By Celine Schimek | Fundraising
Dear donor, Happy New Year!
Although a little late, we at Visions for Children wish you a happy new year full of hope, confidence and drive. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you so much for your support and commitment so far! We really do appreciate it and we have big plans for 2024 together: Supporting children in war and crisis zones, achieving greater educational equality, creating access to water, strengthening local communities and much more.
In this report, we want to give you a brief recap of what happened last year and on the progresses made in our (educational) projects. But read for yourself!
Afghanistan
The devastating earthquakes in Afghanistan in October destroyed over 10,000 homes - thousands of families in the affected region are currently living in tents or temporary shelters. Thanks to your generous donations, we will be able to build new homes for 58 families in Herat over the next few months! To this end, we are working with the local partner organization OHW (Organization for Human Welfare), which has been active in Afghanistan since 2007 and implements projects that support particularly vulnerable groups and people in need.
What has happened so far?
Our partners are currently identifying the families and people in the village where the construction will take place who are most in need of support - including women-headed households, people with disabilities and people with injuries - and are evaluating the construction options on site. Meetings are being held with the village communities to ensure that exactly the kind of support that the survivors want and need is provided.
We will of course keep you informed about the next steps and the construction. Once again, a big thank you to everyone whose donations are helping to provide safe homes for around 300 people in Herat!
Distribution of winter emergency aid
Thanks to your support for the winter emergency aid, we were able to reach 218 displaced families from Pakistan with food parcels, making their return to Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, during the cold winter months more bearable.
The food packages distributed by our Afghan partner organization OASE contain 50kg of flour, 24kg of rice, 10kg of beans, 5kg of pasta, 2kg of tomato paste, 1kg of tea, 7kg of sugar and 10l of oil. Each package supplies a family of five for around two months, meaning that 218 families, or around 1,090 people, will now be able to get through the next few weeks more safely. A thousand thanks to every single donation that has made this vital distribution possible!
Education projects
Despite the cold onset of winter, great progress has been made at the project schools:
Uganda
Start of a new education project in Uganda! A total of 1,021 pupils are currently registered at Okune Primary School in the Otuke district of northern Uganda, most of whom come from economically disadvantaged families. Access to education is particularly important for them to lead a self-determined life. However, the lack of space, the high noise level and the lack of hygiene standards at the school are detrimental to concentration and even encourage school drop-outs.
The aim of the project: Together with our local partner organization LTP (Link to Progress), we are expanding the school building, improving menstrual hygiene standards and holding workshops on mental health for pupils, their parents and teachers.
As you can see, we have achieved a lot together in 2023. As a donor you have:
Every donation helps us to implement our work in a sustainable, long-term and predictable way. So a big thank you to all of you! Since there is still a lot to do, we are still dependent on your help: So please tell your friends and family about our work at the Qala-e-Jangi girls' school and the general educational situation of children and young people in Afghanistan. Together we can make a difference!
All the best,
Celine from Visions for Children
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