Help Afghan Women Deliver Healthy Babies Safely

Dear Friends, 

TODAY June 15TH -9:00am ET TO 11:59pm! 50% Matching funds available for donations made to AIL projects on GlobalGiving.org! Donations up to $1,000 per individual donor per organization may be matched while funds available. The money runs out fast- so donate now!

Are you a UK donor? GlobalGiving.co.uk has its own bonus day. Donations up to £1,000 per donor per organization may be matched 50% while funds last. Match starts 14:00:01 BST on June 15th and ends at 4:59:59 BST on June 16th.  

This year AIL’s health program has provided 79,048 patients with health treatment and 50,433 patients have participated in some form of health education. Many of the health topics covered are related to reproduction and this gives girls and women vital information.

AIL provides many avenues, other than at health clinics, for women and girls to get the sort of health information they need to stay healthy and look after themselves, especially their reproductive health.The AIL education program is going well and classes are being held at 43 Learning Centers (LCs) in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including 15 rural centers around Herat.  So far this year,13,888 students (including 9,044 females) participated in Learning Center education. The students all learn about health, as health information is given regulary and sometimes workshops are held.  AIL also conducts in depth reproductive health trainings during the year and these will start soon and focus on reproductive health and there is a specialized Expectant Mother Workshop which aids pregnant women and their caregivers.

TODAY, your donation can go further!  Donate between 9:00am and 11:59pm and help AIL continue its valuable work providing education and healthcare to women and girls.

Dear Friends, 

Each year, thousands of Afghans attend AIL health education and hundreds benefit from in-depth reproductive health trainings.  So far in 2016, over 79,000 patients have received treatment through AIL clinics and over 50,000 people have participated in some form of health education (with over 5,000 of them being reproductive health patients).  When people are healthy and can take care of themselves, they are more empowered to learn, work and help their communities. 

AIL offers in-depth health workshops that will be starting up soon.  Hundreds of female patients attended these last year, learning about women’s health and reproductive matters. The topics are diverse and include nutrition, breast feeding, family planning, hygiene and environment sanitation, the importance of ante and post natal care and newborn and post partum care. 

The women that attend these workshops share what they learn with their husbands,families and friends spreading the benefits of knowledge widely across communities.  One young girl who participated in a Reproductive Health Workshop, shared this: “My name is Afsana and I am a student in school.  My mother gave birth to many children because she did not have knowledge about women’s issues.  She gave birth to a child every year and this caused many health problems for her and her children.  Some of my brothers and sisters haven’t grown that much because of malnutrition.  Today, I am going to transfer everything I learned to my mother so she can live more safely.  I thank AIL for giving us the chance to live safely and prevent too many births.  I am very happy that women can now participate in such programs and take care of themselves and are getting more information about these issues.  When I share what I learned with my mother at home, she is very happy that I am aware of these things before I get married.” 

Thank you for your continued support.