Help children in Afghanistan

Millions in Afghanistan are struggling to access water and food, let alone basic health care.

Children are experiencing severe malnutrition. With coronavirus, this could be about to get worse.

Day to day life for Afghan children and their families is a battle for survival.

They urgently need our help.

By giving to Childhood Rescue, you can help us reach more children in the world’s most dangerous places, like Afghanistan. Together we can help them survive, recover from trauma and rebuild a future.

Give regularly to Childhood Rescue to help save and protect children in the world’s most dangerous places, wherever the need is greatest.

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What your donation could provide

£28: a new start kit for a refugee child

who is far from home

£56: treatment a malnourished child needs

to get them back to full health

£88: 2 months of food for a family in crisis

to help get back on their feet

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How you can help children in Afghanistan

World Vision has been working in Afghanistan since 2001. We are providing clean water and food and helping families to start earning again.

But to reach the most vulnerable children and empower local women, we need your support.

Help children in Afghanistan today. Support our life-saving work to help children in Afghanistan as well as other of the world's most dangerous places.

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I am happy that I’m going to school. I don’t want to be married off like my sisters. I want to be a teacher.

Rahila

11 year old girl from Afghanistan

Empowering girls

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What hope looks like in Afghanistan

Young homeless girl in Afghanistan holds up blanket and smiles

Warmth

World Vision created the first centre for Afghanistan's homeless children, providing psychosocial, educational and health services.

The centre aims to target the root causes of child homelessness and neglect, while raising awareness of child rights and helping children to attend school.

5 smiling boys stand at a water tank in Afghanistan

Food and water

We are working to improve access to drinking water for communities in parts of the country affected by the drought, constructing solar-powered water networks.

Many children are underweight and malnourished. So we are teaching mothers how to earn and how to cook nutritious meals for their children so they can grow and thrive.

Two women in Afghanistan sit as a medical professional examines another

Health care

The infant mortality rate in Afghanistan is the highest in the world. World Vision has trained hundreds of midwives to care for pregnant women and their babies.

Right now, we're providing soap and water to fight against coronavirus and leading educational projects to teach families how to keep safe from this invisible danger.

Young girl in Afghanistan wearing school backpack smiles holding a teddy

Education

We work within communities to encourage education, particularly the education of girls. We make education more appealing by providing children and school staff a small monthly food ration for good attendance.

We campaign to end child marriage in Afghanistan and educate communities on the importance of girls' education.

Young girl in Afghanistan wearing headscarf smiles as she stands in an alleyway

Empowerment

During crises, families look for extra money by marrying off their daughters. We help support families so this doesn't happen.

We have created women's literacy programmes in Afghanistan so more women can be educated and empowered. We also help women to earn their own money, funding vegetable, fruit and nut trees, beehives and beyond.