Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020

171 people with disabilities benefited from the cash assistance program of Help with the financial support of the UNICEF office in Herat province.

These individuals were identified after a survey by the social staff of Help in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Social Affairs of Herat Province.

It should be noted that an awareness session about the rights of people with disabilities, Hygiene, and Coronavirus was also part of the cash distribution program for beneficiaries.

Meanwhile, as part of a child protection program, Help has distributed cash assistance to nearly 2,000 families of vulnerable children so far.

To be noted that recently, 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 June 21, 2020, to April 21, 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