Further aid is need so world leaders don't
forget women and children of Afghanistan
Relief aid for Afghanistan war victims
The following are the recipients of the second round of humanitarian relief grants distributed by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.
Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan
Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA) aims to enhance the well-being of Afghan women and children, and to empower and encourage women's participation in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan. HAWCA provides education and medical assistance to women and children. The organization also provides income-generation projects for widows in order that they find an honorable and stable source of income.
UUSC funds were used for direct emergency relief for 480 families who have no access to aid in the remote Bamyan province in Afghanistan. Because of the difficult conditions that the people in the Bamyan province are undergoing, their distance and isolation from aid relief in Kabul, UUSC will support HAWCA in their continued relief efforts in this remote province of Afghanistan.
Afghan Women's Welfare Department
Afghan Women's Welfare Department (AWWD) works to improve Afghan women's social status, education and health conditions. AWWD works in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan to respond to Afghan refugee women's human rights needs such as protection, education and health. AWWD also provides vocational training and income generating programs for Afghan women residing in rural areas around the city of Peshawar.
In the past, UUSC supported AWWD's project for public health and human rights education in Zenday refugee camp. Further UUSC funding will support a reproductive health awareness project for women and adolescent girls also in the Zenday camp which will include topics such as safe motherhood, family planning, HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention, and gender based-violence.
Afghan Women's Educational Center
The Afghan Women's Educational Center (AWEC) mobilizes refugee women in an effort to enhance their skills and improve their education in order that they actively participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
UUSC supported AWEC's program to enhance the role of women in community-based organizations by providing them with leadership training, skills development, and computer training. Further funding has been allocated for emergency relief and a water supply project in the remote province of Khak-e-Jabar, and in particular Chinar town, located on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Children's Fund
The Children's Fund forges partnerships, nurtures visionaries and recognizes the potential to change the world through investments in children.
UUSC supported their project to provide relief supplies such as food, clothing and medicine to refugees in overcrowded camps on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border. New funding from UUSC has enabled the Children's Fund to open a vocational institute and education center at Shamshatoo refugee camp in Pakistan for Afghan widows and orphaned adult girls.
For a list of recipients of the first round of grants, see Organizations supporting Afghan women and children.
Posted July 25, 2003
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