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BRAC AFGHANISTAN
Annual Report 2008
BRAC Afghanistan
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Butcher Street, Baharistan, Kart-e-Parwan,
Kabul, Afghanistan
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Just enlightened, healthy an free from
hunger, poverty, environmental
A Just, enlightened, healthy and democratic
societies free from hunger, poverty, environmental
degradation and all forms of exploitation
degradation and all forms of exploitation based
based on age, sex, religion and ethnicity.
on age, sex, religion and ethnicity.
‐Vision

4.
BRAC: An Overview
an integrated link with government to ease the
BRAC is an international organisation started
surfacing of other organizations in Bangladesh
its development activities in Bangladesh in the
(http://www.brac.net).
year 1972 focusing on rehabilitation and
resettling thousands of Bangladeshi refugees
returning soon after the liberation war of
Bangladesh. Through the years of struggle
against extreme poverty, illiteracy, diseases,
environmental degradation, injustice and
other handicaps, Bangladesh has adopted
many innovative tools to tackle poverty.
BRAC is the name of a development
organisation founded by Fazle Hasan Abed in
February 1972, now renowned nationally and
globally of its participatory approaches for
bringing sustainable changes in the livelihood
of the people through designing a
comprehensive package of two goals;
empowerment of the poor people particularly
women and poverty alleviation.
BRAC’s development programmes has been
working to reducing the vulnerability of the
people by using new methods and improved
technologies which helps to bring about
changes of the poor people life that permits
them to break out the cycle of poverty and
hopelessness with special emphasis on
improving as well as increasing their socio‐
economic condition in the society and health
conditions through group formation (Village
Organisation, VO), concretization and
awareness raising, skill training, health and
education services, and collateral free loans for
income‐generating activities .
At present, BRAC operates in over 69,421
villages (out of a total of 84,000 villages) through
its mainstream micro credit‐based development
program reaching nearly covered population
110 million through share with human resource
over 117,067 fulltime staff and a similar number
of part‐time functionaries with an annual
budget of US$ 485 million, 80% of which is self
financed. Over the years BRAC has established
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5. TABLE OF CONTENTS
BRAC: An Overview 02
BRAC Afghanistan: An Overview 05
Location of BRAC projects in Afghanistan 06
BRAC Afghanistan At a glance 07
Education Programme 09
Health Programme 19
Microfinance Programme 33
Agriculture Development Programme 42
Livestock Development Programme 46
Infrastructure and Social Development Programme 48
BRAC Training and Resource Centre 59
Women Training and Production Centre 63
Support Programme 64
BRAC Afghanistan’s Operational Management 67
BRAC Afghanistan Organogram 68
Financial Statement 69
CORE VALUES
Concern for people especially poor
Human dignity
Belief in human capacity
Gender equity
Fairness
Honesty and integrity
Discipline
Creativity and innovation
Participation
Accountability
Cost consciousness
Team work
Openness
Sharing information
Transparency
Professionalism
High quality product and service
Concern for environment
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6. BRAC Afghanistan:
An Overview
The war in Afghanistan lasted for three decades borrowers, trained 20,794 farmers under
leaves not only debris, poverty and Agriculture & Livestock Development and Credit
unemployment but also its natural resources Support Programme, 1,390 poultry and livestock
have been degraded and public institutions lost workers who serve thousands of people, and
their capabilities. The lack of capacity grassroots 9,521 families received hygiene education
level administrative bodies (availability, training.
knowledge and competence) is among the most BRAC’s Bangladeshi staff successfully trained
serious problems affecting the Afghan hundreds of Afghani nationals to manage and
infrastructure. implements the programmes and now 95% of
After becoming a largest organisation in the field BRAC Afghanistan staffs are Afghani. A group of
of development sector and committed to the 3,649 skilled Bangladeshi and Afghani staff are
alleviation of poverty and empowerment of poor, actively engaged in implementing various
BRAC has been sharing its expertise in post war programmes of BRAC in Afghanistan.
rehabilitation with the communities in (www.bracafg.org)
Afghanistan to improving the overall socio‐
economic environment. BRAC Afghanistan was
registered as an international NGO in
Afghanistan in May 2002 and implements
Education, Health, Enterprise Development,
Microfinance, Agriculture and Livestock
Development, Capacity Development, and
National Solidarity Programmes. BRAC
Afghanistan has constantly been applying the
proven best practices keeping in mind the
cultural and social context of Afghanistan. BRAC
Afghanistan operates to verifying degrees of
scope and intensity in 25 out of 34 provinces in
Afghanistan with 429 offices. BRAC’s long
experience in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka
and some East African countries suggest its
capacity to implement programmes in a
participatory manner even in security
challenging areas.
Through its different programmes activities in
Afghanistan with the help of the government of
Afghanistan and international donor agencies,
BRAC Afghanistan health programme operates
in 7 provinces now managing 7 district hospitals,
20 comprehensive health centres, 66 basic health
centres, 44 sub health centres and 533 mobile
sessions every month. The education programme
operating 2,654 community based schools in 11
provinces of Afghanistan with accommodated
84,536 students. Besides, BRAC Afghanistan has
undertaken an extensive microfinance
programme covering 23 provinces and reached to
188,806 members with cumulative disbursed
more than USD 145 million microloans to 139,824
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7.
