OUR FINDINGS

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 Table of Contents

1: Executive Summary

2: Meeting with the ministry of educationists

3: Meeting with Ministry of labor, Social Affairs  

4: Meeting with UNICEF

5: Conclusion 

Executive Summary:

 The World Orphanage Foundation conducted a mission to  Afghanistan on December 18, 2012 to analyze the overall status &  need of the orphans in the different orphanage centers based on the  feasibility study research. The feasibility study was carried out by the  Head by WOF through interviews, discussions with the government  institutions, Directors of orphanage centers, Ministry of Education and  UN organization UNICEF for further support and coordination in  Afghanistan. All the Government institutions, UN agencies expressed  their support, commitments and appreciated our approach. The main goal  of the interviews and meeting was the initial introduction of World  Orphanage Foundation, coordination and how to support the orphanage  centers, women rights and child abuse. The meetings were held with the  following government institutions and UN agency.

 Meeting with the  Ministry of Education:

The meeting was held with Mr. Mohammad

 Sediq  Patman, the Deputy Minister for Academic Affairs at the Ministry of  Education on December 19, 2012 by Sara Kazimi and Zubair Khalil the  designated Country Director for Afghanistan. The main goal of this  meeting was to support the most vulnerable orphans and school children  in Afghanistan, whose parents are victimized of war. The Deputy Minister  appreciated the approach and assistance for the war torn country  Afghanistan and especially focus on the orphans’ students, who are the  most vulnerable target group in Afghanistan. The World Orphanage  Foundation promised the upcoming support for the students’ interim of  education materials, stationeries, bags, food, clothing etc. The WOF  emphasized that all the donations and support is based on the  availability of the fund and will be forwarding your proposal to the  donors & private sector agencies. 

 Meeting with Ministry of labor, Social Affairs, Maryters and Disabled:

The meeting  with the General Director for all government orphanage centers Mr. Sayed  Abullah Hashimi was held on December 19,2012 at one of the orphanage  center in Kabul. He mentioned that a total of 77 orphanage centers are  established in Afghanistan. Out of 77 orphanage centers, 35 of them are  in Kabul and 42 centers are located in other diffirent provinces of  Afghanistan. We watched one of the orphanage center as a sample in Kabul  and found that the orphanage center had very poor education facilites,  health care, computer lab, English classes, Drawings, sports ground  & cultural programs. Based on the discussion with the General  Director of the orphanage, he emphasized if you could assist the orphans  providing the education materials, winter cloths, blankets, matress,  shoes and socks it will be appreciated. We looked into the following  components; computer lab, drawings class, English class, Sport ground,  Clinic, Cultural Center etc. The computer lab was in a very poor  conditions and the Director asked for 18 computers in order accomplish  the students need. He also asked for the sports equipments to be  provided for the students and we could not see the sufficient equipments  installed for their exercise. The clinic was available, but there was  no medicine for the health care and proper treatment. The drugs is  requested to be provided. The orphanage center had 72 girls orphan and  140 boys from 4 to 12 years old living in the orphanage center. Those  students, who are graduated from the same High school of the orphanage  center need to be admitted at the goverment and private universities,  but their economy is very weak and can not afford to take registration.  They have stopped the undergrduate study and looking for donors if they  could provide the education facility in the future. The Director overall  emphasized on the long term sustainable program to be provided for the  orphans, which includes the vocational training program ( tailoring,  welding, masonery, carpentry, plumbing, embriodery, carpet weaving etc  for boys and girls under 18 years old). All the orphanage centers are  created by the government of Afghanistan in 1981 for the orphans of  diffirent categories for example the victims of war, some of them have  lost the entire family members and they need the permienent and  sustainable support in the future. The orphanages centers are in very  bad conditions due to the continous war in Afghanistan by diffirent  regims, which includes Russians, Talibans and other internal clashes. I  would like to add that the above orphanage center was one of the example  out of 77 orphanage centers in Afghanistan and the rest are in a worse  situation in diffirent provinces. The orphans need urgent humen support  to be provided.

 Meeting with UNICEF:

The meeting was held with the  UNICEF Deputy Representative Ms. Vidhya Ganesh on December 20, 2012 at  the UNICEF office in Kabul by the Head of World Orphanage Foundation and  the Country Director Mr. Zubair Khalil. The main goal of this meeting  was the coordination and cooperation regarding the vulnerable orphans to  be supported in Afghanistan. UNICEF appreciated our work, goal and  objectives of the World Orphanage Foundation and committed for strong  support in order to identify the orphans, who have no education  facility, residence facility, food, health care, clothing, stationeries,  bags etc.

 Conclusion:

The meetings, interviews and  communications were held with different government institutions, UN  agencies and found that the current orphanage centers in Afghanistan are  in a very bad conditions with poor facilities provided for the orphans’  interim of education facilities, health care, food, clothing, sports  equipments etc. The World Orphanage Foundation has been asked by the  government of Afghanistan to support all the orphanage centers in  Afghanistan and provide the above facilities for the orphans in order to  live as other citizens of Afghanistan and treated the same way. Due to  the 30 years war of Afghanistan the number of orphans reach to 1.6  million as per the UNICEF survey and need urgent relief and help through  international communities, UN and other private donor sectors.