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1 TABISH SOCIAL HEALTH EDUCATION ORGANIZATION Child Protection Emergency Response CPER Project Final Narrative Report Reporting Period – July 2018 to April 2019 Monitoring by CPAN and UNICEF Representative from CFSs in Nuristan Jalalabad Sub office Contact Person: Florina Xavier Email: [email protected]

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TABISH SOCIAL HEALTH EDUCATION ORGANIZATION

Child Protection Emergency Response

CPER Project

Final Narrative Report

Reporting Period – July 2018 to April 2019

Monitoring by CPAN and UNICEF Representative from CFSs in Nuristan

Jalalabad Sub office

Contact Person: Florina Xavier

Email: [email protected]

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Contents ➢ Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 3

➢ Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 3

➢ Child Friendly Spaces .................................................................................................................................. 7

Community based CFS in four provinces of Eastern Region.......................................................................... 8

➢ Case Management ................................................................................................................................ 10

Problems faced by Children .......................................................................................................................... 10

➢ Awareness on Polio vaccination and Hygiene ......................................................................................... 11

Awareness Rising on Polio and Personal Hygiene ....................................................................................... 12

➢ Awareness program on CP, PSS, MRE and return issues ......................................................................... 13

Community Awareness rising on CP and PSS in targeted Province ............................................................ 14

Community Awareness rising on MRE and Returnee Issues in targeted Districts ..................................... 14

TOT Training on CP, PSS, MRE and Returnee Issues in two Districts .......................................................... 15

➢ Other Activities ......................................................................................................................................... 17

➢ Challenges ................................................................................................................................................. 19

➢ Lessons Learnt ........................................................................................................................................... 19

➢ Recommendation ...................................................................................................................................... 20

➢ Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................. 20

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➢ Executive Summary

UNICEF supported child protection project was implemented in nine districts of Eastern Regions’

four provinces from July 2018 until April 2019. There were 18901 children in 180 Child Friendly

Spaces (CFS) in two shifts who benefited from this project. The children and families involved

gained knowledge and support on issues related to psychosocial care, awareness on various topics

and polio vaccination.

Child protection constituted the core area of all interventions. It was effectively connected to areas

of health messaging, and a range of awareness raising activities. The child friendly spaces became a

favorite “go to place” for the children. Regular attendance of children was an indicator of the

effectiveness of the program. The psychosocial outreach brought parents into the ambit of child

protection. Trained volunteers reached out to parents to educate them on the impact of violence

on children. This was positively received and brought about a change in behavior.

As part of the integrated approach, parents and shora members benefited from the awareness on

land mines, child protection, psychosocial support and return issues.

➢ Introduction

Tabish began its activities in July 2018 with an aim to reach 18000 children in child projection

related activities. TABISH partnered with UNICEF in carrying out the integrated child protection

activities with a focus on child friendly spaces. The approach to this project was based on the

premise that no one activity in isolation will help support the child. Another idea was that the

community is best suited to support a child than any other external factors, thus based on this we

began our activities. Child friendly spaces was the center of our work, based on this we developed

other projects. This final report will give a description of all the activities that were conducted in the

last nine months and also some of the achievements, challenges, lessons learnt and

recommendations.

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➢ Training and Orientation Session for Staff

TABISH after the selection of staff,

conducted five days of project

orientation and training on the

theme of child psychosocial

support and child protection, child

rights and CFS structure, during

this training the staff where told

about the project and were

explained the various activities.

Many of the staff had a good

knowledge of PSS work in CFS due to their prior engagement with Tabish. During the orientation, we had to

focus on the urgency of the project and the need to keep the time schedule. All newly recruited staff for

this project attended the sessions.

➢ Selection of the areas and coordination with the targeted

communities.