BRAC Afghanistan: At a glance

8. Provinces covered: 25 (out of 34)
Balkh, Baghlan, Kunduz, Takhar, Parwan, Kapisa, Kabul, Nangarhar, Paktika, Helmand,
Badghis, Samangan, Jawzjan, Saripul, Kandahar, Hirat, Faryab, Logar, Ghazni, Laghman,
Panjshir, Ghor, Badakshan, Nimroz and Daykundi.
Personnel
Total Staff 3,649
National Staff 3,477
Male 1,882
Female 1,595
Expatriates 172
Office set up 429
Training Center 1
Annual Expenditure
2002 US$ 00.24 million
2003 US$ 02.78 million
2004 US$ 14.56 million
2005 US$ 20.33 million
2006 US$ 31.15 million
2007 US$ 28.75 million
2008 US$ 25.77 million
Education Programme
Community based schools (CBS) established 2,654
Students in on going CBS classes 84,536 (84% girls)
Graduated students 124,075 (84% girls)
CBS teachers’ recruitment 2,654
Class room construction 476
In‐service training to Govt. school teachers 857
Master Trainers developed on English subject 40
Training for govt. school teachers on English subject 293
SASC member development through workshop 3,045
Capacity development of local NGOs 50
CBS operation by local NGOs 650
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9. BRAC Afghanistan: At a glance
Health Programme
Province covered 7
District covered 52
Population covered in million 4.35
District Hospital 7
Comprehensive Health Centre 21
Basic Health Centre 66
Sub Health Centre 44
Mobile / Satellite Clinics 533
Community Health Workers 3,578
Microfinance Programme
Province covered 23
Village Organizations (VOs) 11,572
VO members 188,806
Borrowers 139,824
Members’ Savings (US$) 5,596,627
Disbursement (Cum.) (US$) 145,604,001
Portfolio Outstanding (US$) 27,597,081
NSP Programme WATSAN Project
Province covered 6
Province covered 2
Com. Development Plan prepared 2,327
Total tube well installed 160
Sub projects being implemented 1,007
Latrine constructed 505
Sub projects completed 3,631
Hygiene education training for family 9,521
CBDRR Programme EQUIP Programme
Province covered 1 Education enhancement (Materials) 389
Orientation on disaster to Village 1,678 Infrastructure completed (Schools) 46
Level Development Capacity building training for SMC & 389
Orientation on disaster for school 714 PTA members
children Orientation course conducted 119
BRAC Training & Resource Centre (BTRC)
No. of Trainers 16
Total participants trained in around the year 2,967
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10.
EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Education scenario in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has faced a long term impact on the education sector for its social unrest and security problem over
the years. The literacy rate up to now in Afghanistan marked as low and moreover, the country facing the lack of
teachers and schools. During the 23 years conflict and war inside the country, misplaced many families to rip up
their children from school and many more migrated to neighboring countries. After return back, number of
children had to remain at home to help their family’s daily work and putting their hands for income generating
activities. Over aged girls were forbidden from attending schools for the lack of their educational facilities, and
as a result, a large number of female in Afghanistan has been deprived of the right of education. Access to
education is also an issue for those children, who are living in remote areas, from extremely poor families and
moreover the ethnic minority communities.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) in Afghanistan and a number of donor agencies supported, to increase
collaboration for providing teachers training, schools for unprivileged children in the underserved areas, social
mobilization, local community involvement, supply of educational materials, the exchange of ideas and
experience in primary education, and to enhance the pedagogic efficiency of teachers. Through various
initiatives of Afghan Government and international donor agencies, the people of Afghanistan are now realizing
the value of education and allowing girls to attend school where appropriate facilities exists. Still today, some of
the obstacles to education for girls in Afghanistan which includes the long distances of schools from residence,
customary restriction on girls mobility, lack of security, poverty, lack of female teachers and staffs particularly in
rural area and the widespread custom of marrying girls at a very early age has playing a negative impact in
implementing education for girls.
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11. BRAC Afghanistan Education educational outputs under Education Quality
Improvement Programme (EQUIP) with the
Programme
assistance of the World Bank in Parwan and Kapisa
From its inception in 2002, BRAC Afghanistan has provinces.
found that a large number of small children cannot
Besides, a total number of 75 school buildings
get any scope and facilities to attend formal schools
constructed as the part of infrastructure
because of far way from their residence or not being
development under Emergency Education
able to reach school due to topography. Moreover,
Rehabilitation and Development Programme
a significant number of over aged girls are out of
(ERDP) and EQUIP.
reach of the basic education systems because their
parents are reluctant to send them alone to
distantly located school. A Total number of 86,970 students graduated under
Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) funded by
BRAC Afghanistan putting hands with the Ministry UNICEF and 37,105 students (89% girls) graduated
of Education and supported from international under Community Based School funded by SIDA.
donor agencies for trying to shape the Afghan
children as worthy citizens of the country through BRAC Afghanistan Education programme working
creating the scope to education. for the capacity improvement of school
management and strengthen linkages to exchange
BRAC Afghanistan Education Programme has ideas and experience in primary education, and to
taken number of initiatives aimed at the holistic enhance the pedagogic efficiency of community
improvement and significant progress of the based school teachers, government school teachers
country’s education infrastructure, providing an and government officials through organizing
opportunity for quality education in underserved different type’s of workshop and subject based
areas of Afghanistan. Beside, the millennium training. A total number of 20 staff members
strategy that has taken by the Afghan government, received five months long courses on education
try to figure the country’s education sector through management from BRAC Bangladesh.
providing education for all with the close
cooperation and assistance of the international
development agencies, international NGOs and
national NGOs. Over the years, it has been
expanded redirecting its school programme by
establishing Basic Education for Older Children
(BEOC) in place of Non Formal Primary Education
(NFPE) schools with a view to take stand on behalf
of the poorest and under privileged children
those who are deprived of education.
