CHEVENING SCHOLOARSHIPS

Application Details

PART A: PERSONAL DETAILS

Country of Citizenship: AFGHANISTAN Nearest Town\City: KABUL

Title: Mr Sex: Male Date of Birth: 6-Mar-1984

Family Name: Afzali Other Name(s): Mohammad

Place of Birth: Oruzgan Marital Status: Single

Nationality: AFGHAN Number of Children: 0

PART B: CONTACT DETAILS

Contact Name: 0795119295 Land Line ('phone):

Address Line 1: 0799283837 Mobile:

Address Line 2: Fax.:

Address Line 3:

Address Line 4:

Primary Email: afz_mohammad@yahoo.com

Secondary Email:
PART C: ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

IELTS: Is English your first language? No

IELTS Scores:
Listening: 50 Reading: 51 Writing: Speaking:

Overall Band Score: 510 Test Report From Number: US Embassy

Qualification List:
Qualification Grade Institution Subject From To
Diploma 10,11,12 Doctor hesabi stuctural designing 1-Mar-2001 5-Jun-2003
technical high
school
Bachelor's Degree senior Balkh University Geology&Mining 1-Mar-2004 1-Feb-2010
PART D: CURRENT SITUATION
Where are you currently working or studying?
I am working in some caol mines as an engineer in Samangan and it is a governmental sector.

If you are currently working, please provide brief details of your post grade and main responsibilities.
I am working as an engineer in coal mines. I make the plans of extraction and take care of envrironmental issues. I am also
responsible for guiding other engineers ans geologic students who visit the coal mines for field trips. I must illustrate the situation
of mines, the volume of extrcation, environmental protection and work safety.

If you are currently studying, what qualification do you expect to obtain, and when do you expect to obtain it?

my university session was finished in March 2009 and since that time i have been working on my dissertation and it is an
independent work which will be finished in January 2010 and i will get my Bachelor's degree.
PART E: PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Position Organisation \ Institution From To

Farmer sarhang agricultural farmland 4-Mar-1997 9-Aug-2000

Forester Narges company 11-Oct-2000 9-May-2003

Transletor/Interpreter USAID 10-Jun-2003 1-Aug-2005

Engineer the commisson of north coal 4-May-2005

PART F: PROPOSED COURSE OF STUDY
Proposed Qualification / Research Masters

Proposed Sector of Study: Environmental Studies

Proposed Subject of Study: Environmental Geology

Proposed Length of Study: 12 Months

Institutions:

1.
2.
3.

Applying for fully funded Chevening Yes

Proposals for supplementing Scholarship:

Contact made with Institution? No Place secured at Institution?

Correspondence details and details of offer(s) made:

Studied in the UK? No

Details of study in the UK:

British Government

Award:

Visited the UK? No

Details of visit to the UK:

Applying for other awards or No

Details of other applications:

PART G: REFEREES
Referee 1
Title and Name: Mr Mohammad Qadeer Pouya

Position: Associate Professor

Address: opposite to medical college, Mazar-e sharif, Afghanistan

Telephone Number: 0786528886

Email Address: qadeer_1359@yahoo.com

Professional Relationship: He was my professor in

the University.
Relationship Duration: More than three years.

