24 Jan 2010 | no comments » Children, hazara, people
Children in Behsud, Kajaw village, after Kochi (nomad) attacked and destroyed the plantation and burned the house of Hazaras, thousand of people became homeless. The people of the central Afghanistan have been victim of historical, institutional discrimination for over 100 years. Due to this systematic discrimination, this region is the least developed place in the country and their people are the poorest in Afghanistan. From 1889 to 1891, Abdur Rahman’s regime carried a genocide process against Hazaras in which 60% of Hazara population put to death and their lands have taken.
27 Dec 2009 | no comments » Children
In 2007, Oxfam reported that some 7 million Afghan children — more than half of the country’s young people — do not go to school. In the same report, titled “Free, Quality Education For Every Afghan Child,” Oxfam notes a fivefold increase in school enrollments across Afghanistan since 2001. That means about 5 million Afghan children are now getting an education. But Oxfam warns that “poverty, crippling fees, and huge distances to the nearest schools” prevent many parents from sending their children to get an education.
07 Jul 2009 | no comments » Children
He is one of brave Afghan child breadwinners, he is selling cigarates to support his family. When i asked him if he is going to school, he shaked his head in disagreement.
More than 12 million of the Afghanistan’s population consists of children of whom 50% have no access to these services.
More than six million children in the country face problems such as smuggling, abduction, performing tough jobs and get no education.
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