Achievements of the Programme
BRAC Afghanistan Education Programme has
created an employment opportunities for local
women. A total number of 2,654 women are
engaged as school teachers and 266 women as
school supervisors. In addition, BRAC Afghanistan
also develops the capacity of local NGOs. A total of
49 local NGOs are engaged to operate 650
community based schools.
BRAC Afghanistan now runs 2,654 Community
Based Schools with accommodated 84,536 students
(84% girls) and has received graduation 124,075
students (84% girls).
A total of 389 schools had improved the quality
educational inputs and process as the foundation
for a long terms strategy to enhance quality of
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12. Aim of Education Programme
BRAC Afghanistan’s contribution in education
sector of Afghanistan on it has had twenty three
years experience of Bangladesh in providing non‐
formal primary education to underprivileged
children which were out of the formal education
system. The goal of BRAC Afghanistan Education
Programme is to encourage the communities to
establish community based schools in different
rural areas of Afghanistan to build the skills and
self‐confidence level of the children and
mainstreaming them to continue their education
through the formal system.
Different Education Projects
BRAC Afghanistan operates two types of education
programme in the year 2008 which are followings:
♦ Community Based School Programme
supported by SIDA
♦ Girls’ Education Project supported by Schools in 13 provinces (Kabul, Parwan, Kapisa,
CIDA Baghlan, Kunduz, Takhar, Samangan, Balkh,
Jawzjan, Hirat, Kandahar, Helmand and
Nangarhar) of Afghanistan. The BEOC School is
designed for the out of school girls aged 11‐15 years
to provide the education opportunities up to grade
III level education by two years time span and the
Feeder School is designed for the out of school
children aged 6‐7 years to provide education
opportunity up to grade I level education by one
year time span. After completion of the course of
BRAC run community based schools, the graduates
are enrolled in higher grades of the formal school to
continue their education.
Specific objectives
♦ Support government efforts to achieve
education for all
♦ Reduce mass illiteracy and contribute to
the basic education of the country’s
poorest children.
Community Based School Programme
♦ Increase access of girls in education.
Supported by SIDA
♦ Involve communities in the
Since September’ 2004, the BRAC Afghanistan management of schools and mobilize in
education programme supported by the SIDA has favor of education, especially for girls’
implemented the community based education education.
programme through establishing two types of ♦ Create employment opportunities for
community based schools which as Basic local women as school teachers.
Education for Older Children (BEOC) and Feeder
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Achievements of the Project
Moreover, through providing training on the
Since inception to end date of the programme tailoring, life skills of the members is also enhanced
(September’04 to June ’08), a total of 1,212 to serve their family needs by earning some money
community based schools are operated or assisting their neighbors through tailoring
accommodated 35,807 students of them 31,810 service.
(89%) girls. Out of 1,212 these schools, a total of 670
schools are BEOC which have provided education Addressing gender issue
to 19,057 girls (adolescent and over aged girls) up The Community based school programme
to grade III and a total of 542 schools are Feeder supported by SIDA gave the utmost emphasis on
which provides education up to grade III to 16,790 gender issue at its all stages of programme
children of them 12,753 girls. Over the project implementation, basically the programme is
period, a total of 36 ARCs are established as developed focusing on the girls’ education that
piloting of the project with 974 adolescent ultimately narrows down the gender disparity from
members. A total of 86 adolescent had received the society through flourishing girls as befitting
training on tailoring. Afghans. Taking in account the girls’ educational
conditions in Afghanistan‐ where some days ago
Obtaining experience on grade IV girls had no access to education. The programme
and V level teaching established two types of schools of which one is
In consideration of the community demand, BEOC developed only for girls (100% girls’
continuous education opportunity of the adolescent students) and second one is feeder developed for
girls who did not get opportunity to continue their children of them above 70% girls. The programme
education after completion of BRAC community also recruits female from the community as school
based school course, due to long distance of formal teachers, means 100% teachers are female and
schools. The education programme has been above 80% staffs are female. Moreover, the
prolonged up to March 2008 as an extension phase programme ensured the community mobilization
through extending 51 BEOC schools’ duration for activities through arranging monthly mothers
piloting on grade IV and V level teaching, along meeting focusing on girls’ issues.
with 12 Feeder schools for piloting on grade II and Capacity development of Local NGOs
III level teaching. This pilot programme is carried
out with the objective to obtain the experience of BRAC Afghanistan always believes in partnership
teaching on stated levels’ education for for the better programme implementation and
accommodating the newly formulated the policy of committed to the development of the capacity of
the Ministry of Education (MoE) on community local NGOs. On a pilot basis, the programme
based education system. initiated to make partnership education program
me with local NGOs for enhancing the capability of
Adolescent Reading Centre (ARC)
local NGOs in community based education
Adolescent girls are often the most marginalized programme implementation. A total of 15
and vulnerable member of the society. Due to some community based schools has been implemented
unavoidable reasons such as long distance of by three local NGOs to obtain experience on
formal school, parents’ unwillingness to send community based school implementation in
adolescent girls in long distant formal school underserved areas of Afghanistan with the financial
resulted from getting admission in the formal support from SIDA.
schools for their continuous education.
