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Afghanistan

For the past thirty years, Afghanistan has been in a situation of chronic instability and conflict. The number of Afghans who have known their country at peace is far exceeded by those who have known it only at war.

It is estimated that only 60% of school-aged children are enrolled in school. Children are forced to support their families by working long hours and are often subject to exploitation and abuse. Conflict as well as the effects of drought have caused widespread displacement and an estimated 400 people are still being displaced every day.

In Afghanistan, Children in Crisis has worked for the past fourteen years to ensure that children are both educated and protected. Throughout 2011 we have been active in seven provinces across the Central Region of Afghanistan.

Community Based Education - Afghanistan
Project
In the space of 3 years, Children in Crisis will deliver a full primary school education to 300 out of school children in some of Kabul’s poorest districts. These children will be taught in our community based education centres (CBECs), from where we also offer homework support classes to children already attending school as well as vocational and literacy training to women. Why Community... Read more
Social Worker Training
Project
Children in Crisis is working across 6 provinces of Afghanistan to provide a system of trained social workers, legal professionals and police officers who will represent and protect some of the country’s most vulnerable children.   Why social worker training? 30 years of conflict have destroyed the traditional barriers which protected children and kept them within the family... Read more
Child Rights Training
Project
Children in Crisis' child rights programme works to ensure that children in Afghanistan are protected from harm and physical abuse. Why Child Rights Training? Children suffering violence The use of violence to discipline children in Afghanistan is all too common. A recent survey found that adults frequently resort to violence to punish their children. Within schools a survey found that 60% of... Read more
Recent Attacks in Afghanistan - Update
News
You may have now heard about the attacks that took place across Afghanistan on 15th April 2012. Thank you for any concern expressed for our staff and friends in Kabul. Here we give you an update on the current situation. All staff and pupils are safe It should be noted that, at the time of writing, reports of the incidents are still unclear but based on the information we have received from the... Read more
Kabul, Community, Engaged
News
“Ask me now about our work in Afghanistan and count how many times I mention the word community” Joe Spikes, Fundraising Officer for Children in Crisis recalls a visit to Kabul: In late October 2011 I enjoyed what can only be called the privilege of being able to visit Afghanistan, our sister office and our educational programmes within some of Kabul’s many districts. I visited... Read more
A view of Kabul
Recent Attacks In Kabul
News
Many of you will have heard of the attacks that took place in Afghanistan on the 6th December. By way of reassurance to you all with regards the safety of our staff team in Afghanistan, please see briefing below from Bethan Williams, our Programme Manager for Afghanistan: Twin attacks occurred in both Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif at around midday or 7.30 GMT on 6th December and were caused by suicide... Read more
Three boys from Afghanistan
Project in the Pipeline - Afghan Orphanages
News
An alarming social practice has become common in Afghanistan: parents placing their children into orphanages, often in very distant provinces. In many cases, parents do so with the view that their children will be better able to access education. In other instances, families who are unable or are unwilling to care for their children are using orphanages as a coping mechanism instead of the... Read more
International Day for Street Children
News
As Children in Crisis celebrated the first International Day for Street Children on April the 12th, Bethan Williams Programmes Officer for Afghanistan wrote from Kabul. Bethan was visiting and assessing our projects in Afghanistan, including our Community Based Education Centres which are offering street-working children a route into education..... As the International Day for Street Children is... Read more
Bethan writes from Afghanistan
Bethan writes from Afghanistan
News
In December 2010, Bethan Williams, Afghanistan Programmes Manager for Children in Crisis visited our programmes in and around Kabul. In particular Bethan spent her time assessing the progress that our Child Rights project has been making, and meeting the children, women, teachers and policemen whose lives are being changed by this training. Read Bethan's account below. (Photo above: Policemen... Read more
Children in Crisis featured on the BBC
Children in Crisis featured on the BBC
News
On Monday the 29th of November, footage of Children in Crisis' Community Based Education Centres (CBECs) was featured in a BBC report. The report focuses on the every day lives of children in Kabul, drawing attention to the plight of children who must work to put food on the table, missing out on the chance of a primary school education. There are interviews with boys whose only respite from... Read more
Uzra, a chance to shine
Case Study
Uzra. A girl with calm and assured presence way beyond her 10 years. She doesn’t shy away from eye contact during our interview. She tells us how it was and how it is for her, now that she has been given her chance to shine. In the past Uzra’s family fled Afghanistan and the Taliban regime to live, as many Afghans were forced to, in Pakistan. As a refugee, Uzra was not able to start... Read more