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Group of women in Herat at Ansari Vocational Training center, Afghanistan

Learning, earning, healing and giving back

How UNICEF-supported vocational training centers for women and girls are combatting mental health challenges and poverty in western Afghanistan

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Newly rehabilitated ablution blocks with hand-washing facilities for girls, boys and their teachers in Mazar-i-Sharif.

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How clean hands and healthy tummies lead to full attendance

Restoring the rights and dignity of students and teachers through new sanitation and water systems in Afghanistan

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Hamed’s journey: 11 days of uncertainty, fear and regret

One 15-year-old journey's to Iran and back, in search of a better life

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Parwana, one year on

One year ago, she was so severely malnourished, I feared she wouldn’t make it. Today, Parwana skips, giggles and nags her mum to get her to school on time.

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On 20 September 2022, Children look happy and cool in Kaldar district, Mazar. They are in different grades of school. The health clinic in this district provides them with safe and healthy services, which are fully supported by UNICEF, and recently night shift maternity services are being started.

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This new 24-hour clinic is a prescription for good health

In a remote clinic in Afghanistan, nurses on the new night shift provide relief and reassurance for underserved mothers and infants

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Nurse Nooria

Learning, earning, healing and giving back

How clean hands and healthy tummies lead to full attendance

Hamed’s journey: 11 days of uncertainty, fear and regret

Parwana, one year on

This new 24-hour clinic is a prescription for good health

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Nurse Nooria

Learning, earning, healing and giving back

How clean hands and healthy tummies lead to full attendance

Hamed’s journey: 11 days of uncertainty, fear and regret

Parwana, one year on

This new 24-hour clinic is a prescription for good health

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