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 into conflict.

What we have Achieved

We run Community Based Education Centres in five vulnerable communities on the outskirts of Kabul City benefitting almost 300 children. The centres are all located in areas particularly badly impacted by the ongoing wars in Afghanistan where many homes and public buildings have been destroyed and existing community structures torn apart.

The Children in Crisis education centres provide not only classes for overage and out of school children to accelerate their progress into government school but also work with families and communities to build self-sufficiency and foster positive attitudes towards the education of children, particularly girls.

The project has also worked with over 230 women to establish small-scale savings groups. These groups allow women not only to save and take loans to develop small-scale businesses but also provide their first and often their only opportunity to meet with and socialise with women outside the home.

225 Children graduated from the education centres and were integrated into government schools in March 2011

Our Work Continues

In 2012 we are running five Community Based Education Centres. 

2012's intake of 300 CBEC pupils will have a different experience to those in the past. We will now provide our CBEC pupils with three years of accelerated learning (rather that one year), following which the graduates will be able to enter the state secondary school system.

With a three year period of accelerated learning we will not only be providing our students with a full primary education. We will also be able to form stronger bonds with the communities & parents alike, ensuring that our work advocating children's, women's and girls' education is as effective as possible.