Project implementation time period: One Month
Implementer: Afghan Women Business Federation (AWBF)
Supporting Organization: Ayenda Foundation
Date and Time: April 30, 2008
Venue: AWBF Conference Hall

Project Summary Report:
Due to social, economic and educational problems in Afghanistan – especially when Afghans seek refuge in Pakistan or other countries – many children of poor families lack access to education that could allow them to escape poverty. Additionally, if the Afghan government cannot provide job opportunities, poverty will remain and peace will be harder to achieve.

AWBF is a women’s organization that aids poor women by providing opportunities in education, business and entrepreneurship so as to allow them to support their families, escape poverty and avoid having to seek refuge in other countries. AWBF focuses on finding financial support for these families through work with other charitable organizations.

AWBF requested $5,000 USD for the families and children of women that are members of participating associations. That money was to be distributed to 135 families, and was to be used to purchase school supplies and other necessary supplies for school children. Food, school supplies and clothing were to be distributed to the children of women in associations registered with AWBF. Each child was set to receive $37 USD worth of necessary goods and supplies.

AWBF expressed its gratitude for the support provided to Afghan women and children by the Ayenda Foundation, and hoped for further assistance in the future.      

Project Implementation Report:
AWBF contacted its member associations in which there were families whose children were forced to stay home from school due to lack of money. The organization then invited the eligible women to come with their children to a ceremony which took place on May 11, 2008 at 9 a.m. in the AWBF Conference Hall in Taimani Watt in Kabul, Afghanistan. Around 135 children and their families attended the event and received food and school supplies prepared by AWBF and funded by the Ayenda Foundation.

Timeline:
The project’s actual duration was 10 days, during which AWBF found the eligible children. (A list of participants and children who received the goods and supplies is attached to this report.) Of those 10 days, six were used for preparing the project implementation and four for the implementation itself.

Comments: 

In its entirety the project went well, with around 100 children received food, goods and school supplies prepared by the two organizations. The project represented a proud moment for AWBF. The organization has expressed its gratitude to the Ayenda Foundation for its support of the project and conveyed its desire for more assistance and has encouraged charitable organizations such as the Ayenda Foundation to provide more assistance to needy families, especially in the provinces.