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Bringing Hope. Changing Lives.
Our VISION is to bring hope and change the lives
of the world's most poor, sick and suffering.
Bringing Hope. Changing Lives.
Our MISSION is to bring hope and change
the lives of most poor, sick, and suffering
through sustainable, high-impact, community
based programs.
Bringing Hope. Changing Lives.
Afghanistan
Terrain
Land Locked Country
Size
251,825 square miles
(Slightly smaller than
Texas)
Age Expectancy
50 years
Population
31 million
GDP
$1,100
Occupation
80% of population
agriculture-dependent
Literacy Rate
28%
Infant Mortality
122/1000
Maternal Mortality
14/1000
Unemployment
35%
Vocational Skill
Only 6% of students are enrolled
in vocational skills after 12th
Grade Education Infrastructure
Only 50% of schools have
buildings
•Unemployment is a major issue facing the
young people in Afghanistan.
•Reduced US support has made the
situation more bleak.
•More than 823,000 young Afghans are
unemployed and around 400,000 added
to this number every year.
Current Situation
HOPE NOW
Established a HOPE Community
Centre on the outskirts of Kabul,
offering employable skills such as
Computer and communication
English.
HOPE COMMUNITY CENTRE
More than 90 students have
graduated from the community
centre in the last 16 months, who
now have better scope for
employment and a hope of
betterfuture.
Bringing Hope. Changing Lives.
Currently training over 122 young
Afghans from low income
backgrounds. The students and the
local community are very grateful for
the opportunities created by the centre.
Bringing Hope. Changing Lives.
HOPE worldwide has special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
We are in the 13th year of operation.
Started with one small clinic and four
staff in 2001.
Grew to 150 staff working to help
millions of poor Afghans through
health, education, irrigation and
vocational programs.
HOPE worldwide in Afghanistan
•Healthcare training in various hospitals in
Kabul and Kandahar
•Baseline surveys on HIV/AIDS
knowledge among 9-12th grades in Hirat,
Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad and Kabul
•OB-GYN survey nationwide and Training
in Kabul and Logar Provinces
• Research program funded by GAVI-
MoPH in Badakshan, Faryab, Kapisa and
Wardak
Healthcare
Asian Development Bank funded various
Vocational & Computer training programs in
Wardak, Ghazni, Paktya, Kabul & Kandahar
along the road from Kandahar City to Spin
Boldak
Education & Vocational Training
Construction of Hospitals:
• Karte-Seh Hospital Kabul.
• Emergency dept. at Malalai
Maternity Hospital.
Health Centre:
• Kapisa Provinces
Schools:
• Kabul & Wardak Provinces
Health Centers & Schools in
Kandahar
Construction & Rehabilitation
•Facilitating partner for Asian
Development Bank in the
implementation of JFPR-9039
Rural Recovery
•74 projects were completed
through Community-Based
Irrigation Rehabilitation in Jowzjan,
Faryab and Sar-e-Pul Provinces
Community Based Irrigation
One by One program
Delivered 22 cargo containers of food
and clothes to the poor during the winter
months .
Hospital feeding program
Provided heaters and fuel during the
winter months to 12 hospitals in Central
Afghanistan.
Disaster Preparedness & Relief
HOPE worldwide has special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
www.hopeww.org
A river is made drop by drop.- Afghan Proverb
Country Office: Dane Bagh, Opposite to New Parliament Building, Kabul, Afghanistan.
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HOPE worldwide has special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
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