Help in coordination with the Department of Labor and Social Affairs of Herat Province and financial support of UNICEF has launched a cash distribution program for 2,000 vulnerable families in Herat province on 10 August 2020.

this program is part of Help’s child protection program, which is being implemented in Herat, Ghor, and Farah provinces.

The beneficiaries of this program are those whose children are engaged in hard work in the kilns, according to a survey conducted by the social workers of Help. An amount of 4,200 Afghanis is provided by Help for each family whose child works in the kiln, to help the families of these children to prevent them from doing hard work and to encourage the children to go to school.

Beneficiaries welcomed the program by Help and pledged to continue the assistance and involve more families in the process.

It is worth of mentioning that recently, the Help in Afghanistan has launched a project from the United Nations International Children Fund (UNICEF) entitled “Supporting Vulnerable Children by Providing Humanitarian Child Protection Services in Herat, Ghor, and Farah Provinces through Media Awareness, Psycho-social Counseling to the children, their families, religious leaders and society against violence, abuse, exploitation, and negative dealing mechanisms.” This project is scheduled to be implemented during the next 10 months from 21 June 2020 to 21 April 2021, the main purpose of which is to protect children against neglecting, abusing, mistreatment as well as child care and its side effects.

Source: Help IT & Public Relations Department