Project Name:    Early Childhood Development (ECD)   
Location:     Kabul Province   
Duration:       One year 
Start Date:      September 2007
End Date:      August 2008
Beneficiaries:     1500 children
Funded by:       Save the Children,US

Project goal:
To prepare pre- school children for begining primary schools

Project objectives:
To familiarize children  3 to 6 years old with different games and alphabet
To develop an association of teachers and parents in order to improve quality of delivering education.

Major Activities:
This project started on November 2007 with meetings and orientation sessions with community shuras and local authorities to inform and encourage parents to let their children  join children's groups. AWEC staff also had separate meetings with parents to discuss Early Child development (ECD) and to increase attention to the health and future of their children.
120 female volunteers were running 60 playgroups using cassette players and  books to stimulate moral and educational development of the children.
Weekly supervision done by AWEC’s facilitators insured that parents support the project and prepared the childern to enroll in primary school. In addition, facilitators visited schools and teachers to inform them about children groups and introduced children of the appropriate age to nearest schools. As a result of their involvement, children from play groups have learned to play and become more confident than before.