Yacoobi Private Hospital

Dr. Sakena Yacoobi  has been working with Afghans for decades and believes in the goal of self-sufficiency for Afghan individuals,communities and institutions. She has developed a program building private enterprises in Afghanistan that develop and improve the education and health systems in the country. Dr. Yacoobi has established:

four private schools
private radio station
private hospital

The schools and hospital have become self-sufficient. Radio Meraj,  started in 2015, is already one of the top 2 radio stations in Herat and has begun attracting advertising as it moves to self-sufficiency. ​  ​
​The  Professor Sakena Yacoobi Private Hospital opened  in 2011 and provided health services for those who can afford it and also to those who cannot. The hospital served the poor and provided services to them at little or no cost.  The facility has a laboratory, pharmacy and surgical, x-ray, CT scan capabilities, and specialists in internal medicine, maternity, and orthopedics. The hospital is arranged on four floors and totals 1,192 sq meters where  patients can be seen each day from all over the southwest region of the country. The hospital is now an independent entity.
​Dr. Yacoobi believes in supporting  private sector development in Afghanistan as part of a balanced, self-supporting economy and in promoting the attitude of self-care and responsibility in patients who can contribute financially to their care. Afghans look forward to the day when their society is  completely rebuilt and functioning efficiently and effectively providing opportunity for all.

Dr. Yacoobi's Afghan Institute of Learning

The  Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) has always sought to charge some sort of fee for its services so as not to perpetuate an attitude of entitlement and to encourage self-reliance in people. In some instances, fee charging has not been possible because of government regulations.  AIL’s approach to its project startups includes the requirement that communities contribute something - not necessarily money - but land or supplies or a building.  Again this approach seeks to engage the people and create  a sense of ownership and responsibility which means projects are valued and nurtured and protected – a recipe for success and longevity.
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Link to Afghan Institute of Learning page
Link to Afghan Institute of Learning website

Links for Afghan Private Enterprises
High Schools Facebook
Radio Meraj Facebook