SCA | The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan

SCA is a Non Governmental Organisation. We’ve been working in Afghanistan with education, health, rehabilitation of people with disabilities and rural development for over 30 years. SCA today employs about 6,300 people – midwifes, nurses, doctors, care takers, principles, teachers etc. Cross cutting issues for all of SCA’s work are human rights and gender.

Swedish Committee for Afghanistan | Education

According to accessible figures around 7 million students are currently attending Afghan schools. 2001 this same figure was less than 1 million students. This is a proof for development, regardless of a difficult security situation in the country.

Swedish Committee for Afghanistan | Rural Development

Water safes lives! From 1992 to 2010 SCA has constructed 15,550 wells equipped with hand pumps and 600 latrines in our coverage areas.

Swedish Committee for Afghanistan | Health

Low life expectancy (47 years for men, 45 for women) and high maternal and child mortality and morbidity rates indicate that the health situation of the Afghan people remains poor. Afghanistan has the second highest maternal mortality rate in the world. One in six Afghan children (MoPH 2011) will not live to see its fifth birthday. [...]

Swedish Committee for Afghanistan | Rehabilitation of people with disabilities

Every year we rehabilitate tens of thousands of afghans with disabilities. Every year, in our workshops, we produce and provide thousands of orthopedic appliances; fitted prosthesis, fitted orthosis, wheelchairs and mobility aids. The Afghan school system has also taken important steps to include children with various disabilities.

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New big grant for health and education of children

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan has received 50 million Swedish kronor, about 350 million Afghanis, in an extra grant from SIDA, Swedish International Development [...]

TEMP A Master Programme in Education and Didactics

Teacher education master programme. Improving the learning outcomes of primary and secondary school students is a crucial issue for the development of Afghanistan.