Our work

The girl in the picture is Hajira. She is 8 years old and a pupil in one of SCA’s schools. Most of all she likes mathemathics and when she gets older, she wants do become a doctor.

SCA works in Afghanistan since almost 30 years. The work encompasses programmes for education, health, support to persons with disabilities and rural development. The mission of SCA is to empower poor women, men and children by combining service provision, capacity development and advocacy. Vulnerable people’s right to quality of life and human rights are promoted in all sectors of work. The work is always conducted in close cooperation with the local population. SCA has about 6,200 employees, of whom 99,8 % are Afghans.

You can read more about the respective programmes by clicking one of the links to the right.

Photo: Christoffer Hjalmarsson

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