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Posters will make Afghan men start talking about gender
News A new project from SCA will make Afghan boys and men discuss gender issues. Through groups of activists, equipped with a series of posters, even remote villages will be reached. The posters are raising sensitive issues about domestic violence, early marriages, discrimination and women´s right to participate in society.
“I wish we could implement our programmes without any disturbance”
News INTERVIEW | Sonny Månsson appointed Country Director for SCA in Afghanistan.
MyChild Solution Evaluated in Afghanistan
News In 2015 Shifo Foundation (Shifo), Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) and the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in Afghanistan started a joint collaboration to strengthen child health services in Afghanistan under the framework of Every Child Counts — MyChild Solution in Afghanistan Programme. The programme was supported by IKEA Foundation. One of the main objectives of the collaboration was […]
181 children graduate in spite of disabilities
Press release On April 19, 181 children with disabilities graduate from the preparatory education provided to them by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, SCA. The children will now join mainstream, public schools for their continued education. Around 80 of the students attended the graduation ceremony at SCA's office in Mazar-e-Sharif, in the presence of the Swedish ambassador.
Afghanistan is a very difficult country to deliver aid
News Aid effectiveness study is a joint research and advocacy project between Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) and Oxfam to support an effective evidence based advocacy on aid effectiveness in Afghanistan as one of the key commitments between the Afghan government and the international community. The findings of the research study will lead the advocacy efforts […]
Malena Rembe is the new Country Director of Swedish Committee for Afghanistan
Press release Malena Rembe has been appointed Country Director in Afghanistan of the SCA, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. She will be based at the SCA head office in Kabul and lead the operations in fourteen provinces. The SCA is a development organization with 5,100 employees providing health care, education and rural development to the local population.
Home based intervention of the Disability Program Impact Evaluation Study (DPIES)
News An impact evaluation study of the home based intervention of the Disability Programme (DP) of Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) was carried out in collaboration with the George Warren Brown School Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis between January 2013 and June 2016. The study conducted in 13 provinces of Afghanistan where the program […]
How to act on #MeToo
News There are many #MeToo´s in Afghanistan. Time to be responsible, boys and men!
Afghan Refugees gathering money for SCA
News “ I close my eyes, and for a moment I feel back in my own home village – the high mountains, green waving fields, the fresh climate and my heart smiles when it looks at the people of Afghanistan. The fact that I am living in a modern country like Sweden provided with social welfare will not change my perception that my country is centuries behind this one. Here is any convenience one can imagine. To demolish the enormous difference is my vision and of course it cannot be done overnight.” Said Mansour Hofyani.