The project established Adolescent Reading Centers
(ARC) as a piloting phase of this project to keeping
adolescent girls adhered with the educational
materials for retaining their knowledge after
completing BRAC Afghanistan school courses.
The ARC reading materials such as story books,
magazines, and newspapers are provided to them
to continue their education informally along with to
make them socialized.
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14. Girls Education Project b). Adolescent reading centres operation,
Supported by CIDA c). Quality enhancement of public schools
c. i) Research and new initiatives.
The Afghan Ministry of Education (MoE) and the
international community realized that in spite of Community Based Schools Operation
girls’ education, it could not be possible to rebuild The Education programme implemented Girls
the education system and to meet the growing education project through operating two types of
demand in education sector. The aim of the girls’ community based schools which are:
education project has been to explore the way in
i.) Community Based Feeder School (CBFS) and
which gender equality will be maintained through
ii.) Community Based Accelerated Learning Schools
the provision of basic education. Besides, the
(CBALS)
existing facilities of educational space and resource
in Afghanistan so far from adequate to serve the
needs of all school age children. Therefore The Community based feeder schools were
Afghanistan government has established a strategy designed for children those aged brackets 7~9 years
that supplements government education services old in sitting capacity of 30~35 numbers of students
by parenting with service delivery organisations, to provide education up to grade III in two year
such as BRAC Afghanistan, to deliver education in time period. After successfully completion from
underserved areas of Afghanistan. BRAC Afghanistan community based feeder
schools, the graduates will be enrolled in grade IV
BRAC Afghanistan started the Girls Education of the formal schools. Besides, Community Based
Project in Afghanistan through singing a contract Accelerated Learning Schools accommodated for
between CIDA and BRAC Afghanistan on out of school girls aged within the 10~15 for two
December 2006.The project fully supported by the years and provided education up to grade IV to
CIDA and developed in line of the newly catch the formal education system. In both types of
formulated community based school operation schools followed the government curriculum along
policy of the MoE. The purposes of the project are with supplementary reading materials. Teachers
to narrow the gaps in access and quality of basic are recruited locally of these two type schools after
education, and life skills development in rural and consulting with the community peoples and
underserved areas of Afghanistan, especially for Education Department. All teachers receive 15 days
girls and the children who are out of school and basic training as well as monthly and grade change
also enhance continuing education opportunity to refreshers.
girls through quality enhancement of public school.
Specific objectives of the project:
♦ Increase access to girls’ education
through CBFS and CBALS schools.
♦ Promote adolescents to continue
education and enhance life skill
knowledge
♦ Continuously improving education
opportunities for girls through quality
enhancement of public schools.
♦ Develop the capacity of local NGOs to
be involved in CBS programme
implementation under the proposed
project.
Components of Girls’ Education Project
The core components of the project are
a). Community based school operation
a. i) 4,000 CBFS and CBALS establishment.
a.ii) Class room construction
a.iii) Capacity development of local NGOs,
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15.
School in operation
Since January 2007 to December 2008, a total of 2,654 Community Based schools established with accommodated
84,536 (84%girls) in 65 districts of 11 Provinces i.e Kabul, Kapisa, Parwan, Samangan, Balkh, Jawzjan, Herat,
Nangarhar, Lagman, Kandahar and Helmand. Out of these schools, a total of 1,404 CBALS have provided
education opportunity to 42,716 girls and 1,250 CBFS to 41,820 students of them 28,617 (68%) girls and 13,203
boys. Although, CBS establishment has created scope to access in education for the out of school children and
create opportunity female as teachers in the community.
In the year 2008, the project has established a total of 1,653 (CBFS 781 and CBALS 872) community based schools
with accommodated 54,000 students (83% girls) on the basis of survey findings and the community based
education policy of the Afghan Ministry of Education.
BRAC Afghanistan Education Programme……….
….target children coming from the poorest and most deprived house hold during 2007~2008
120,000 ‐
80,000 ‐ 84%
70000 –
60,000 –
50,000 –
40,000 –
16%
20,000 –
0
84,536 of total students’ 71,333 of girls’ student 13,203 of boys’ student
Classroom Construction
A total of 476 classrooms are constructed under this project despite of many reasons such as the scarcity of land
and construction materials. This has an access opportunity to education in the communities where there is no
govt. hub school and especially over aged girls which also significantly help to minimize the gender gap in the
enrolment of the primary education. Although target was more than 930 in this project with its 4 years time span
but it was decided in the steering committee meeting with the Ministry of Education and CIDA that BRAC
Afghanistan has only constructed new 392 class room in the year 2008.
