Our Projects

Empowerment of Women and Adolescent Groups

Location: Laghman and Nuristan Total Beneficiaries: 40,520 Main-activities: This project aimed to establish health centers for women and girls in Laghman and Nuristan Provinces, Providing health-related awareness sessions. Psychosocial support services in targeted districts of each province, life skill training such as tailoring courses for female project participants, maternal and child health issues, prevention of child labor, involving community members and influential people. Establishing Men Boys Networks for promoting health-related awareness sessions in targeted districts of both provinces. Creating a referral pathway network for project participants introducing them to network hospitals for health-related treatments covering the financial expenses of the targeted beneficiaries in both provinces. Goals: Enable women and girls to have access to health services, and enhance the level of knowledge of the most vulnerable communities in Laghman and Nuristan provinces. Key achievements: Over the course of efforts in the Laghman and Nuristan Provinces, through this intervention, AWEC achieved significant milestones in improving healthcare access for women and girls. One of the key accomplishments of this project has been the establishment of Women and girls friendly spaces specifically designed to cater to their needs. These centers became a space where women and girls can comfortably seek medical assistance and receive high-quality care. Besides health-related treatments and targeted people in both provinces received PSS awareness, life skill training as a primary source of income in their provinces. Additionally, the established referral pathway covered a considerable number of women and girls in health-related treatments, involving community members and influential people in promoting health-related awareness sessions.

Humanitarian Emergency Response for Afghanistan (HERA)

Location: Badakshan Total Beneficiaries: 7500 Main Activities: This project aimed to provide cash assistance with hygiene and water kits to vulnerable communities including Hygiene Promotion, Training Development, printing and distribution of Hygienic IEC materials, along with Combining modality of assistance through cash assistance and in-kind support for the construction of latrine and cleaning kit, besides that this project had a component of water by tankers in places where are camp situation or no functional water resources exist, Installation of new emergency bore wells with hand pumps Quick Fixing/rehabilitated/upgraded of Existing water source (Bore Wells, Dug wells, Shallow Wells, etc.) Water quality testing and treatment to targeted communities. Goals: The overall goal of the response was to provide life-saving support to conflict-affected IDPs and their host communities. This intervention addressed the emergency WASH needs of conflict-affected IDP of Badakhshan province. Key achievements: The achievement of this project was the successful provision of comprehensive water and sanitation support to vulnerable communities. including the provision of cash assistance with hygiene and water kits, hygiene promotion, training development, printing and distribution of hygienic IEC materials, as well as combining modality of assistance through cash assistance and in-kind support for the construction of latrine and cleaning kit. Overall, the project was successful in providing a range of water and sanitation interventions to vulnerable communities, which improved access to clean water and sanitation facilities, promoted good hygiene practices, and reduced the risk of water-borne diseases in targeted districts of Badakhshan province.