UNICEF Afghanistan

6 year old Sakina (on right) walks to the UNICEF-supported Accelerated Learning Centre in Surkhqul Payeen village in Bamiyan Province, central Afghanistan.  The Centre is for children who have missed significant amounts of schooling and enables them to catch up with their peers.  In total, 13 teenage girls attend the Centre in Surkhqul Payeen.

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UNICEF programmes in Afghanistan

On 23rd October 2022, nurse Nasiba listens to the heart of 6 month old Zabiullah, who weighs just 4kg, in the malnutrition ward at the UNICEF-supported provincial hospital in Nili, Daikundi Province, central Afghanistan.
Health
On 2 February 2022 in Afghanistan, a girl learns to read in front of a blackboard at a community-based education (CBE) center in Shurandam village, Kandahar city.
Education
On 2 February 2022 in Afghanistan, a child eats a Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) before a malnutrition screening at Mirwais Regional Hospital a UNICEF-supported health facility.
Nutrition
An Afghan woman receives cash assistance as part a UNICEF-provided humanitarian cash assistance programme in Badghis Province, western Afghanistan.
Humanitarian Cash Transfers
On 16th June 2022, Fazel embraces - and is reunited with - his 14 year old son, Hidayat*, at the UNICEF and EU-supported Gazargah Transit Centre in Herat, Afghanistan.
Child protection
On 2 February 2022 in Afghanistan, a boy sits in front of a community-based education (CBE) center in Shurandam village, Kandahar city.
Social protection
On 13th June 2022, a student washes her hands and face at the UNICEF-supported Fatah Girls School in Herat, Afghanistan.
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Bahareh, a volunteer vaccinator in Herat Province, vaccinates a child against polio outside her home. Just two drops of the oral polio vaccine, provided over four doses, can immunize a child against polio for life.
Polio eradication
On 2nd October 2022, 19 year old Arifa works at her tailoring cooperative she helped establish with UNICEF support and EU funding in Shish village in Daikundi Province, central Afghanistan.
Gender and Adolescents
On 2nd October 2022, Somaya, a UNICEF-supported Community Health Worker, educates mothers about the importance of good nutrition in Kitijik, Daikundi Province in central Afghanistan.
Social and behaviour change
On 18th July 2022, a survivor of June’s devastating earthquake holds soap given to him at a UNICEF-supported distribution site in Barmal District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan.