War Child Remains Committed to Afghanistan
Standing with Afghanistan
War Child has worked in Afghanistan for more than 20 years, maintaining relationships with local partners and community leaders, to deliver long-term, resilience-focused services. Despite increased instability and funding cuts, we remain committed to supporting children, their mothers and caretakers through protection, education, skills training, humanitarian assistance and urgent healthcare.
War Child Adapts
Restrictions in Afghanistan have impacted decades of progress for women, making access to education, healthcare, and jobs incredibly difficult.
War Child has adapted and expanded our programs in Afghanistan to meet critical needs, like health and maternal care for women & children, classes for children, and skills training and economic support to help families survive.
War Child Canada works across multiple provinces in Afghanistan, and in 2025, we directly reached over 180,000 children, youth, and caregivers, and over a million people, whether family members or broader communities, indirectly. Our locally-led approach delivers high quality programs alongside Afghan partners and communities.
Programs focus on empowerment, recovery, opportunities for youth, and community resilience. Our integrated approach combines education, health, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), livelihoods, youth engagement, and emergency response, helping families create lasting opportunities despite ongoing challenges.
We provide crucial programs, including:
💙Health & Psychosocial Counseling Services – Providing maternal care, psychosocial counseling support, and emergency aid to women and children in crisis. 📚 Education & Skills Training – Ensuring youth can learn, read, and build careers. 🏠Multi-purpose Youth Centres – Creating secure spaces where vulnerable children and teenagers receive protection, guidance, and education. 💼 Economic Empowerment – Training young people in job skills to help them support their families.
WCC Afghanistan’s programming includes a range of longer-term and resilience-focused initiatives.
Examples include:
- Adolescent and youth programming
- Education
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
- Life skills development
- Vocational training
- Strengthening protection systems
- Community engagement
- Sustainable initiatives
- Inclusive and sustainable displacement response
Mirwise
We serve with a dedicated, experience team of professionals.
Our team is composed of dedicated and experienced professionals with diverse expertise in both long-term development and humanitarian response programs across the protection, education, livelihoods, and health sectors. Staff members bring extensive field experience and a deep understanding of local contexts, enabling the organization to effectively design, implement, monitor, and continuously improve high-quality programs that respond to the evolving needs of communities. Through professionalism, teamwork, accountability, and a strong commitment to organizational values, our staff work closely with communities, partners, and stakeholders to deliver impactful, inclusive, and sustainable interventions that strengthen resilience and create lasting positive change.
War Child remains committed to serving communities despite ongoing challenges.
44% of our staff in Afghanistan are women, particularly in health and life saving interventions, and we work within communities to provide life-changing resources and hope. Foreign aid cuts have made an already dire situation even worse. Your support keeps these programs running! Donate today.