Nangarhar alone had 28,000 hectaresa 44 percent increase in area from 2003, and more than 70 percent of the households were involved in the illicit poppy economy, double the national average. Unicef afghanistan strengthened its humanitarian response to address increasing population movement tied to conflict and intercountry relocation, as well as natural disasters. Unicef has been working in afghanistan continuously since 1949. It was initially formed in 1946 to provide aid to children in post. After the united states launched a military campaign last year, the united nations education agency, unicef, began preparing to reopen afghanistan s schools, using new books. In this role, unicef supports countries in generating, analyzing and using data for these indicators for all their citizens. Akhil iyer took over the leadership of unicef afghanistan s country office last december, just a few weeks before two unicef employees were killed in kabul.
Oda loan project data search the jica database for japanese oda loan projects. Grandmothers, though, are well respected in rural afghan society so the project ran over 40 grandmothers clubs. Best nonfiction war books, around the world one book from each country, best iraq and afghanistan war books, best books on special forces m. Jun 03, 2018 the afghanistan living conditions survey 20162017 was released in may 2018 after the outofschool children. Unicef afghanistan unicef has been working in afghanistan continuously since 1949.
Unicef afghanistan proposal for emergency assistance to. The interaction between undernutrition and infection can create a potentially lethal cycle of worsening illness and deteriorating nutritional status. First supplies distributed to kabul schools unicef. Since its inception in 1995, the multiple indicator cluster surveys, known as mics, has become the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on women and children worldwide.
Children and the sustainable development goals unicef data. Project results and lessons will be expanded at national level during the lifetime of the project and developed strategies will be beneficial for sustainability in the long run. Afghanistan, a video shown at the 2009 annual session of the executive board. Malnutrition is a major public health problem in afghanistan and a significant contributing factor of maternal and child mortality. Jun 06, 2018 in 2017, unicef, along with the ministry of education of afghanistan and partners, reached more than 3. These projects were implemented prior to january 2020, but are listed here to ensure accounting reconciliation. Round out the year with unicef canadas top 5 success stories from 2019. There are 0 operationally completed projects in afghanistan. A girl playing violin during celebration if international day of the girl in kabul. Unicef quran the islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of god as dictated to muhammad by the archangel gabriel and written down in arabic. These resources will allow unicef to provide lifesaving and urgent education, nutrition, health and child protection services in the most vulnerable and hardtoreach.
Project list fao in afghanistan food and agriculture. Recently, vidhya ganesh, unicef afghanistan s deputy representative, visited unicef headquarters in new york. Ethiopia, 1991 14yearold woineshet answers a question in her grade5 class in the village school in melka oba, along the banks of the awash river. The 7 best books on afghanistan pratiek sparsh samantara surveys some of the best contemporary literary fiction and nonfiction to come out of afghanistan, from both afghan and international authors, and looks at how these books interpret the culture, society and history of this unsettled landscape. Compassion books a website that includes numerous resources for children and adults on the topics of illness, death, grief and a variety of losses, including divorce, violence, trauma and suicide. Nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 are attributable to undernutrition.
Education in emergencies working group humanitarianresponse. Support for economic and social development, especially for rural development. Jennifer lee spoke with her about unicefs work in afghanistan, which emphasizes polio eradication, child survival, and giving girls equal access to education. Operational results of technical cooperation, oda loan and grant aid pdf64. Unicef is the worlds leading organisation for children, promoting the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. There is a need for more books, supplies and investment in teacher training. Unicef is committed to doing all it can to achieve the sustainable development goals sdgs, in partnership with governments, civil society, business, academia and the united nations family and especially children and young people. Deputy chief of party afghanistan, kabul, afghanistan. Humanitarian assistance in 2017, the number of afghans who returned to their country was lower than in 2016, especially. Afghan children read acr pdf 258k overview usaid works with the ministry of education moe to improve educational attainment of students in afghanistan, and to provide educational services that generate measureable learning outcomes. Core funding for the centre is provided by the government of italy and unicef. According to a report newly released by the government of afghanistan and unicef, 3. Caryl engaged the nw community about unicef s work and her book, i believe in zero. As one of the longestserving international organizations in the country, we implement one of unicef s largest country programmes worldwide, working tirelessly to promote the rights of children and women and to bring basic services education, health, nutrition, protection, water and sanitation to those who are most in need.
Pashtunwali an informal, oral system of tribal values governing individual and communal. Intend eprocurement solutions delivering etendering, contracts management, tender notification service and eauction tools to the public sector. Unicef afghanistan promotes the rights of children and women throughout afghanistan and. Today, education is emerging in afghanistan as a powerful tool for rebuilding the.
