Fereshteh Forough is the founder and CEO of Code to Inspire, a coding school for girls in Afghanistan. She discusses her background as a refugee, how she uses crypto to fund the school and pay students, and how the US military’s departure has affected student life. Topics include:

Fereshteh’s journey from refugee to computer science professor to founder and CEO of Code to Inspire
what Code to Inspire offers to young Afghan women and what risks they take by getting an education
how Code to Inspire success stories are changing the attitudes of student’s families and communities
the importance of Afghan Hero Girl, a video game created by Code to Inspire students
why crypto payments are a better alternative to PayPal and Western Union for Code to Inspire and its students
how Code to Inspire and its students exchange crypto to fiat
what the perception of crypto is in Afghanistan
how the Taliban is stifling the education of women and how Code to Inspire is attempting to continue its curriculum
how crypto companies can offer assistance to Code to Inspire
what features and products Fereshteh thinks would the crypto industry actually bank the unbanked
how listeners can help Code to Inspire and where to find more information on Fereshteh

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Episode Links

Fereshteh Forough

Twitter: https://twitter.com/f_forough
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fereshtehforough/

Code to Inspire

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codetoinspire/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodeToInspire
Website: https://www.codetoinspire.org/
Donating crypto: https://www.codetoinspire.org/donate-crypto/
Services offered:
- https://www.codetoinspire.org/hire-a-cti-graduate/

Code to Inspire Coverage

Forbes
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/2021/08/17/taliban-resurgence-could-threaten-afghan-school-teaching-women-to-code-and-build-ethereum-apps/?sh=465a8208197d
The Giving Block
- https://thegivingblock.com/donate/Code-to-Inspire/
Code to Inspire students are coding at home
- https://cointelegraph.com/news/amid-taliban-takeover-aspiring-crypto-miner-flees-afghanistan
CoinDesk on Code to Inspire + ETH
- https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2018/06/12/forget-prices-ethereum-is-offering-a-different-value-in-afghanistan/
Coinbase
- https://blog.coinbase.com/fereshteh-forough-interview-1e73a684788f
Inverse
- https://www.inverse.com/innovation/57129-fereshteh-forough-afghanistan-bitcoin
Afghan Hero Girls
- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-04-19-code-to-inspire-is-creating-afghan-hero-girls-through-education

US Military leaving Afghanistan

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Crypto Actually Fixes This: How Code to Inspire Uses Crypto in Afghanistan - Ep.276