Referee 2
Title and Name: Mr Omid Bahadoryan

Position: Engineer

Address: house#32, third block,karte solhe, Aybak,samangan, Afghanitan

Telephone Number: 0774255066

Email Address: omid_bahadoryan@yahoo

.com

Professional Relationship: supervisor and engineer

Relationship Duration: three years
PART H: PERSONAL STATEMENT
Personal Statement
Afghanistan has started an era of improvement and development. In this movement towards prosperity, I want to take part and
feel myself responsible and it’s a general cause why I want to build my capacity by education. With much interest from childhood I
succeeded in Balkh University to study (geology and mining) and by studying every new course my interest got more and more
intense. Now I want to specialize in (Environmental Geology) first because of my country’s problems and then because of my
interest. With the non-stopped development of cities, we’re facing with many problems about how we can keep our development
while preserving our natural resources and environment. During my internship in AGS (Afghanistan Geological Survey), I noticed
how seriously the government working to solve the problem of contaminated drinking water in Kabul which became a dilemma.
With the knowledge I’ll certainly learn in UK, I’ll save my country from this dilemma and other problems. Since governmental
authorities have committed themselves to implement in different sections of natural resources, experts are too necessary in
realizing these plans. One of them is conservation of natural resources like river, forest, soil, lake and etc to increase tourism in
the country. This section is very essential for every country because it produces pure income besides exchanging cultures and
thoughts. I will absolutely learn many things to implement my country’s plans to gain its development goals. I think this major is
very vital for development of Afghanistan. Moreover environmental issues now become global. Given that Afghanistan is so rich in
natural resources, part of infrastructure building is directly related to environmental issues. I hope I learn much to become
someone who can have a say in this field.

I was chosen as an engineer in coal mine in a small district named Dareh Yousuf. First time that I closed to mine, I noticed,
smoke was emitting from pick of mountain. I heard that one section of coal was fired four years ago and reason wasn’t clear.
Since then, coal has been burning and nobody was able to extinguish. Many problems were following. Firstly, economically,
millions of tons of coal were burning and nobody cares. Secondly, Afghanistan’s national treasury was disappearing and
damaging environment, natural habitat, animals, and flora. Thirdly, people living in vicinity were suffering from ash furthermore
negative effects on vegetation, agriculture, and drinking water and etc. I thought we could extinguish the fire by some substances
like water, gas but it was completely impossible because there wasn’t any way into that area. Therefore I used another method. I
thought, if we blocked all tunnels, we would stop entering air into tunnels and when there is no air, the burning will be stopped. It
was very huge work because numbers and size of tunnels were many. But I decided doing this because the accident was the
worst catastrophic event I have ever seen and had much harm. I spoke with all people in village. Actually, speaking and
convincing everyone weren’t that easy as I thought. But insisting and perseverance finally paid off. People and miners and I
worked together more than 10 days and eventually we blocked all the ways. After two days the smoke got thinner and thinner as
disappeared. The consequences were completely positive. Firstly, no damage to environment, plants, water, animals and more
importantly did something to lessen global warming. Secondly, disappearing one of the important non-renewable natural
resources was stopped and thirdly, our extraction process got easy because of not being warm inside tunnels.

My professional goals include earning my master’s degree in environmental geology as well as working in governmental and
non-governmental sector. Concerning governmental section I‘m particularly interested in a position in the ministry of mines. This
section needs professional people who’ve hardly studied all the stages and have much experience in geology, mining and
environment and moreover management and leadership skills. Accountable and transparent government is built on the functional
national administration and that’s why I decided working for the government. By taking a job in government I can make effective
innovations according to my experience because I‘m certain, students with greatest potential and passion make the biggest
difference in our society and on the world. With this grant I‘ll be prepared for my professional goals in education and future work in
ministry. Moreover I’ll use these methods and knowledge for my country to handle our natural resources, rural and urban planning
and pollution. My comprehensive decision-making and managerial abilities and leadership skills will be improved. This
qualification allows me to play an increasingly larger management role in the government for paving the way towards sustainable
development in my country.

The Chevening program provides a unique opportunity to expand my knowledge related to sustainable development,
conservation of natural resources and waste management. There are many problems in Afghanistan which should be solved and I
hope when I return I‘ll become a proficient man, capable of applying my knowledge and experiences in my country and solve its
problems and I’m sure I‘ll do many things for my country because I’ve confidence that the most effective people are the most
educated and dedicated ones. By continuing my major I’ll reach this goal. We Afghans are not poor, just we don’t have tools to
use and these tools are professional people who studied and worked efficiently in their majors and offer their knowledge and
experiences to serve people. It’s my slogan that It‘s only Afghans that can give Afghanistan the things it needs.

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