TABISH before signing the project contract, assessed several districts of the four provinces in

eastern region and identified and selected the following areas for activities in consultation with

UNICEF:

UNICEF - CPER PROJECT

Number of CFSs based on the Villages

No Province District Village No. of CFSs

Remarks Boys Girls

1 Nangarhar

Behsood

Woch Tangi Part 1 10 10

Woch Tangi Part 2 10 10

Woch Tangi Part 3 10 10

Sorkhrod Ettifaq Village All Parts 10 10 All areas are

named Ettifaq

Chaparhar

Dawlat Abad 1 1

Sobadar Kali 1 1

Dawlat Zai 1 0

Shoib Kali 1 1

Ghur Abad 1 1

Qali Shikh 1 1

Kan Dibagh 1 1

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Dak Kili 1 0

Mirza Kili 1 0

Sub total of Nangarhar 49 46

Total of Nangarhar 95

2 Laghman

Alishang

Islamabad 2 4

Trang 1 1

Kasigar 1 0

Gargae 2 2

Khairo Khil

Khairokhil 1 1

Kakas 1 1

Wara Gara 4 4

Sub total of Laghman 12 13

Total of Laghman 25

3 Kunar

Dar-e Pich

Manogai Village 1 1

Nangalam Tangi 0 1

Nangalam Pass Tangi 0 1

Kuz Shaloty 1 1

Kuz Shaheelam 0 1

Bar Shaheelam 1 1

Wolo Tangi 3 3

Nangalam Tauheed abad 1 1

Bara Shaloty 1 0

Shamon 1 1

Dangam

Chakorak 1 1

Bar Kalai Dangam 1 0

Lar Kalai Dangam 1 2

Bedad Kalai 1 1

Shokano 1 1

Sub Total of Kunar 14 16

Total of Kunar 30

4 Nuristan

Paroon

Madina Village 2 2

Pashkia Village 3 3

Mandi Village 3 3

Markaz 2 2

Wama

Archino Village 1 1

Islamabad Village 1 2

Asar Abad Village 1 1

Sari Pul Village 1 2

Sub Total of Nuristan 14 16

Total of Nuristan 30

Total of four provinces 89 91

Sub Total of four provinces 180

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After the selection of the areas,

meetings were conducted with

the targeted communities in

nine targeted district before

the start of the project on how

to coordinate and access the

areas. There were meetings

with government related

departments and community

leaders were also met so that

they understand the work of

Tabish in the community.

➢ Identification and selection of volunteers according to criteria.

Since the project was a community based project, there was a need to recruit 180 CFS volunteers

from the community in nine districts, one volunteer for every CFS was selected. This was done in

discussion with the community leaders both men and women. Only those who were above 18 years

with some basic education, especially to read and write were chosen. Those with better people

skills were chosen over those who were not willing to engage with others.

➢ Training for 180 Volunteers.

Psychosocial Master Trainers and Counselor

provided three days theoretical and practical

training on Psycho social support, Child

Protection and structure of CFSs activities for

volunteers, during the training, stationary and

toys were distributed to them. They were

trained to work with the children when they

attended the CFS and to maintain records. The

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volunteers are the main persons of contact for the children and so they had to know how to deal

with children. A detailed plan on the activities to be conducted was also discussed and shared with

them.

➢ Child Friendly Spaces

TABISH after completing the volunteer's training, establish 180 CFSs separated for girls and boys

based in the communities. All CFSs spaces were provided by CFSs volunteers free of charge. In each

of these spaces there were two sessions held, one in the morning and one in the evening, this made

maximum utilization of the space that was available. There are 95 in Nangarhar, 25 in Laghman, 30

in Kunar and 30 in Nuristan. Two CFSs for children on the move in UNHCR Encashment Centers, and

two CFSs for children on the move in IOM Transit Center was also established.

CFS according to the child protection

minimum standards are spaces that

reach out to child protection and is the

entry point to mobilize the community.

Tabish has done well in bringing children

together and also mobilizing the

community. 180 CFSs were part of the

activity which was run in 180 spaces for

boys and girls separately. There were

children as young as three years and the

older ones were up to 17 years of age. In the last nine months, volunteers provided psychosocial

support through CFS to 18969 children. Games, drawing, reading and speaking to the group and

each other was all part of the CFS activities.

Tabish looks at working with children as an influence on the future generation of Afghanistan.

Improving relationships, playing ad working together is emphasized. Pent up negative energy is

released with the help of active energy burning games. Some extra work on education led to

knowing that several children were out of school. Another intervention was on polio, we realized

that CFS is a good place to promote polio vaccination and also encourage our children to bring their

siblings for the drops.

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Thus an integrated approach was used to include all aspects of community engagement.

Community mobilization was yet another part of the CFS, which helped organize awareness

programs on PSS, CP, MRE and returnee issues for the communities.

