About us
Ana Care and Education, a 501c(3), was established in 2017 by Sureyya Kashgary, who was involved in previous community establishments of the Uyghur school, and her daughter Irade Kashgary, whose knowledge of Uyghur language, history, and culture was a culmination of family and community working together to teach and inspire.
Preserving and advancing Uyghur language and arts have always been a priority for the Uyghurs in the diaspora. Since 1998, Uyghurs in Northern Virginia have gathered voluntarily to teach younger generations the language. The Uyghur community came together to create a weekly language school a few times until Ana Care and Education was officially established to formalize the Uyghur School in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
While the Uyghur language has been under threat for decades in the Uyghur homeland, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) current cultural genocide against Uyghurs underscores the critical role of the diaspora in preserving and advancing Uyghur language and arts.
We hope that with various opportunities to connect and use the Uyghur language, and through the power of community, we can create a generational impact to preserve the Uyghur language and identity.
Due to the sensitivity of our current situation, we have decided not to share names/information of our amazing teachers, volunteers, parents and students that make it possible for the Uyghur School to run, but we do want to recognize all their hard work and efforts.
Ana Care and Education cannot be run without the many people supporting it from our team to the committed parents and students, and we appreciate them greatly.
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