Status of Classroom constructed
Target Classroom Year 2007 Year 2008 Total classrooms Outcomes level
construction constructed
Educational opportunity for the out of
930 (Revised) 84 392 476 school children where there is no govt. hub
school.
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16. Capacity Development of Local NGOs government school teachers. A total of 857
under Girls Education Project Government school teachers (386 female and 489
male) had received training on INSET I from
BRAC Afghanistan always believes in partnership inception to December 2008. Out of them, 206 govt.
for the better programme implementation and school teachers had received this training in the
committed to the development of the capacity of year 2008. In March 2008, it was decided in place of
local NGOs. The project has enhanced the capacity INSET I and Education Management trainings
of the local NGOs in implementing the CBE in .BRAC Afghanistan education programme has to
remotest rural areas through providing the provide trainings on different subject based
education opportunity for girls especially for the training to the Govt. School teachers under its Girls’
over aged girls. Education Project next year. As per new target the
A total of 49 local NGOs had shared experience and project has to provide training to some 3000
partnership with the BRAC Afghanistan Education Primary and secondary School teachers on English,
Programme operated 650 community based schools Math and science subjects.
(365 CBALS and 285 CBFS) with accommodated
With a view to provide subject based training to the
21,434 students (81% girls) in 42 districts in 11 government school teachers, BRAC Afghanistan
provinces of Afghanistan since from January 2007 has designed a 15 days long subject based training
to 2008. It is in target plan within the 4 years project on Math and English subjects to develop the
period to operate 1,000 community based schools Master Trainers and teachers capacity on the
administering by local NGOs to buildup their mentioned subjects. Consequently after several
capacity. meetings with Teachers Education Programme
In the year 2008, a total of 29 local new NGOs (TEP), finally the newly developed training module
signed contract with BRAC and shared experience and materials on English subjects has received
to operate 450 community based schools under the approval from TEP.
girls’ education project in rural areas of In 2008. 22 trainees from Teachers Training College,
Afghanistan. The partners NGO already have TEP and teachers in different government schools
received the training on school operation and Master Trainers have been received training on
management, education management and financial English subject. Now they are providing training at
management. A total of 80 NGO personnel’s the field level. A total number of 293 teachers at the
participated the training in over the year. field level have been trained around the year 2008.
Quality Enhancement of Public School Capacity Building of CBS teachers
BRAC Afghanistan Education Programme has Training for the teachers of community based
maintained the high linkages with Provincial schools is playing a very important role to
Education Department (PED) and District smoothly implementing the girls’ education project.
Education Department (DED) through organizing After the primary recruitment of the teachers from
workshops Additionally, BRAC Afghanistan the community, a twelve days long Basic Teachers
conducted workshops with the help of the Govt. Training is provided which was same followed by a
schools Advisory Committee (SASC), Local leaders basic teachers training module prepared in the light
from the catchment villages and School of TEP training module INSET I. Those who are
Management Committee (SMC) of nearest BRAC able to receive the training effectively only they are
Afghanistan schools clustered with the govt. finally recruited as the teachers to operate the
School. Besides, BRAC Afghanistan well briefed the community based schools.
education system that operating in BRAC schools
The basic teacher training course focusing on the
and responsibilities to SASC, SMC and community
concept of community based school, class room
leaders to ensure quality education. In this
management and discipline, teacher’s preparation
workshop a school mapping assessment also
for teaching method in class, techniques, evaluation
prepare to finalize how many CBS school could be
process, and rapport building with parents and
established and clustered under a particular govt.
guardians. The training has developed the teaching
School.
skills of the teachers for providing quality
Beside this, BRAC Afghanistan has been providing
education.
the subject Based trainings for the government
school teachers to enhance the quality of the
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17. After completing the 12 days long Basic Teachers awarded by H.E Karim Nawabi, Afghan
Training, BRAC has organized a 3 days orientation Ambassador of Bangladesh, Ms. Hamida Nizami,
focusing on the perspective of the girls’ education Director of Basic Education of MoE, Dr. Mahabub
project. Although this orientation also very Hossain, Executive Director of BRAC and Dr.
important for CBS teachers to know the CBS school Salehuddin Ahmed, Pro.V.C of BRAC University.
operation modalities, preparing class routine, On the occasion of awarding ceremony, all the
record keeping, materials maintenance, keep touch distinguished guests delivered their speech on the
with parents through arranging monthly mothers effectiveness of the training course in rebuilding of
meeting along with the techniques of making the Afghanistan.
child friendly learning atmosphere.
School Management Committee (SMC)
From the started date of the project, BRAC
BRAC Afghanistan Education Programme has
Afghanistan has already provided a 12 day’s long
formed the SMC comprising with the community
training to 2,700 teachers and finally recruited 2,654
people such as teacher of CBS, Sura representative,
teachers as a teacher of the community based
Olema representative, Female representative of the
schools.
