Mazar Regional Management Office
Children of Shiram wish to have a school
Mazar Regional Management Office When we talk about school, you may imagine a nice building with a green view, a big yard with big classrooms, but some wish to have only a school with Boundary walls and a black board. Shiram village in Keshendi district of Balkh province in one of the rural areas which is located far from […]
Nasima encourages girls to be active in the village
Mazar Regional Management Office 18 years old Nasima convinced the villagers in Chel Mard area of Jawzjan to have their own shura (council). Now Nasima is an elected member of the shura, working to improve the life of the villagers. When SCA’s social organiser went door to door in the village of Chel Mard near Sheberghan they discovered that the […]
Sewing her way out of poverty
Mazar Regional Management Office Five months ago, we visited 23-year-old Nasira Haqjou to see how her tailor business was going. She then lived in an old house that was all bent and without electricity. A lot has changed since then! When we now visit Nasira it is in her new colourful house where new carpets cover the floor and […]
He cannot talk like others but still gains knowledge alongside his classmates
Mazar Regional Management Office “Once upon a day a man was sleeping under a tree when suddenly something fell over his head and made him awaken, he then rubbed his head and looked around noticing it was a walnut fallen from the tree and said, thank god it was a walnut, not a pumpkin, otherwise I would have been […]
The children at Karnel Sai village are no longer obliged to quit school for porting water
Mazar Regional Management Office Though SCA has been operating in Afghanistan in different areas for 35 years in order to improve the lives of Afghans who mainly live in the rural areas, still people at the village level face various difficulties. Among others, lack of access to clean drinking water is the major problem. It’s worth mentioning that lack of access to safe drinking water in some of the highlands in Afghanistan has made the lives of the people difficult.
Leeda’s journey; from disability to a makeup artist and computer science student.
Mazar Regional Management Office “I left school when I was studying in fourth class because walking was very difficult for me. I never thought about playing with children or going to other places, it was enough if I could go to school,” says Leeda
A female shopkeeper in Sholgara
Mazar Regional Management Office The kids of Oglan village never forget Zarmina’s shop in the early mornings. Their fathers put their coats under their pillows at night to safe their money. Although, luck of civilization and traditional life style creates huge problems for women and girls in Afghanistan, especially in villages and remote areas, but yet, these hard-working women […]
Deaf but goes to a regular school. Tamana got the chance – and took it
Mazar Regional Management Office The real life has started for Tamana, 13 years. Last time I met her was in January. She was about to leave the SCA school for children with disabilities in Mazar-e-Sharif, to be transferred to an ordinary school.
Menstruation – a taboo subject and a barrier for girls’ education
Mazar Regional Management Office If girls in Afghanistan at all talk about menstruation, then they whisper so no one can hear. But now SCA will support 7 000 schoolgirls to learn how to manage their menstruation. In addition, they will have access to hygienic toilets in schools.