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Afghanistan

For over 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.

Child Rights Training
Project
Our child rights training started in the year 2000 in Koti Sangi Community in Kabul. This is a particularly deprived area of the city where Children in Crisis supported a programme for street and working children from 2004-2008. Through this programme a strong relationship was established with the community members and experience and assessment in the area demonstrated a need for increasing... Read more
Community Based Education
Project
Following the fall of the Taliban, enrolment into schools in Kabul rose dramatically. Faced with such huge numbers of children trying to access an education, state schools have seen no other option but to refuse any children over the age of nine from enrolling in first grade. This leaves thousands of children without the start to an education that was denied them simply because they were born... Read more
Social Worker Training
Project
Staff working in the social care sector in Afghanistan are often unqualified and receive minimal support despite having to deal with extremely difficult situations involving children. Not having received any formal training, they often lack the skills or experience necessary to be able to support vulnerable children and their families. What We Have Achieved Children in Crisis has been working... Read more
Children in Crisis - International Women's Day
International Women's Day - Afghanistan
Case Study
  Bethan Williams, Programmes Officer for Children in Crisis pays tribute to the women working to ensure that Afghanistan's boys and girls receive an education: A Tribute to Our Staff in Afghanistan "As we plan our celebrations for international women’s day, it’s important to remember those women who make Children in Crisis the organisation it is. In... Read more
Zarghun's Great Ambition
Zarghun's Great Ambition
Case Study
Our Community Based Education Centres (CBECs) provide hundreds of children every year with a life-line into education. Afghanistan has huge numbers of children who are unable to even start primary school, whether because of their work commitments, or the legislation brought in preventing children over the age of nine from enrolling at grade one. Children in Crisis is working to help these... Read more
Afghanistan - TImor's Story
Timor's Story
Case Study
My name is Timor. I have been working at Children in Crisis in Afghanistan for 12 years. My father and I both joined Children in Crisis when the charity first started working in Kabul, Afghanistan. "My contribution to Children in Crisis’ project really helped the plight of girls and women in Kabul. It may sound like an easy job but this was, in fact one of the most dangerous at the... Read more