Parents and Education Patrons to operate the CBS
Subject based training for Capacity effectively and to make ensure the community
Development participation. A total of 2,600 SMC has formed
during January 2007 to December 2008 of which
With a view to increase the capacity development 1,599 SMC in 2008. As an impact of formed SMC,
for master trainers and government school teachers, the CBS has been a defendable learning place for
BRAC Afghanistan has been operating a 15 days the over aged girls and moreover ensuring the
long subject based training on Math and English community participation.
subjects which was started in the year 2008. In
response of the necessity of English and
Mathematics, the Ministry of Education, BRAC
Afghanistan and CIDA has decided in the steering
committee meeting on March 9, 2008 to make a new
inclusion in project instead of INSET I training for
government school teachers and the Principals and
Headmasters training on Education Management
as well as determination of new target 3,000 on
English and Math subject based training.
Consequently BRAC Afghanistan had arranged
several meetings with the Teachers Education
Programme (TEP) and finally received approval
from TEP to design and development of the subject
based training on English and Mathematics subject
for master trainers and government school teachers.
A total number of 293 trainees from teachers
Training College, TEP and teachers of different
government schools have been trained out of
targeted in the year 2008.
Capacity Development of MoE officials
A five months long training course from March 18,
2008 to August 11, 2008 focusing on Education
Management, English Language and computer
proficiency is provided to a twenty member team
comprising of the government high officials of the
Ministry of Education as an initiative to enhance
the capacity development. The training was held at
BRAC Centre, Bangladesh in assistance of Training
division of BRAC Bangladesh. All participants were
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18. Material Arrangement and Development Although, material development unit has been
arranged revision the guide books for the teachers
It is important to develop the learning materials because most of the text books revised by the
which are used in BRAC Afghanistan’s School for Curriculum board in every year. The text books for
the students and teachers. Material development the students and teachers were printed with the
unit modify these materials as per the revised text approval of the Ministry of Education.
books and used some extra reading materials as
supplementary to improve their reading efficiently Procurement and Supplies
and pleasures in schools. Ensuring the quality BRAC Afghanistan has individual department
education, these materials help the teachers to carry named as procurement and logistic support
out their teaching responsibilities effectively and department for providing support to programme
also help the students to obtain their necessary and also making quick and timely supply the
development unit knowledge and proficiency in project materials to ensure the effective
their life. Furthermore, educational materials which implementation of project.
are related to teachers and also staffs such as
This unit procured education materials at based in
Teacher’s guide, Basic Teachers guide for learning
central office has maintained and followed
intervention, Refreshers guide, implementing
procurement policy of the girls’ education project.
manual for staffs are developed by the Material
Development unit. Besides, these instruction guide BRAC Afghanistan education programme
books are developed in consideration the Afghan delivered the necessary documents and reports to
socio‐economic culture and religious context. CIDA and the Ministry of Education time to time to
maintain the transparency of the procured
Specific responsibilities of BRAC Material educational materials.
development unit are as follows
Supervision and Monitoring
Prepare and supply of extra reading Effective monitoring and supervision expedite the
materials for grade I~III of community program toward its targeted and expected goal.
based schools. This unit developed 5 With the views of supporting staff and teachers in
extra reading materials for each grade. carrying out their effective and efficient role and
Prepare and supply of reading responsibility at grass root level programme
materials/story books for Adolescent implementation, the supervisory staff of the
Reading Centre. programme which as Programme Manager, Zonal
Prepare and supply of Charts (Number Manager, Regional Manager, Master Trainer and
chart, Alphabet chart & Multiplication Programme Organiser carry out extensive
chart) to community based schools supervisory functions through continuously and
Deliver the class routine to community frequently school visits, classroom teaching
based schools for maintaining time observation, students’ performance observation, co‐
properly. curriculum, physical arrangement and set
Prepare guide books for teachers, pre‐ disciplines of teachers, students and school.
service training guide, refreshers guide
BRAC Afghanistan introduces two stratified
for II, III to IV, math guide for grade IV
monitoring, one is under Programme Manager and
and V.
Prepare operational manual for another one is under the Country Programme Head
of BRAC Afghanistan. The monitoring unit under
Program Organizer (PO) to implements
project efficiently. BEP continuously performs monitoring on the
program through collecting data from the fields
Prepare and organize training module
and prepares monitoring reports focusing the
and materials for staff development like
OMC, ToT training. physical arrangement of classroom, attendance of
the children, materials availability and use and
Prepare module and organize in subject
base materials training for govt. school subject wise performance levels of the students by
teachers. grades such as Excellent, Good, Average and below
Average and by provinces. This monitoring report
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19. is shared with PO, MT and RM. On the basis of the materials of this training are developed in
average and below average grade levels the consultation with TEP and other concern bodies.
remedial strategy is setup to promote the BRAC Afghanistan always organised a
performance in satisfactory level. The newly setup coordination meeting to keep in touch and
strategy is also shared with all concern bodies of consistency with the Basic Education department of
the education program through meetings and MoE and the provincial education department
discussions. where the project takes part actively.
The Monitoring Department under Country
Programme Head monitors the programme in line
of contract agreement and prepares monitoring
reports focusing all dissimilarity with the approved
budget and contract agreement and that are
submitted to the top and line management. Based
on monitoring reports necessary steps are taken to
improve or readjust the program activities in light
of stipulated goal and objectives.
BRAC Afghanistan Education Programme mainly
gives emphasis on monitoring of students
performance and academic disciplines along with
the issues which have financial involvement of the
project.
Integration with the Ministry of
Education
Effective and efficient coordination between BRAC
Afghanistan Education Programme and the
Ministry of Education and also other partners NGO
is played a role to the successful implementation of
the project.
