War Child Canada (Afghanistan)

Led by War Child UK, we have been directly supporting children in Afghanistan since 2002. Nearly 20 years later, our work has never been more important. Despite the deeply challenging circumstances, we are still on the ground, working around the clock to keep children and their families safe.

We started our work in the city of Herat, in the western region; implementing food security and livelihoods projects with internally displace families who had come from other provinces. In 2007, we expanded to the eastern and central region including Kabul, to cover three areas: protection, education and livelihoods - as well as broader issues like advocacy and gender discrimination.

The focus of our Afghanistan programme is to help find and protect unaccompanied minors, children working on the streets or young people in conflict with the law. We provide counselling and educational support and speak up strongly for children’s rights.

In 2017 we also participated in an international Joint Response as part of the Dutch Relief Alliance. This programme sees participating organisations implement relief programmes to assist Internally Displaced Persons and other communities affected by the conflict.