329:: CAI supports literacy centers, where women of all ages get free lessons in reading, writing, and math, bringing them to about a 4th grade level of education. These centers also teach hygiene, sanitation, nutrition, and money management. CAI also supports vocational centers that train women in sewing, weaving, knitting, and provide equipment and materials.
301:: Projects in this category are related to the direct costs of building new schools, updating and/or maintaining existing schools, and providing necessary materials for the schools. This often includes ongoing support for uniforms, school equipment, and individual school supplies for students. Each of these projects includes local people.
341:: CAI promotes the importance of education and literacy via the organization's website as well as other social media venues. The organization also publishes an annual magazine, "Journey of Hope," about its programs and projects. CAI created the Pennies for Peace curriculum to teach students about the importance of service learning.
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Central Asia through literacy and education, especially for girls, promote peace through education, and convey the importance of these activities globally." The organization collaborates with communities to build schools in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and
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in the United States in 1996. Mortenson was appointed as its director. Hoerni died a year later from leukemia. CAI's first Board of
Directors decided to focus the organization's efforts in the Karakoram Mountains of Pakistan in order to establish relationships to further community-based projects in
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Montana Attorney General stated that Central Asia Institute and Greg Mortenson had completed the terms of a three-year compliance monitoring period, and CAI stated that the IRS had completed its examination of the nonprofit. The organization reported that it was having a return in
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in which he stated that an audit of CAI's overseas projects indicated that the charity was still "beset by widespread corruption" and that
Mortenson remaining as the public face of the charity was not "in the best interest of the charity or the people it serves". He concluded that "anyone thinking
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Mortenson. The story alleged that CAI spent more money on 'domestic outreach' (book tours, speaking, travel) than on supporting schools overseas, and that Mortenson's accomplishments may have been exaggerated. CBS's story included an interview with Daniel
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CAI has several types of programs that help the organization carry out its mission to promote peace through education. Since 1996, CAI's programs have supported more than 300 community-initiated educational projects. The organization's programs and projects include the following:
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Tajikistan, with a particular emphasis on areas where there is little or no access to education. Pennies for Peace is an affiliated organization that partners with schools and clubs in the United States and around the world to raise pennies for CAI's educational efforts.
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By the late 1990s, CAI had begun to expand into other remote areas of
Pakistan and Afghanistan. By 2008, CAI had set up 55 schools in Pakistan and nine schools in Afghanistan. Of those 63 schools, 43 were schools for girls. In 2011, the organization began working in the
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Central Asia Institute a four-star rating with high scores on both capacity and efficiency, but added a "Donor Advisory" with details of the claims made in the CBS report, and links to claims by critics and Mortenson's responses. The
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Executive Director with Outward Bound. But after 14 months, Starnes abruptly left Central Asia Institute after disagreements with the CAI board as to Mortenson's future role in the organization.
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reviewed the organization's standing and updated its rating to include CAI as an accredited charity. GuideStar updated CAI's rating to three stars and the "Gold
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segment aired questions about the organization's effectiveness, the Central Asia Institute has become a reference example for the limitations in evaluating charities based solely on financial analysis.
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