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Snapshot of Oxfam in Afghanistan

Photo 1/10 photo by: Elissa Bogos

Afghan society is characterised by strict rules regarding the role of women. Oxfam works to ensure that women’s needs are taken into account in all our work in Afghanistan. In Badakhshan this has included setting up a bakery to help women supplement the family income. Khujehbigom (pictured) is one of the co-op’s 20 members who bake cookies to sell at the local market.

  • Afghan society is characterised by strict rules regarding the role of women. Oxfam works to ensure that women’s needs are taken into account in all our work in Afghanistan. In Badakhshan this has included setting up a bakery to help women supplement the family income. Khujehbigom (pictured) is one of the co-op’s 20 members who bake cookies to sell at the local market.
  • We also support the Afghan women’s box team through our local partner, the Co-operation for Peace and Unity. Sadaf Haruzel (pictured) is a member of team which has fought hard to be accepted by Afghan society. “Afghan women are brave,” explains coach Sabar Sharifi. “Some people say it is very dangerous for girls to do boxing. These girls are proving those people wrong.”
  • Around 30% of households in Afghanistan struggle to grow enough food to survive. Our livelihoods support includes working with farmers to help them maximise their productivity and grow crops and vegetables for their families and to sell at the local bazaar. Here, a farmer pours grain into a collection area in Sala Khan Khel.
  • Collecting water for use in the home is a daily chore for many women and children. In some rural areas they may have to make up to 15 trips a day, lugging large, heavy buckets of water long distances. Here in the mountainous region of Shar-i-Buzurg, Oxfam has been helping improve families’ access to water by installing tapstands and water piping.
  • Community healthcare projects are also especially important in Afghanistan where maternal healthcare dropped to an all time low under the Taliban. Here, Shama Sardat, a midwife at the Oxfam supported BRAC clinic in Parwan, gives pregnant Shakara a check-up. BRAC has 33 clinics in Kabul province alone.
  • Educating Afghanistan’s children is crucial in improving their lives and in the rebuilding and development of the country. But despite recent rises in attendance rates, poverty, high fees and long distances are still a barrier for children, and especially girls, living in rural areas. Here, children read their books in class at a village school built with Oxfam’s support in Razak village.

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