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Winter Appeal

Every year in winter thousands of homeless Afghans are huddling on the sides of freezing roads with little shelter and nothing to eat and nothing to keep warm.

Seasonal hardship is nothing new for Afghans, but a combination of factors is making this winter harder than usual to bear. This is getting harder for the number of poor orphans and women who have no one to support them.

Every year in winter heavy snowfall and rain that lashes the country leaves many poor children and their families dead. We are concerned the death toll this winter may climb due to COVID 19 crises. People in Afghanistan mainly work on the street to earn their daily food and shelter. But this winter even this is not possible because of the COVID19 lockdowns and restrictions.

Please take part and save at least one family from loosing their lives by purchasing a Winter package. Winter package of $100 includes warm clothing, shoes, blankets and food. We also supply families with enough heating materials like charcoal or wood to last them for two months of winter.

Please mark your donation Winter Appeal 2020

FOCUS ON AFGHANISTAN PROJECTS 2020 - 2022

WAITING FOR THEIR EDUCATION

Only one out of ten school aged children in Afghanistan
receive a basic education. (Save the Children 2013) The
literacy rate, particularly girls, is one of the worst in the world.
Orphans First delivers successful program, ‘Keep Children Off

The Streets and in School’, has not only kept families
together, but has ensured that families support the education
of their children and, hence, their future.

Education breaks the chains of Poverty

We support families who will support their children going to school. We break the poverty traps that keep children off the streets. By supporting the mothers, they can support their children’s education.

For more information on general sponsorship program ( here should be a link to sponsorship form):

In Kabul alone over 80,000 children live in poverty on the streets. They are the disadvantage young kids mostly Orphans who have responsibility to work hard and feed their families. (USE UNDER A PICURE)

Street Children of Kabul

These children are someone’s child, yet they do not know the meaning of a ‘carefree childhood’, as they pick through rubbish each day for discarded clothing and plastic they can sell, and food scraps with their dirt ingrained hands.

Food packages for winter

Each year Orphans First, during the month of Ramadan and later on through our ‘Mid Winter Appeal’, asks our supporters and the public to contribute towards alleviating these children’s suffering by purchasing an Emergency Food Package at the cost of $100 per package. The package consists of food for a month to feed a family of five, some warm clothing, heating and medicals. The supply of these packages often mean the difference between life and death for these improvised families.

Orphans First suggest that groups of friends, or families, could contribute towards purchasing one ‘package’. Your work colleagues may be interested in contributing either to the Ramadan Appeal or the Mid Winter Appeal.

Purchase an Emergency Package for a Street Child

To purchase online www.orphansfirst.com Commonwealth Bank – BSB 063541 ACC. 11098563 Please mark your purchase as ‘EP’ for Emergency Package.

An estimated 3.7% of the Afghani population suffers various forms of disabilities. Many of these disabilities are a result of lost of limbs and eyesight as a result of war. (USE UNDER THE PIC)

In a country torn apart by conflict these children suffer ten fold as a result of their disability. They often experience among other things Indifference, Isolation , Discrimination, Abandonment.

Your direct sponsorship to one of these children of $50 a month will give HOPE and EDUCATION.

Orphans First policy is not to encourage individual sponsorship except for these special children who survive against all odds with hope in their hearts. They are the ones in most need of personal sponsorship.

If you wish to sponsor one of these children please email us for further details and discussion.

Women Constitute

populations. The current situation of women in the country presents a serious challenge to human development. The women of Afghanistan are among the worst off in the world, both in comparison to Afghan men, and to women in most countries. Their situation is particularly poor in the areas of health, deprivation of rights, protection against violence, economic productivity, education and literacy, and public participation. The average Afghan woman has a life span of 44 years, around 20 years short of the global average.

Regular Monthly Sponsorship – Child/Mother

To sponsor a Child/Mother/Widow on a regular monthly basis $50 a month for one child.

$55 a month for disabled child /

$100 a month for child/mother/ widow with at least five kids, mother