As part of our winter aid, we are currently providing around 6,000 families with warm clothing, wood stoves and firewood to help them survive the winter.
Over the past 20 years, Help has been committed to giving young people a self-determined future. We are now picking up where we left off and promoting vocational training in the western provinces of Herat, Badghis, Ghor and Farah. In addition to six months of training in manual trades, young women and men receive food aid and psychological support, among other things.
We are also dedicated to protecting children in need: we run two orphanages in Herat, have established emergency services for violence against children and provide psychosocial support for children, adolescents and their caregivers. In addition, we are strengthening health care on the border with Iran: in our health centre, more than 2,000 people are examined every day, in particular to enable the prevention and early detection of communicable diseases.
In the months after the Taliban came to power, our work on the ground focused on emergency relief measures: We distributed food and helped families buy winter clothing and hygiene items. From 1981 to 1997, numerous projects were implemented in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries in the areas of education, health and agriculture. Only during the Taliban rule from 1998 to 2001 did Help not implement any projects in Afghanistan.