Senior communications officer:

Mrs. Zubaida Akbar (20150412)

Background:

Save the Children has worked in Afghanistan since 1976. They work closely with society on all levels. Almost all of the staff is Afghan; the organisation cooperates with children, parents, teachers, village councils, religious leaders, ministries and other national and international NGO. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled save the children to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. Save the Children currently implements programs in 15 of 34 Provinces, either directly or through Afghan partner organisations.
Child Protection: Save the Children fights for children’s right to protection. They work closely with local communities, religious leaders, parents, teachers and the government to create and help maintain measures and structures that can prevent and respond to abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence affecting children.

Health: Save the Children works with families, communities and health care workers in homes, health posts, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health, well-being and survival, particularly for children under age 5 and for women of childbearing age. In addition to government healthcare leaders and administrators, they train and support community health workers living in some of the poorest and most remote areas in Afghanistan.

Education: For many children in Afghanistan, being beaten and humiliated is a daily reality. Afghanistan still legally permits teachers to physically punish children. Save the Children works to change that and to provide successful models of violence-free schools that can be used all over the country.