Community based CFS in four provinces of Eastern Region

Province

District

Location

No. of CFSs No. of children

Male Female Male Female

Nangarhar

Behsood Woch Tangi 30 30 3259 3218

Sorkhrod Ettifaq Village 10 10 1131 1105

Chaparhar Different Villages 9 6 1062 711

Laghman

Alishang Different Villages 6 7 605 715

Qarghaee Khairokhel 6 6 410 555

Kunar

Dare Pich Different Villages 9 11 985 1128

Dangam Different Villages 5 5 408 380

Nuristan

Paroon Different Villages 10 10 1119 1112

Wama Different Villages 4 6 463 603

Sub-total 9442 9527

Grand Total 18969

CFSs for Children on the move in EC & TC for Children on the move

Province Districts Location Months Total of Children

Boys Girls

Nangarhar

Behsood UNHCR- EC July.2018 3 3

Momendara IOM - TC July.2018 58 54

Sub Total 61 57

Total 118

Behsood UNHCR- EC Aug.2018 66 73

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Nangarhar

Momendara IOM - TC Aug.2018 171 186

Sub Total 237 259

Total 496

Behsood UNHCR- EC Sep.2018 130 174

Momendara IOM - TC Sep.2018 235 277

Sub Total 365 451

Total 816

Behsood UNHCR- EC Oct.2018 96 113

Momendara IOM - TC Oct.2018 172 173

Sub Total 268 286

Total 554

Behsood UNHCR- EC Nov.2018 34 45

Momendara IOM - TC Nov.2018 128 126

Sub Total 162 171

Total 333

Behsood UNHCR- EC Dec.2018 0 0

Momendara IOM - TC Dec.2018 90 103

Sub Total 90 103

Total 193

Behsood UNHCR- EC Jan. 2019 0 0

Momendara IOM - TC Jan. 2019 62 51

Sub Total 62 51

Total 113

Behsood UNHCR- EC

Feb. 2019

0 0

Momendara IOM - TC Feb. 2019

57 44

Sub Total 57 44

Total 101

Behsood UNHCR- EC Mar.2019 25 13

Momendara IOM - TC Mar.2019 158 125

Sub Total 183 138

Total 321

Behsood UNHCR- EC Apr.2019 55 53

Momendara IOM - TC Apr.2019 153 144

Sub Total 208 197

Total 405

Sub Total of All 1693 1757

Grand total 3450

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➢ Case Management

Since one of the main objectives of this project was to provide psychosocial support to the children,

the project had eight counselors actively

engaged in the four provinces to work

with children who needed support. The

volunteers from the CFS, community

mobilizers, animators, communities and

youth council members were able to

identify the children that needed support

and referred them to the counselors.

Systematic case management was done

with the children. There were various cases that included child abuse which was mainly beating,

lack of access to education, health issues and children caught in family conflict. Unemployment

causes poverty and with growing economic problems there is no peace in the family. The problems

faced by children are described in a simplified table from the different provinces as identified by

our counselors.

Problems faced by Children

Provinces Nangarhar Laghman Kunar Nuristan

Predominant

problems

faced by

children

Unemployment of

parents, children in

armed groups and

active conflict in the

villages of

Chaparhar

Active conflict

including

children in

armed groups in

Alishang district,

lack of national

ID

Conflict in the

family

Child laborer and

lack of national ID

Poverty in the family

specially in Ettifaq

and Woch Tangi

Poverty in the

family specially

in Khairokhel

Poverty in the

family

Poverty in the

family

Conflict in the

family, lack of

Conflict in the

family.

IDP issues in

Pichdara district

Conflict in the

family.

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national ID

Child labor

especially in

Sorkhrod district

and Behsood.

Child labor

specially in

Khairokhel and

Child Marriage

Child Marriage Long distance

from home to

school and

children in armed

groups

IDP issues in

Sorkhrod and

Behsood Districts.

Lack of inclusion

of children in

family

discussions

Lack of

inclusion of

children in

family

discussions

Lack of inclusion

of children in

family discussions

Lack of schools in

Ettifaq village, lack

of spaces in school

in Woch Tangi

Lack of schools

in Khairokhel.

Discrimination

between girls

and boys within

the families.

Discrimination

between girls and

boys within the

families.

For the above mentioned problems a total of 1065 children were counseled, this included 534 boys

and 531 girls. There were individual and group sessions conducted for the children.

