Investing in girls' futures = investing in their communities.

In Daikundi, EUinAfghanistan & UNICEF Afghanistan transformed the lives of 15 young women through vocational training.

Read their inspiring story 👇
unicef.org/afghanistan/st…

With support from our donors, UNICEF Afghanistan is expanding community-based learning spaces (CBEs) for the most vulnerable boys & girls.
We are grateful for Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 US$ 5M contribution to establish 600 new CBEs & support 275 existing ones.
Lars Bo Møller UNICEF Danmark

When teachers are appropriately supported, children thrive. Thanks to MOFA for donating $5 million, which will enable @UNICEFAFg to improve children’s learning outcomes through better-prepared & supported teachers in Afghanistan.

#ForEveryChild , education

Sadaf, 11, “I love my school & happy to come to class. Besides school subjects, we’re taught life skills like how to properly wash our hands.'
In September, UNICEF Afghanistan provided 18 schools with WASH services benefitting approximately 7K students & teachers in the western region.

In September, UNICEF Afghanistan :
- Supported 389K children (60% girls) through existing & new Community-Based Education
- Supported 1.3M people to gain access to safe water in drought-affected areas.
For more information read our September situation report.👇
unicef.org/afghanistan/do…

“Many women don't get the importance of breastfeeding, nutrition & diet so it’s vital to educate them.' Naz Gul, 24, a nutrition promoter with the UNICEF-supported mobile health & nutrition team in Daikundi.
Thanks to USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance for joining UNICEF Afghanistan & making it possible.

Seeing children playing, joking, & giggling gives us hope to continue working hard for them.

However, this wouldn't be possible w/out the support of our donors who make it possible for UNICEF Afghanistan to provide child-friendly spaces for 19K+ children in the north of Afghanistan.

Today is #WorldPolioDay . Let’s celebrate this remarkable day by showing commitments to vaccinate all #children under the age of 5 everywhere in Afghanistan. #Polio vaccine is safe and is the only sure way to protect children from paralysis.
#EndPolio
#WorldPolioDay 2022

October 24 marks the #WorldPolioDay . This day is an opportunity to spotlight efforts towards #PolioFreeAfghanistan & honor the tireless efforts of the frontliners in the fight to #EndPolio . Together, we can end this devastating disease in #Afgh & the world.
#WorldPolioDay 2022

Thanks to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, EUinAfghanistan,
funded mobile health & nutrition teams in the north. @UnicefAfg with the mobile team mostly helps people with mental health, vaccines, maternity care, & malnutrition.
In Mazar, Sonia, 40, a midwife in mobile team cares for pregnant mothers.

Zahra, 10, washes hands at a new water tap near her home in Maidan Wardak Province.

One of the cheapest, easiest, and most important ways to slow the spread of diseases is to wash your hands frequently with soap and water.

Lima, 26, left, a social mobilizer helps CBE teachers to raise awareness & engage families in the community to educate their children.
Thanks to our donors, UNICEF Afghanistan provides 283K children (55% girls) with educational opportunities through 9K+ community-based education classes.

Thank you #Japan for your continued and quality support to the immunization programme for the children of Afghanistan. Our partnership is stronger than ever! MOFA of Japan Roberto Benes Embassy of Japan in Afghanistan

Tomorrow is the last day of the #polio vaccination campaign.
Vaccinate all your children including new-born babies and sick children today.
Vaccination is the only way to protect your children from #polio virus.
#PolioFreeAfghanistan
#EndPolio #VaccinesWork

Fatima, 23, is a member of #UnicefAfgChampions . She says,“visual impairment is never weakness.' Besides, she is a student in grade 5 at Kabul visual impaired & vocational high school, also teaches 80 fmls in religious studies. UNICEF Afghanistan is happy to support such youth in d cntry.

UNICEF thanks support by The Gov't of Japan🇯🇵 to strengthen cold chain systems in #Afghanistan 🇦🇫 to deliver vaccine services for 8 millions #children & 24 million adults with JICA PR. No child's health is left behind.
#SDGs #ForEveryChild
#UNICEFTHXJAPAN

👉twitter.com/UNICEFinJapan/…

Today, UNICEF Afghanistan initiated d #UnicefAfgChampions program & mobilized youth members across d country under d umbrella of d Social & Behavior Change section as active community engagement platforms to engage, interact, & empower adolescent youth in 34 provinces of #Afghanistan .