International Women’s Day in Afghanistan

Kabul, March 8, 2010

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan celebrated the 8th of March “International Women’s Day” at all its 10 offices in Afghanistan today. SCA has 5500 employees in Afghanistan, 1283 are women. They were given an appreciation letters for the hard work they carry out, especially in the field work. » Read more...

Disabled women and children a priority

Jalalabad, March 6, 2010

Breshna, 18, from Jalalabad was two years old when her family realized that she had polio. Due to her disability she has never been to a school, but Breshna learned tailoring at a vocational training of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. Now she has her own tailoring business at her home and is voluntarily teaching other disabled in the business. » Read more...

Clarification on distribution of aid in Afghanistan

Press release from ACBAR, February 5, 2010

Over the past few weeks, inaccurate information regarding the disbursement of aid money in Afghanistan has been circulated (ref: Pajhwok Afghan News 26 of January 2010). Therefore, The Agency Co-ordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR) in consultation with its members would like to highlight some key facts and figures in light of the ongoing discussion. » Read more...

Call for proposals – SCA Small Project Fund

Kabul, December 18, 2009

At an SPF training in Parwan in 2009 local NGOs received training in
proposal writing and budget planning.

Civil Society (CS) is commonly known as the arena in between families, private companies, government, institutions and typically consist of a group of people that come together in order to achieve their common goals and visions for the goods of a bigger group.

SCA’s Small Project Fund (SPF) aims to strengthen local capacity and to respond to initiatives from civil society organisations, increase its interaction with civil society and try out new partnership activities with civil society organisations.
The project is funded through Swedish Forum Syd.

Deadline for applications is January 24, 2010. » Read more...

SCA Newsletter no 4

Kabul, November 16, 2009

Did you know that SCA has become one of Afghanistan’s largest provider of health and medical services, reaching 1 220 000 people?
In SCA’s latest newsletter we will explain the importance of providing quality health services to Afghans in the rural areas.
Read also about SCA’s objectives and updates from our projects throughout the 17 provinces were SCA is implementing its projects.

Click here on the image to download your copy of the newsletter (PDF 570 kb).

Four year strategy outlined

Kabul, October 21, 2009

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan held its autumn management workshop of the year 2009, in which the strategy for the years 2010-2013 was in focus. » Read more...