For case management to be complete, in some cases there was a need to meet with the families of

the children. Either of the parents were met or sometimes both were met by the counselors. There

was also group discussion with the parents ranged from helping them to find ways to put their child

back in school or sometimes talking to them about the ill effects of child abuse and sometimes even

the importance of hygiene. The broader purpose of the meetings was to make parents aware of

their role and responsibilities and to improve the psycho-social well-being of their children.

➢ Awareness on Polio vaccination and Hygiene

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Given the integrated approach to CFS, awareness on polio vaccination and hygiene was an

important activity. All parents went through a

polio vaccination awareness session.

Topics such as information about polio, impact

of polio on children, consequence of polio and

importance of polio and other vaccination for

children, also we had topics on cleaning,

grooming and caring for the child’s body at the

most basic level were taught. The need for

personal hygiene of child in order to protect

oneself and others from illnesses and diseases

was also discussed. The importance of hand

wash as related to illness such as cold and flu

which spread from hand to mouth when they

are not washed properly was taught to children. Washing hands and wrists before making or eating

food, after using the toilet was emphasized, oral hygiene was yet another topic that was dealt with.

These programs were highly beneficial to the children and parents. IEC material was also made

available and was posted. The parents are able to take the learning to their families and share what

they learnt with them. This helps the entire community take a step towards hygienic living and

environmental protection.

Awareness Rising on Polio and Personal Hygiene

No Province Districts No. Sessions No. Participants

Male Female Male Female

1 Nangarhar Behsood, Sorkhrod, Chaparhar 132 112 3345 4933

2 Laghman Alishang and Qarghaee 23 30 688 1314

3 Kunar Pichdara and Dangam 70 68 1276 1736

4 Nuristan Paroon and Wama 57 88 1177 1670

Sub Total 282 298 6486 9653

Total 580 16139

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16139 (6486 men, 9653 women) participants were part of the awareness sessions conducted by

health educators and Animators in all areas of our work. This was done in 580 sessions, 282 for men

and 298 sessions for women.

➢ Awareness program on CP, PSS, MRE and return issues

The idea behind conducting awareness programs was a follow up to the previous UNICEF supported

project for the new IDPs and returnees in

Behsood and Sorkhrod districts. In the new

areas, it was to ensure that the people had

some basic knowledge about various topics

such as PSS, CP, MRE and return issues.

Awareness about PSS helped many people to

realize that some of the problems they were

facing was not because of fate or curse and

that they can do something about it. They

understood the social dynamics which was

related to the psychological and emotional

part.

During the reporting period, Tabish conducted 488 awareness sessions on PSS, Child Protection, for

15258 community members (8822 men, 6436 women) and 486 awareness sessions on MRE and

Returnees issues for 15142 community members (8849 men, 6293 women) in the nine targeted

districts of four provinces, The PSS session gave awareness on need for psychosocial support within

the community. It helps the community to identify the psycho-social needs within the community.

Child Protection gives information on the basic needs of protection for the children. Similarly, land

mines awareness explains the various land mines and how people can take care of themselves

against it. Return issues focuses on why people return and push and pull factors that are involved.

We also spoke about gender and urbanization. We highlighted the problems after return especially

if it is not properly documented. Awareness was conducted for the men and women separately.

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Community Awareness rising on CP and PSS in targeted Province

Province District Location Subjects Sessions Participants

M F M F

Nangarhar Chaparhar Different Villages PSS and Child Protection 30 25 1768 856

Laghman

Alishang Different Villages PSS and Child Protection 33 33 1220 893

Qarghaee Khairokhel PSS and Child Protection 46 50 1255 792

Kunar

Pichdara Different Villages PSS and Child Protection 36 38 1199 1257

Dangam Different Villages PSS and Child Protection 24 30 758 728

Nuristan

Paroon Different Villages PSS and Child Protection 46 43 1812 1144

Wama Different Villages PSS and Child Protection 27 27 810 766

Sub Total

242 246 242 246

Total

488 15258

Community Awareness rising on MRE and Returnee Issues in targeted Districts

Province District Location Subjects Sessions Participants

M F M F

Nangarhar

Behsood Woch Tangi MRE and Returnee Issues 30 22 1835 764

Sorkhrod Ettifaq Village MRE and Returnee Issues 31 29 1167 783

Chaparhar Different Villages MRE and Returnee Issues 45 44 1177 738

Laghman

Alishang Different Villages MRE and Returnee Issues 39 41 1270 1339

Qarghaee Khairokhel MRE and Returnee Issues 27 34 840 772

Kunar

Pichdara Different Villages MRE and Returnee Issues 49 43 1787 1137

Dangam Different Villages MRE and Returnee Issues 26 26 773 760

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Nuristan Paroon Different Villages MRE and Returnee Issues 30 22 1835 764