The afghanistan cso projects yearly population figures. To help us cover these costs, and maximize your gift to unicef usa, we provide you with the option to cover these fees. Ministry of education, islamic republic of afghanistan, and united nations childrens fund unicef 2018 cover photo. Building a better future for girls in afghanistan unicef. A girl receiving her last vaccine in a hospital in kabul. Women may not be able to choose whether to have checkups while they are pregnant or where to give birth. Making furniture for schools in kabul, a care project. Help save childrens lives unicef usa support unicefs.
Quality and coverage of wash in schools programming. An introduction to jica efforts and projects in afghanistan. As one of the longestserving international organizations in the country, we implement one of unicefs largest country programmes worldwide, working tirelessly to promote the rights of children and women and to bring basic services education, health, nutrition, protection, water and sanitation to those who are most in need. Childrens books about afghanistan score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Learn how unicef works to protect the rights of every child in afghanistan. Director of compliance and operations afghanistan, kabul, afghanistan. The programme assistant will provide a range of procedural, administrative. Global initiative on outofschool children afghanistan.
Femaleheaded households hit hard by covid19 in afghanistan. A young girl attends a communitybased school under a tent in a returnee. Afghanistan the human capital index hci database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the human capital index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. In 2018, 116 million children were immunized against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis.
The centre collaborates with its host institution in florence, the istituto degli innocenti, in selected areas of work. In 2017, unicef, along with the ministry of education of afghanistan and partners, reached more than 3. Unicef provides children and families access to safe water and sanitation while promoting safe hygiene in over 100 countries. Unicef humanitarian action for children afghanistan. I have kept my school bag and books in a safe place. Unicef is an agency of the united nations focused on protecting the welfare and rights of children and women around the world. International consultant gender impact assessment and curriculum specialist with undp egema project, kabul, afghanistan undp united nations development programme updated. Strengthening of official controls over harmful substance residues in animal, food and feed in islamic republic of afghanistan, republic of tajikistan, the islamic republic of pakistan and the kyrgyz republic on state and crossborder level.
Child rights governance afghanistan save the children. Five countries afghanistan, bangladesh, liberia, madagascar and nepal are targeting the most vulnerable children by sharpening the equity focus in both programming and monitoring of results. Humanitarian assistance in 2017, the number of afghans who returned to. Help us make an impact in the lives of children caught in humanitarian crises. Children are especially vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and trafficking during emergencies and armed conflicts. Unicef is helping children get back to learning in afghanistan, where an estimated 3.
The index measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18, given the risks of poor health and poor. Last year, unicef s efforts provided nearly 14 million people with clean water and over 11 million with basic toilets. Within this area, even though unicef afghanistan has an outpost in faizabad and suboffices in mazar, herat and kandahar, the access to some provinces and districts is extremely difficult. Projects afghanistan countries lithuanian development. The government of afghanistan, unicef, japanese emergency ngo jen and oxfam are key partners for wash in schools. Were working with the ministry of education to make sure all women and girls, no matter their age or marital status, can access education. But when water is unsafe and sanitation nonexistent, water can kill. Government, the united nations childrens fund unicef, and the ministry of public health moph aim to reduce malnutrition in children between the ages of six and 59 months and decrease the prevalence of malnutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding women. Afghanistan, 1961 in 1961 in afghanistan, the first women medical students in afghanistan history attend mixed classes at kabul university. Little books for little hands a website including information about several early literacy projects coordinated by the project for the study of alternative education in south africa praesas early literacy unit.
Unicef distributes hygiene kits to returnees and internally displaced families in the village of kamalpoor, laghman province, eastern afghanistan. In countries as diverse as costa rica, mali and qatar, trained fieldwork teams conduct facetoface interviews with household members on. The chief of communication is accountable for developing and managing an advocacy and communication strategy with the objective of promoting awareness, understanding, support and respect for childrens and womens rights, and support for unicef s mission, priorities and programmes in afghanistan. Children remain one of the groups most vulnerable to poverty, negative attitudes and political instability especially in the remote areas of afghanistan. Childrens books about afghanistan score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Since 2002, unicef has supported the development of resource materials to promote hygiene education, and piloted the materials in target schools.
Official education records keep children on the books for three years. The kits contain essential supplies like soap, detergent, towels, sanitary pads, and a plastic bucket to collect water, and other item to ensure hygiene and dignity for families in emergency situations. Strengthening the collection and use of data about persons with disabilities in humanitarian situations book publications. Iyer says that was by far the most difficult experience of his long career at unicef, and lack of security remains a significant challenge for unicef s work in the region. Unicef innovations projects such as ureport are helping us better understand and respond to emergency situations. During this period, mina attended a secret home school, hiding her books in a. In afghanistan, men often make most of the familys decisions.
