Girls’ education
Years of conflict, poverty and gender inequality has made going to school difficult and often dangerous for girls in Afghanistan.
We establish our ‘community-based education’ classes right in the heart of the communities so girls don’t have to walk long distances, and we work with communities to ensure they are fully involved in setting up and running the classrooms. Since 1994, CARE’s community-based education programme in Afghanistan has helped 120,000 students, 66% of whom are girls. CARE Afghanistan currently supports more than 20,000 children in 750 community-based education classes.