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![A USAID-supported construction sector training program in Primavera software for women in Mazar-e-Sharif in July 2015. A USAID-supported construction sector training program in Primavera software for women in Mazar-e-Sharif in July 2015.](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/AWDP%20Primevera%20Training.jpg?itok=h-2v8-0A)
Sanam Rahmani, a young Afghan mother with a 1-year-old son, was studying in a two-year teacher training program to teach Uzbek literature at local schools in rural northern Faryab province.
![Human Resource managers for a private hospital look through resumes for administrative positions. Afghans with competency-based skills are in-demand at private healthcare institutions. Human Resource managers for a private hospital look through resumes for administrative positions.](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/in-demant%20training%20AWDP.jpg?itok=nANCHnEI)
Dr. Nangialay Ghows Alami used to spend too much time explaining administrative workings to his staff—employees of the Afghan Swiss Medical Institute of Higher Education.
![Sheer Mohammad is now able to support his family with a licit income. Sheer Mohammad is now able to support his family with a licit income.](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/SheerMohammad.jpg?itok=O-ZVfUJf)
Sheer Mohammad had been looking for a job for a long time. But he didn’t have any skills, so he felt forced to cultivate illegal crops and work in poppy fields in Kandahar, Afghanistan, to support his family.
Sima Sajadi, a 25-year-old high school teacher, attended a training in Kabul in April on best teaching methods. Twenty-two private school teachers, both employed and those searching for work, attended the training. The teachers study active, practical teaching methods like role-playing, discussion groups, brainstorming and networking.
![Mohammad Salim in his mechanical workshop Mohammad Salim in his mechanical workshop](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_150x150/public/success_story/MohammadSalim.jpg?itok=3RpmgIrT)
Like many traditional Afghan farmers in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province, Mohammad Salim once grew poppies to support his family.
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