Wama Different Villages MRE and Returnee Issues 31 29 1167 783

Sub Total 247 239 8849 6293

Total 486 15142

➢ Training of Trainers (ToT):

Behsood and Sorkhrod districts in Nangarhar province, were covered under awareness program on

PSS, CP, MRE and Returnees Issues in the previous project and so in this project, instead of

awareness, we conducted ToT. This session is for those who have already been trained in CP, PSS,

MRE and Return issues, under this program we conducted 151 (76 men, 75 women) sessions for

655 (382 men, 273 women) individuals, the ToT is to teach them to be able to conduct awareness

sessions in their community.

ToT Training on CP, PSS, MRE and Returnee Issues in two Districts

Province District Subjects

No. Sessions No. Participants

M F M F

Nangarhar Behsood TOT 49 48 269 196

Sorkhrod TOT 27 27 113 77

Sub total 76 75 382 273

Total 151 655

➢ Training and monthly meeting with the Shora members and Youth Council on Child protection Issues.

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Tabish established 18 community elders

shoras with 362 (194 men,168 women)

members and 18 youth councils with 311

(166 young boys, 145 young girls) in nine

targeted district. At the beginning of the

project, for each elders Shora and youth

council we conducted a two days training on

child protection minimum standards and

child rights. The trainings enhanced the

knowledge of Shora members and youth

council about child protection through CFSs. The community Shora and youth council members

gave full attention to the program to know about child rights so as to ensure child protection policy

in the community and they appreciated the goal of the project. They learnt about child protection

and child rights and they will have monthly discussion meeting with Tabish animators to discuss

child protection risk in their area and to find a solution to the problems. After the training Tabish

animator conducted regular monthly meeting with the members of both Elder shora and youth

council, we discussed the risks of child protection, the main issues which we had discussion were

family violence, child labor, violence against children, discrimination between boys and girl, child

marriage, child trafficking, education of children, health of children, vaccination of children and

rrecruitment of children in ALP.As a result,

one 17 year old boy who was dismissed

from the Afghan Local Police in Alishang

District was reinducted, 14 children in

Nuristan and 2 children in Chaparhar were

separated from the armed groups and 43

children received national ID for school

registration and will to go to school in the

beginning of the school year. In general,

the status of children has improved, and

violence against children has reduced.

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➢ Other Activities

1. Capacity Building for Staff:

Based on project agreement for capacity building of staff, during the project, Tabish main

office organized three days training on case management and CFS for CPER project staff in

Kabul province, the program was held in Kabul, all CPER project staff participated in the

training, the topics discussed in this program were two days’ case management and one-day

child friendly Space, during the training Tabish national trainer explained the definition,

principles and steps of case management, he also explained the child friendly space, aims,

principles structure of a standard CFS, when, where, how can we establish the CFS and

importance of games during the CFS activities.

2. Referral services

A total of 158 (73 boys, 85 girls) children were referred to other services for more follow up

such as hospital, vaccination and counseling.

3. Psychosocial services for New IDPs from Chapadara/ Kunar Province:

Due to armed clashes between the Taliban and the ISIS in Chapadara district, more than 2000 families

were displaced, they took refuge in different parts of Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, Tabish took up an

emergency response to their situation and carried out the following activities:

Pichdara Kunar:

Tabish with the support of UNICEF already had 20 CFSs in this district, we then conducted the following

activities for new IDPs:

✓ Covered around 375 new IDPs children (180 girls, 195 boys) from Chapadara district, under the

CFSs in Shahilam, Nangelam Ghondi, Nangilam Bazar,Wotangi, Shaloti, Manogi, and Nangelam

tangi villages.

✓ Psychosocial counselor Identified 13 children (8 boys,5 girls) for psychological intervention

among the new IDPs, and conducted group counseling sessions with them, the symptoms seen

among these children are fear, sleep disorders

and anxiety.

