of Barakat Pakistan

Abudul Rehman — Supervisor of Barakat Pakistan

Shehnaz Begum — Principal of Ersari Elementary School

Shazia Bukhari — Principal of Barakat Elementary School

Nazneen Nishat — Principal of Barakat Primary School

Farah Naz — Vice Principal of Ersari Elementary School

Naheed Qamar — Vice Principal of Barakat Elementary School

India Office:

Sudhakar Rai--Program Manager

Board of Directors:
Edward A. Scribner — Chairman

Karen M. Boatman — Vice President

Ian Crowley — Secretary

William Mor — Treasurer

Christopher K. Walter — Co-founder/Member
Habibullah Karimi — Co-founder/ Member

Ike Syed — Member

Board of Advisors:

Carolyn Lee

Phuntsok Dolma