Pulcherkhi is a large Afghan village that is primarily inhibited by Pashto peoples. It is one of the most culturally strict areas in Kabul. A member of a Self Help Group (SHG) living in this area tells the story of her family's tradition for marriage and what occurred to change…
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Afghanistan Self Help Group Approach - Kabul
Afghanistan Self Help Group Approach - Kabul
Self Help Group Kabul
A young girl's future changes |
Monday, 20 February 2012 10:59 Written by Op Mercy Afghanistan |
Self Help Groups are improving the lives of Afghan women and their families.
Bibi Gul is a member of new Self Help Group that began in 2010. She lives in a very remote community in Pulcherkhi, with 4 children. According to her, "Life is not easy for me and my family and I have to work hard." Bibi Gul and her family returned…
My name is Sadia. I have 7 children: 3 sons and 4 daughters. I was raised in Laghman province and experienced very difficult living conditions because we were poor. There was war in the area. The war even drove us to spending a few nights in the mountain caves to…
Rahima, a mother of 3 girls, joined a Self Help Group called Etehat (Unity) at Demazang, Kabul, 4 years ago. She took successive loans from the group to expand the family business of running a small bakery. She slowly took over the responsibility of the bakery from her husband as…
A Self Help Group of young Pashtoon ladies 18- 25 years of age meet together in a village, along the road to Jalalabad. They have not been allowed to go to school and or even walk outside their homes. The SHG facilitators read to them from SAFARI books and ask…
Self Help Group Kabul
Working in Kabul, The Self Help Group (SHG) project empowers women to help raise their family’s standard of living, through basic health awareness, business training, human rights, education and literacy, which in turn allows women to positively influence society.
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