Improve the Lives of Children in Afghanistan

by Save the Children Federation
Improve the Lives of Children in Afghanistan

Project Report | Apr 13, 2010
Save the Children- 2009 Afghanistan

By Rebecca Bryant | Manager, Workplace Giving

Numbers at a Glance-

• One Afghan child in four dies before her or his fifth birthday, many of preventable causes.

• About 85% of women give birth at home with untrained attendants; the number is much higher in rural areas.

• 30% of healthcare facilities are without any women health professionals: doctors, nurses and midwives.

• 100,000 teachers are needed in Afghanistan, including 48,000-plus new women teachers, if there is to be an essential increase in girls’ enrollment and retention in school.

• Only one woman teacher in three has the required education; some 27,000 current teachers will need support to increase their knowledge and teaching skills.

• The vast majority of rural parents do not understand child development. According to a recent Save the Children survey, only 19% of mothers believe play is useful to promote learning and only 4% believe that it readies a child for school; no fathers understood that play helped their children’s cognitive development. Almost all adults think corporal punishment and verbal berating are acceptable ways to discipline children.

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Save the Children Federation

Location: Fairfield, CT - USA
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Twitter: @savethechildren
Project Leader:
Lisa Smith
Westport , CT United States

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