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Paghman Education Project (PEP)
Location: Paghman district, Kabul
Number of Beneficiaries: 14,500 students
Start Year: 2002
Status: Completed



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Project Overview

Twenty years of war has caused the collapse of Afghanistan's education system. School buildings have been destroyed or damaged by the ongoing conflict, and classes have been abandoned as civilians fled areas of heavy fighting.

Islamic Relief has undertaken the Paghman Education Project to reconstruct destroyed school buildings in the Paghman district, allowing boys and girls from almost 50 villages to go back to their schools.

Project Background

Afghanistan has one of the lowest sets of social indicators in the world.

The twenty years of war and internal conflicts have resulted in the complete destruction of social and economic infrastructure.

The destruction includes virtual collapse of the education system in terms of physical and human resources.

Public buildings, including schools, have been seriously damaged. Civil unrest did not spare teachers either and many were forced to leave jobs. According to estimates, more than 2,000 teachers have been killed in war and affected by internal displacement and migration.

Project Objectives

  • To repair, renovate or where necessary, reconstruct physical infrastructure of selected existing schools in the Paghman area.

  • In the short term, to enable classes to be conducted at the schools.

  • In long term, to increase Gross enrolment Ratio, decrease the dropout ratio, and reduce disparities between access of boys & girls to primary education.

Project Activities

The MoU will clearly outline mutual responsibilities of Education Directorate and IR. School identification process will be undertaken and an expert civil engineer will assess that exact nature of the work to be carried out. Upon completion of the activities, a certification will be given highlighting the work that has been carried out and that it has been done according to the required standards.

There are eight primary schools, five middle and four high schools. These schools are providing education to 14,500 students.

How Islamic Relief Helps

"Islamic Relief is striving for a fairer world. Our mission is to help the poor and needy to live sustainable, self-reliant lives within safe and caring communities. Our work is guided and shaped by the core values of accountability, humanitarianism, neutrality and impartiality, inclusiveness, integrity and co-operation, all of which are also integral to the Islamic faith."
Dr Hany El Banna - Founder of Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief was established in 1984 and our unique approach is the result of these many years of hands-on experience.

  1. Where possible we adopt a community partnership-based approach; encouraging community involvement, understanding and ownership of projects.
  2. We run the majority of our field projects ourselves, giving us direct insight into the problems faced and how best to solve them.
  3. We aim to empower those we help in order to achieve sustainable results.
  4. Though our emergency response teams are quick to respond to emergencies around the world, we continue to support communities long after the initial media interest has died down.
  5. We recruit staff locally to benefit from their local knowledge. This ensures that we are culturally sensitive and allows us to reach communities and areas other organisations cannot.
  6. Where necessary we coordinate our work with other reputable aid agencies, local organisations and governments.

Millennium Development Goals

Islamic Relief is committed to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which have been agreed by the world’s leading development institutions in an effort to meet the needs of the world’s poorest by the year 2015. 

The goals:

  1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  2. Achieve universal primary education
  3. Promote gender equality and empower women
  4. Reduce child mortality
  5. Improve maternal health
  6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  7. Ensure environmental sustainability
  8. Develop a global partnership for development

For more information about the MDGs, please visit: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

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