BRAC Afghanistan runs community based schools
are also functioning as the outreach classes of the
government schools. Therefore, at each and every
steps of the project implementation has taken a
close coordination with the Ministry of Education
and its various bodies. The project established its
community based schools in consultation with the
Provincial and District Education authorities along
with in regard of CBS teachers’ appointment.
Besides, the students of BRAC Afghanistan runs
Community Based Schools are registered as the
students of the nearby government school so that
they will continue their education upon completion
of the course.
Although, education programme provided the
subject based trainings to government school
teachers a protocol on execution of the subject
based training on English, Mathematics, Science
and computer through singed contract between the
BRAC Afghanistan and Teacher Education
Programme (TEP) of the Ministry of Education. The
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20.
HEALTH PROGRAMME
Health scenario in Afghanistan
Decades of war and civil strife have adversely affected the delivery of health care services to the population of
Afghanistan. The overall health status of the country remains worst in the country although it has been able to
maintain a steady growth to improve and sustain the country’s overall health status since the fall of Taliban regime
2002. To ensure heath care services for all, the Government of Afghanistan has adopted the BPHS (Basic Package of
Health Services) and EPHS (Essential Package of Health Services) policies. A part from the government, national and
international NGOs have been implementing the BPHS and EPHS in different provinces of Afghanistan. Information
on existing services as well as scope of service provision raises concern for the government as to how the health care
system can be further upgraded and made more ‘users friendly’ through coordinated public‐private collaboration. The
Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) plays the role of stewardship functions such as setting strategic direction of the
sector including financing, monitoring and evaluation, human resource planning and in general connect the private
sector to attain the national objectives of BPHS and EPHS. Thousands of Community Health Workers (CHWs) of
BRAC Afghanistan health programme were trained to disseminate health related messages, promote the use of
family planning methods, ensure primary health care services, and to contribute in referring the complicated
cases to the health facilities.
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21. BRAC Afghanistan Health
Specific Objectives
Programme
Health for all
♦ To ensure the provision of good quality
Health interventions of BRAC Afghanistan have
of health services in underserved areas
been an integral part of the organisation since
of Afghanistan.
obtained registration in July 2002 in Afghanistan.
BRAC Afghanistan began its health intervention ♦ To provide the services that are cost
with 2 fixed health centres in Parwan and Balkh effective and addressing to find the
Provinces. Responsiveness to the people across health problems that faced by the
communities, adoption strategic approaches, majority of the population.
participatory methodologies, sensitive to local ♦ To establish a network based health
cultural norms and cost effectiveness of the care services in close coordination with
interventions of delivery of health services have local communities by developing
made BRAC Afghanistan as one of the major community health committees and
partners of the Afghan Ministry of Public Health creating health posts.
(MoPH) to implement the BPHS and EPHS.
♦ To build the capacity of provincial
Lesson learned from previous experience in the health departments of the MoPH,
field of public health in Bangladesh have enabled Afghan health workers and partner
BRAC Afghanistan to implement preventive, NGOs to ensure the delivery of quality
promotive, remedial and rehabilitative health basic health care services.
services at grassroots’ level. Currently, BRAC
♦ To improve access to basic health
Afghanistan health programme offers wide‐ranging
services particularly for women and
health services to more than 4.35 million people of
children.
Afghanistan through 7 District Hospitals, 21
Comprehensive Health Centres (CHC), 66 Basic ♦ To ensure the smooth coordination and
Health Centres (BHC), and 44 Sub Health Centres . cooperation between Government,
These health facilities located in 52 districts under 7 NGOs and donor agencies.
provinces (Balkh, Badghis, Nimroz, Parwan,
Kapisa, Panjshir and Nangarhar provinces) of
Afghanistan. In addition, BRAC Afghanistan is
providing community based health care services
through a network of 3,578 Community Health
workers and 533 Mobile Health Sessions every
month.
Major components of BRAC Afghanistan health
care services include Maternal and Neonatal
Health, Child Health and Immunization, Public
Nutrition, Treatment and Control of
Communicable Diseases, Mental Health, Disability
Services and Regular Supply of Essential Drugs.
Family Planning services are also provided through
dissemination of relevant information and
distribution of contraceptive (pills and condoms).
Recently, Delivery/birth kits have also made
available for the clients at the community level.
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22.
BRAC Afghanistan Health Programme
Province covered 7
District covered 52
Population covered in million 4.35
District Hospital 7
Comprehensive Health Centre 21
Basic Health Centre 66
Sub Health Centre 44
Mobile / Satellite Clinics 533
Community Health Workers 3,578
Total patients treated 1,882,570
Deliveries 15,593
Family planning acceptor 114,988
Total TB patients received treatment 3,380
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23.
Health Projects of BRAC Afghanistan ♦ Distributing non clinical contraceptives
In co‐ordination and co‐operation with the Ministry (pills and condoms)
of Public Health (MoPH) and donor agencies, ♦ Case management of ARI, diarrhea and
BRAC Afghanistan has been implementing malaria
following heath projects in Afghanistan: ♦ Refer complicated cases
♦ Refer self reported TB patients
Performance Based Partnership ♦ For identified TB patients encourage
Agreements (PPA): compliance with course of treatment
routine based on DOTS.