Getting girls back to school in afghanistan forbes. Unicef s water, sanitation and hygiene wash team works in over 100 countries worldwide to improve water and sanitation services, as well as basic hygiene practices. Building a better future for girls in afghanistan the hong. Unicef is the custodian or cocustodian for 17 sdg indicators unicef is responsible for 7 global sdg sustainable development goals indicators and cocustodian for a further 10. According to statistics provided by the ministry of education, 80% of the countrys 165,000 teachers have the equivalent of a highschool education or did not complete their postsecondary studies. The first student and classroom materials for kabul. Education is a fundamental human right for all people and is particularly critical for children and youth affected by conflict and disasters. During times of crisis, unicef works to care for children who have been separated from their families, to create protective childfriendly spaces and to offer medical treatment and counseling. Fund for unicef dba unicef usa is exempt from tax under section 501c3 of the internal revenue code and qualifies for the maximum charitable contribution deduction by donors. Scores of children among casualties in kabul attack today unicef. The tremendous achievement of increasing enrolment rates from under 1 million pupils in 2001 to over 6 million this year has been possible due to strong partnership between the government of afghanistan and its national and international partners, including the japanese government and unicef, she added. The projects will be carried out mainly in the ghazni and herat regions of afghanistan. Japanese government partners with unicef for thousand classroom project in afghanistan unicef 2009walther sonia, is enrolled in seventh grade at soraya girls high school in kabul, afghanistan. Ministry of culture and youth mcy, undp, unicef, united nations population fund unfpa, unv, global forum, municipality of kabul, youth and children development project ycdp, aiesec international association of students in economics and commerce afghanistan, foundation for culture and civil society fccs, the afghan girls.
Ungei afghanistan japanese government partners with. Grant aid to unicef for the project for infectious diseases prevention for children in afghanistan. Afghanistan has one of the youngest populations in the world, making quality education particularly critical for the rapidly growing numbers of schoolaged boys and girls. Technical cooperation projects bringing you an overview of technical cooperation projects and project news from the field. The afghan institute of learning ail purchases and publishes books for libraries for the 28,000 students 19,000 female in ail learning centers and the schools that it supports and supplies books to a public library in herat. Unicef is committed to vaccinating every child, everywhere. Unicef works in more than 190 countries and territories to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere. The ministry, along with the united nations childrens fund unicef, have now created a set of guidelines to help the teachers talk about menstruation with students boys and girls alike. With the objective of contributing to the implementation of the project for infectious disease prevention for children in afghanistan, the government of japan decided to provide 540 million yen in grant aid to unicef and on december 18, 2003, an exchange of notes took place in. The programme assistant will support the western zonal office through.
Unicef afghanistan promotes the rights of children and women throughout afghanistan and works to bring basic services to those who are most in need. One supported project, read to live, began in 1999 after torrential rains and mudslides killed an estimated 30,000 people in venezuela. Developed the first draft of the egr policy, which outlined major policies that could be adopted to support egr in afghanistan around curriculum development, teaching, reading, writing, language of instruction, time on task for reading, and reading assessment and evaluation. William dalrymples top 10 books on afghanistan books the. The situation is even worse for girls, where 60 percent of the outofschool population are girls. Almost giving up hope for the survival of their child, a mother in afghanistan goes the extra mile seeking treatment for her severely acutely malnourished c. Only 32% of afghan teachers meet the minimum requirement for a fully qualified teacher. In the first phase of the program, which started last may, they trained 34 master teachers, one for each province of afghanistan, who will conduct. In 2004, the eastern provinces of afghanistan cultivated approximately onethird of afghanistans opium poppy. Mar 27, 20 william dalrymples top 10 books on afghanistan. One such project is stories across africa, where books were produced in local african languages and with local illustrations. Most returnees settle in either kabul or jalalabad, putting additional.
As more afghans attend school and seek skilled employment, there is a growing demand for textbooks, learning spaces, trained teachers, and innovative approaches that prepare young afghans to join the workforce. United nations girls education initiative afghanistan. Mar 22, 2003 unicef has selected afghanistan as one of 25 countries where renewed efforts are to be made in 2003 to increase girls enrolment, with the aim of achieving significant increases in the number of. Most of our students cannot access public schools because they are widows, returned refugees, mothers, or former child brides. The long continuation of civil strife in afghanistan caused the disintegration of the state administration and destruction of the socioeconomic pillars of basic ruralurban services and severely reduced the capacity of the afghan communities to meet their. More than 7 million afghans have no access to reading books in school and are learning to read from textbooks only. Additional financial support for specific projects is. Infant and childhood vaccinations save an estimated 3 million young lives every year. Protect children from freezing temperatures with the gift of warm winter clothes.