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Outlook: My Battle to Open a School in Afghanistan

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Raziz Jan

19/05/2016 GMT

My Battle to Open a School in Afghanistan

BBC World Service - Outlook, My Battle to Open a School in Afghanistan

Razia Jan's fight for Afghan girls' education

Fighting for Afghan girls' education. Plus, the folk singer who has become a guardian for the ancient songs of traveller communities in the British Isles

Razia Jan, a former businesswoman turned educator talks about her mission to help girls in the country get an education. She built a school in a village which had never provided any learning for girls at all, and her challenge was to persuade local men to allow their daughters to attend. 

Sam Lee is the London-born folk singer who has become a guardian for the ancient songs of traveller communities in the British Isles. For 10 years, he has been gathering songs and stories which are in danger of dying out and recording new versions of them - with host of global instruments including Scandinavian Willow Flute, Japanese Koto and Indian Shruti box - with his band the Friends. 

Jenny Neyman and Chris Hanna, an American couple talk about their romantic Alaskan ski trip that went horribly wrong.  After a pleasant morning on the slopes, they got caught in an unexpected snow storm and had to dig a snow cave where they sheltered for three days. 

Susanne Jaschko - a German curator who specialises in digital culture. If you find statistics hard to swallow, she has come up with a unique way to make data more palatable - using food to express facts and figures. 

(Photo: Razia Jan. Credit: Rotary International)

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