Woch Tangi / Behsood district Nangarhar:

✓ Psychosocial counselor identified two children The boy was injured in armed conflict - Counseling

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for psychological intervention among new IDPs, and conduct individual counseling session with

them, one boy was injured during the armed conflict, his physical condition was good, the

wound is not deep, but his mental situation was not good, he was under stress and had sleep

disorder, fear, flash memories of the conflict, the other one also had sleep disorder, fear and

negative thinking. Both of them were under psychological stress and the counselor did a

thorough follow up and they are fine now.

✓ Tabish covered around 200 new IDPs children (92 girls, 108 boys), under the CFSs in three parts

of Woch Tangi.

✓ Group counseling with 19 new IDP children (7 girls, 12 boys), the main symptoms were fear,

negative think, hopeless, sleep disorder and anxiety.

✓ Tabish conducted family support group with ten

new IDPs from Chapadara. Our counselors tried

to reach out to all IDPs who suffered from

psychosocial problems in this area.

✓ Tabish conducted awareness on Polio

vaccination for the new IDPs from Chapadara.

✓ Tabish conducted awareness on PSS, CP for 31

(14 men, 17 Women) new IDP from Chapadara

district.

➢ Achievement

All IDPs and returnees from our targeted areas have a good knowledge on CP, PSS, MRE and return issues.

They would have been in the dark if not for our intervention. This by itself is an achievement because now

they can protect themselves and their children. Convincing children to get back to school was yet another

achievement of our work.

Training on CP and child right for Shora members and youth council was very useful, the members

were very happy, they have committed to work with their communities to identify the affected

children and work to reduce child protection issues. When we explained the impact of Child

protection and child right on the social environment and on their mental health, they were able to

understand and that’s when they realized that they need to change the external factors as well.

PSS trainings helped a lot since people’s view of mental health changed, they were able to see

people as mentally ill and not mad or crazy. This made a big difference in the community. PSS is still

Awareness on Polio Vaccination for new IDPs from Chapadara.

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not popular in the villages. People want medicines all the time. When we began our work and gave

them information about counselling, the people understood and the results was good.

When family faces economic problem they are depressed and immediately people think that they

have the jinn and take them to the mullah. But now they are able to understand that people are

traumatized and stressed. People have also learnt that mental status may also affect the body, with

this understanding they know the reason for their head ache. They are able to connect the physical

problems to mental problems and that to social issues. They began to understand the nexus

between mental, physical and social problems.

➢ Challenges

• Security was a major concern, especially in Chaparhar and Alishang district, the community

mobilizers were not able to move freely in the villages.

• Negative competition within the community. Community leaders recommended their family

members to be chosen as volunteers. Community leaders fought over this. We had to

discuss it in depth with them and take it forward amicably. We asked them to choose one

leader to represent themselves so that we can communicate with them.

• Remoteness of some areas such as Nuristan, existence of security threats on the way and

High snow .

➢ Lessons Learnt

• There is need to distribute recreational items and hygiene goods in two or three rounds.

• In each community , there is need to have one or two volunteer leaders among the CFS

volunteers so that we can communicate with them and they can support each other

• We should strength the communication and support between CFs volunteers.

• Child to child support should be promoted, this would be like peer counselling but just that

there will not be a counselling component but they will support each other.

• PSS is very important for Afghanistan, especially for the women it is much needed. It will be

useful to follow up on this project and continue it for at least three years so that a tangible

change is made in the community.

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• There is need for joint monitoring with UNICEF, especially during the distribution of salary,

recreational items and hygiene goods.

➢ Recommendation

• The project needs to be continued for better results. The children enjoyed coming to the

CFS and it will be helpful if it is continued for some more time.

• There is a need to extend the awareness activities to other areas, there is not much

knowledge about CP, PSS, land mine and return issues in the villages.

• There is need for more trained community volunteers so that the capacity of the community

is built.

• Community based schools should be opened in areas where children do not have access to

regular schools specially in Ettifaq and Khairokhel.

➢ Conclusion

The project was a major success for several reasons. We were able to reach more people than we

planned and were also able to make a difference in the lives of many people. Apart from what we

set out to do, we were able to cover more ground with other work such as new IDPs in Assadabad.

We were able to make good contact with the government sector which helped in advocacy. All staff

did a great job in maintaining good relationship with the community leaders. To us in Tabish it is

not just another project but one that changed the lives of people.

Tabish Sub Office

Jalalabad / Nangarhar

2019