Sana Orphanage is a tax-exempt, independent, non-political, non-profit, and non-government organization providing assistance to the poor & needy children of Afghanistan. The non-profit is registered in Seattle Washington. The Orphanage has been open since 2006 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Shughula Ahmadi, the founder/president of Sana Orphanage, has dedicated her life to helping the Afghan community in Afghanistan and now to those that have seeked refuge in the United States.  Dr.Hamidullah runs Sana Orphanage in Kandahar with the support and help of the American people and Afghan Americans. Donations in the US are handled through Shughla Ahmadi. Sana Orphanage provides excellent care in the field of orphan services, education, and vocational training. Sana Orphanage especially serves impoverished, handicapped, abused and orphaned children in the city of Kandahar, but we hope to expand to other cities soon.It is imperative to have a well equipped and organized center for this orphanage, so that we can increase the capacity of our building, and have a good facility for the staff. The staff currently includes two administrators, four security guards, a driver, a cook, a housekeeper, a laundress, and two teachers (for a total of 12 staff). The orphanage continues to need such items as food, clothing, and shoes for the children, plus books and school supplies for the childrens’ education.

In addition, there is a need for continuing medical care for several of our handicapped children, as well as to alleviate the conditions of malnutrition and abuse that some of the children have suffered.Sana Orphanage is dedicated to educating the children in its care. The orphanage school is designed to serve the needs of all children in its care, including children who have never seen the inside of a classroom. All children at the orphanage are educated. Sana Orphanage provides highly qualified teachers to teach reading, writing, and mathematics, as well as language instruction in Farsi, Pashto and English. In addition, Sana Orphanage also focuses on vocational training for the students with an emphasis on occupations to improve the community. Similarly it provides job placement upon graduation.Sana Orphanage has made it our mission to educate, care for and provide hope to the orphans of Kandahar. Sana Orphanage will train these orphans to become the backbone of the country, to be the future doctors, engineers, mechanics and teachers of Afghanistan. Education is the light to our future, it opens doors for a better future, and Sana Orphanage will give this light, this opportunity to orphans in Kandahar. It is our hope in the Sana Orphanage to provide education that will stop crime in Afghanistan, fight poverty, and bring success to the country through employment.