Project Name:    Vocational Training for Extremely Vulnerable Returnees(VTEVR)  
Location:     Paktika, Paktya and Khost provinces       
Duration:        Six months
Start Date:      June 2007
End Date:      December 2007
Beneficiaries:     140 women
Funded by:       UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
Project goal:
•    To create and strengthen services for extremely vulnerable returnees
Project objectives:
•    To improve the economic conditions of the beneficiaries and the families
•    To improve the health condition of the beneficiaries, their families and wider community
•    To strengthen the social fabric and relationships in the families of the beneficiaries and the wider community

Major Activities:
The project was designed to help the most vulnerable women returning to Afghanistan hoping for suitable living conditions .it took place  in the  Motta Kan, Zormat, Rabat, Sayed Karam and Jaji districts of Paktya.
To help 140  women retunee to improve their economic situation.they were given sewing and embroidery training and tool kits. After the initial stage, the project was extended to Paktika and livestock farming was added to the vocational trainings. The second phase of the project was implemented in Khost province.

Additionally to the mentioned activities AWEC introduced health trainings in the Said Karam and Mirzaka districts of Paktya and organized peace workshops and human rights trainings for