We are a movement of changemakers rebuilding our nation through the power of teaching.
Teach For Afghanistan Organization (TAO) is a non-profit working to end educational inequity by developing young leaders who teach in under-resourced schools. These leaders, called Fellows, work directly with students, while addressing systemic challenges that limit access to quality education in their communities.
Founded in 2012 by Rahmatullah Arman, who travelled the length and breadth of Afghanistan to understand community needs and challenges, TAO placed its first Fellows in 2016. TAO is part of the Teach For All global network - a collective of independent organizations transforming education in over 60 countries. Today, TAO’s growing network of Fellows, Alumni, and partners continues to reimagine what’s possible for Afghan children and communities.
Meet Our Community
Founder & CEO
Rahmatullah Arman
Provincial Lead
Naim Pardis
Admin & Finance Manager
Abdul Farooq Asir
Senior Adviser
Aishwarya Shetty
Admin & Finance Manager
Samiullah Sami
Maintenance Officer
Faisal Ghafri
Marketing Head
Stephanie Martinez
Marketing Officer
Abdul Bari
Provincial Lead
Fawadullah Saeedi
Lead, Student Leadership
Rabia Haidari
Head of Human Resources
Shafiullah Sahak
Training & Support Officer
Nadeem Khad
Naira Sadat
Sonia Sabit
Khatira Jabarkhil
Shakerbellah Nezami
Rukhshana Arbab
Abubakar Omarzai
Salma Nawabi
Fraidoon Frotan
Fellow Coaches
Our Fellows and Fellow Coaches are 50% female.
We are deliberate about who we recruit. Half of our Fellows are women because the communities we serve need to see women lead, and Afghan girls deserve teachers who understand their world.
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Our Journey
Credible and Lawful
We do not operate around the system. We operate within it because lasting change in Afghanistan cannot work only with intent; it requires legitimacy.
TAO is formally registered with Afghanistan's Ministry of Economy (NGO Directorate), with every project being government-approved. We maintain an annual Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education and are subject to audits by the Ministry of Finance.
Our Core Values
Educational Equity
We started TAO because we believed every Afghan child deserves a quality education, not just the ones born in the right place, to the right family, in the right circumstances. That belief has never wavered. We go where the need is greatest.
Afghan Ownership
We trust Afghan people to lead Afghan solutions. Our fellows, our alumni, our staff, and our board are the people closest to this reality and they are the ones best placed to shape it. Where we bring in non-Afghan expertise, it is in service of Afghan leadership, never in place of it.
Resilience
In times of compounding crises, we have never closed a classroom, never abandoned a fellow, and never stopped believing that education is worth fighting for. We commit to showing up consistently, especially when it is difficult.
Collective Leadership
Transformation happens when enough people, our fellows, alumni, students, partners, and communities, move in the same direction together. We invest in relationships, that last, and measure our success not just by what we achieve, but by how many people are leading alongside us.