Save Afghan Women & Children with Health Care

Today is Giving Tuesday! $150,000 in Matching funds are available for donations made to ALL our projects on GlobalGiving.

This campaign has proportional matching which ensures all projects receive some extra funds. New recurring donations set up today (active for 4 months) get up to US $200 per donor per organization matched at 100% (on the first month's gift).

Extra! Extra! This project  qualifies for both TODAY'S proportional match and a 50% ADDITIONAL MATCH from the Safer World Fund at GG!!  It's a Win-Win!

AIL has 4 fixed clinics, 2 at an orphanage and 1 at a street children facility. In addition, AIL conducts medical clinics at four of its Learning Centers. Health education is as important as the health treatment provided by these clinics.

Patients all receive health messages while they wait for the doctor. Topics are not always related to their medical issue. The health information is then disseminated by the patients to family and friends thus increasing the reach of the program. Only through education can the cycles of ill health, disease and malnutrition that plague so many families be ended. Education is the vital link to establishing a healthy population.

Health education topics vary each month and can include: breast feeding, nutrition, child spacing, worms, flu, TB, sanitation, personal hygiene, diarrhea, ARI and other topics.

Here is a story from an educator:

"I am a vaccinator from an AIL clinic. Two days ago I went to the Robat Naw village. Which is a new-made village and all residents are refugees. I wanted to ask if anyone knows anything about vaccination. I first went to ask the mullah from the mosque, but he did not have any information about vaccination. I asked him to gather all residents so I could explain the important role of vaccination in the lives of every individual. After I finished my explanation, all the residents decided to refer their children to the clinic for vaccination. They also thanked me for teaching them about vaccination."

Thank you for your support. 

Bonus funds on ALL donations are available NOW until 9 am Thursday 13^th.

Funds distributed on a proportional basis as to how much we raise, so we will get some extra money!

Up to $1,500 per unique donor per organization is eligible.

Make your gift go further DONATE NOW!  Thank you.

New recurring donations (active 4 payments) matched on initial gift up to $200 per donor per project.

AIL has 4 fixed clinics, 3 clinics at Learning Centers, 2 at an orphanage and 1 at a street children facility.   Here is an example of one month of activity at the clinics: in July, AIL treated 22,260 patients and provided health education to 17,738.  Some of the most popular health education topics this month included: worms, vaccinations, drugs, respiratory problems and nutrition.  There were 28 babies delivered at clinics in the month, all were healthy except one had low birth weight. 5,733 patients were vaccinated this month. AIL monitors the health of children in the clinic areas by completing thorough health screenings and nutritional assessments – in July 3,172 children were assessed for nutritional status and 235 were deemed malnourished and 147 were in the Intensive Nutrition Program. 

"My name is Niloofar and I have a daughter who was born in AIL’s Jaghartan clinic. I had two failed deliveries before this one because I had never come to a clinic or visited a doctor. This time I had a healthy pregnancy and normal delivery because I came to clinic every month and followed the doctor’s instructions. She prescribed me some tablets to take during my pregnancy. She also gave me a list of dos and don'ts. I learned how have a healthy pregnancy from the beginning  and about family planning. My newborn and I are healthy and safe. I wish I had come to clinic for the previous deliveries. I am thankful to Dr. Yacoobi for providing health services for the women of my village. I think thousands of lives are impacted by these clinics because women are illiterate and need this kind of help and these services." 

Thank you for your support.