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At Forward International Academy, We Believe Education Is A Right For All
Change a Life: Sponsor an Afghan Girl's Education at FIA for $100 Per Year
Dave Vitale, Bing Liang & Ellie Sprinkmann
August 14, 2025
Hello Everyone,
My name is Ellie Sprinkmann, and I serve as the Student Success Manager at Forward International Academy (FIA). I am reaching out alongside with Bing Liang, our President, and Davie Vitale, our Principal. Together, we are committed to making American education accessible to students around the world, regardless of their circumstances.
Right now, our focus is on EMPOWERING Afghan girls and offering them the chance to earn an American high school diploma and a brighter future.
We’ve had the privilege of mentoring some of the BRAVEST, most DETERMINED young WOMEN we’ve ever met, girls whose courage and resilience have left a lasting mark on our hearts.
These girls have faced unimaginable challenges: losing parents to the Taliban, battling loneliness and DEPRESSION, and being BANNED from school simply for being girls. And yet, despite it all, they still SHOW UP.
Sometimes in SECRET
Sometimes in FEAR.
But always with HOPE.
We dream of raising daughters who are FREE, of changing our communities to lead with EDUCATION, and not FEAR.
WHY AFGHAN GIRLS
FIA works with students from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Algeria, Ukraine, Nigeria, China, and Portugal.
In Afghanistan, girls are banned from attending school after the 6th grade, and 90% of families live below the POVERTY line. For many, access to education can mean choosing between food for a week or a FUTURE for their daughter.
Yet, these girls continue to FIGHT for their RIGHT to learn. Thanks to FIA, Afghan girls can now access our U.S. based program for just $100 PER YEAR, a lifeline to keep LEARNING, DREAMING, and BUILDING a bright future.
Some of our students have already been accepted to universities, including the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, and one is attending a Yale program this summer.
But HUNDREDS MORE are still WAITING.
Still HOPING.
Still FIGHTING.
With your support, you can help these brave young women REWRITE their stories and HOLD ON to hope.
“We want to use our education to change our country, not to leave it behind, but to return and be the change we wish to see”
“FIA gave us a reason to keep going, a reason to believe in ourselves”
HOW YOU CAN HELP…
SHARE OUR STORY:
Forward this email. Share the video below. Talk about FIA. The more people who know, the more girls we can reach.
DONATE:
For $100, you can sponsor a full year of school for a girl in Afghanistan, but any amount you give will help open the door to education, inspire her to BELIEVE, and give her the STRENGTH to hold on to HOPE.
“When one girl learns, a whole community grows”
“My voice was never theirs to take”
Thank you for BELIEVING in them.
Thank you for being part of their JOURNEY.
Thank you for being the LIGHT they need.
Please listen to this powerful message from the girls themselves, a message of HOPE, RESILIENCE, and DETERMINATION that you can help support
With all our heart,
Ellie Sprinkmann, Bing Liang, Dave Vitale
Forward International Academy
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