BRAC Afghanistan implements PPA to address the ♦ Distribution of essential drugs and other
challenges of improving health facilities for the health commodities.
disadvantaged poor population in Afghanistan
through the conformist system. By this project,
Basic Health Centre (BHC)
BRAC Afghanistan runs Health Facilities (HF) and ♦ Out patient services (OPD)
Health Posts (HP). The HFs and HPs provide ♦ Antenatal care, Postnatal care, Pregnancy
clinical and non clinical services to the population. related care and Family planning.
In line of the objectives of PPA, it also measures ♦ EPI
and monitors the proper implementation and ♦ Treatment of Malaria and TB patients
recommends remedial actions to modify health including DOTs
facilities for providing health message, health ♦ Distribution of essential drugs
service delivery, training and management in an ♦ Dressing of minor surgery
efficient manner where needed, as coverage ♦ Referral of complicated cases to higher
increase to larger population. health facilities.
The PPA project is financially supported by Comprehensive Health Centre (CHC)
MoPH/World Bank and currently under
implementation in three provinces i.e. Balkh, ♦ First referral center in BPHS.
Badghis and Nimroz provinces. The project is ♦ Out patient services (OPD)
performance based with some targets. Every year ♦ Management of complicated delivery
third party evaluation takes place to evaluate the cases.
progress of the project. BRAC Afghanistan health ♦ Management of Malnutrition.
programme deliver BPHS through a four‐tier ♦ Management of complicated cases of
service delivery infrastructure ranging from Health Malaria and TB patients.
posts, Basic Health Centres (BHCs), ♦ Indoor/observation room services for
Comprehensive Health Centres (CHCs) and District complicated cases.
Hospitals (DH). The Community Health Workers ♦ Laboratory services.
(CHWs) provides primary health care services to ♦ Immunization (both children and
the households at community level. Patients are pregnant women)
treated with more service facilities at BHCs, CHCs ♦ Minor surgical cases.
and DHs. According to the BPHS guideline, BRAC
Afghanistan responses to the health needs of the District Hospital
population surrounding to these HPs and HFs. The district hospitals provide all types of health
Brief description of the HPs and HFs hav been high care services including the treatment of
lighted below: complicated cases according to BPHS. There are
Health Post (at community level through provisions of comprehensive emergency obstetrics
care with contraceptive services including male and
community health workers))
female sterilization. Following services are
♦ Provide health and nutrition education. provided through district hospitals operated by
♦ Identify sick newborns, complicated health programme of BRAC Afghanistan.
pregnancies and referral.
♦ Out patient services (OPD)
♦ Counseling on family planning and
♦ Diagnosis and treatment of all categories
promoting exclusive breast feeding
of TB patients with X‐ray facilities.

24. ♦ Voluntary Confidential Counseling and sustain awareness among the rural poor
Testing (VCCT) for suspected HIV/ AIDS particularly the women to enable them seek and
patients. practice their reproductive heath rights as well as
♦ Management of all types of complicated have their children free from 6 vaccine preventable
cases. diseases. Moreover, the CBHP offers a window for
♦ Instrumental delivery and caesarian the women to share and learn from experiences.
section facilities Initially, the project was for three years from
♦ Wide range of laboratory services January 2005 to December 2007 but extended for 10
♦ Diagnostic services (X‐ray and ECG). months (upto October 2008). The project is further
♦ Basic physiotherapy and orthopedics extended for another three years starting from
diagnosis for disability. November 2008.
♦ Comprehensive services for mental health
and disability. Specific Objectives
♦ Blood transfusion facility
♦ In patient services for surgical, medical, ♦ To expand the availability of health
pediatric and obstetrical cases
services through CHWs
Referral Linkages ♦ To reduce the maternal and infant
BRAC Afghanistan health programme under this mortality and morbidity
project has established a strong referral system
♦ To increase the number of modern
between health facilities and community under
PPA. Person with aliments, visit the local Health contraceptives users
Post. The CHWs provide first hand treatment
♦ To raise awareness on personal hygiene,
services. In cases of patients with serious
complications, the CHWs refer them to the use of safe water, and sanitation
BHC/CHC with a pictorial referral slip. At the
♦ To improve the quality of primary health
health facilities, a register is maintained to keep
records about patients referred from the HPs. The care
referral issues are elaborately discussed during the
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of community
monthly refresher and monthly meetings for
strengthening the patient referral mechanism. The health workers, community health
number of treated patients, not treated, cured, and
supervisors, managers and BRAC staffs to
case fatalities in the HFs are ascertained through
analyzing the total number of referred cases. ensure quality health services.
Following table shows the ideal number of
population supposed to be covered by the HP and
HFs.
Level of Service Delivery Covered
Population
Health Post (CHW) 1,000~1,599/ HP
Basic Health Center 15,000~30,000 /BHC
Comprehensive Health Center 30,000~60,000/CHC
District Hospital 100,000~300,000/DH.
Community Based Health Programme
(CBHP)
With financial supports of Oxfam Novib, the
Community Based Health Programme (CBHP) is
currently under implementation in Parwan and
Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan with financial
support of Oxfam Novib. The core aims and
objectives of the programme are to create and