Andeisha Farid: A Hero

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Andeisha Farid


Andeisha Farid is a 28 year old female who created AFCECO. AFCECO is an organization that helps underprivileged Afghanistan children. AFCECO stands for Afghan Child Education and Care Organization. She is a hero because she helps children without families, homes, health, or education find hope for their future.
Andeisha Farid was a refugee born in Afghanistan, in 1983. Her and her family needed to leave quickly, for her city was being attacked by Soviet airstrikes. She was forced to go to a refugee camp in Iran. The children there were treated harshly with no health clinic, school, or fresh drinking water. Her parents finally sent her to a refugee camp in Pakistan, where she could learn and be in school. She …show more content…

The organization that Andeisha created is called Afghan Child Education and Caring Organization. Farid states in a cnn interview “I wanted to empower them with a sense of security, with education and eventually independence.” This shows that she is going the extra mile to make a big difference in these kids lives. On paragraph two of the Vital Voices’ website, it says “Also while living in Islamabad, Andeisha became engaged with a non-profit that founded the Child Sponsorship Program in conjunction with the U.S. based charity, Charity Help International.” The reason this quote is relevant is it shows that she does not ask for anything in return, because she teamed up with a program that is a non-profit.
A Hero is “a person of any age who goes the extra mile to make a big difference in someone's life, without being asked, and without expecting anything in return”. This describes Andeisha Farid, because she went out of her way to help children in Afghanistan have a better life. She helped them to get a better education, and home. After she accomplished her goals, she didn’t ask for anything in return. This is why Andeisha Farid is a

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