New Clinics Bring Hope to Remote Areas in Faryab Province
Save the Children, with funding support from the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), has established six static health facilities in six districts of Faryab province. Each static health facility is equipped with a solar system for electricity, a solar-operated water supply system, gender-segregated latrines, handwashing stations, ten container rooms, one guard room, a waiting area, and a green space. The construction work in four districts is complete, while in two districts it is still ongoing. The daily total reach of each static health facility is around 150 to 200 people. These health facilities have been constructed in hard-to-reach areas where people previously had no access to health services.
Azim Khan*, a 76-year-old community leader, shares, "In our community, there were no clinics before. We were unable to take our patients or children to a doctor because the closest clinic is two hours away, and the road has been destroyed due to recent floods. We are poor people and lack access to transportation. We have had many experiences where patients lost their lives on the way to the hospital. We are very happy because this clinic is like a new life and a point of hope in our community. I want to thank Save the Children for this important help."
Aynoor*, a 28-year-old mother of a child and currently pregnant, expresses, "I am very happy that this clinic has been established in our community. I am three months pregnant and visited the midwives today. Previously, there was no doctor or clinic available. I have experienced two miscarriages but could not seek medical help. I want to thank your organization and request delivery/labor services with night shifts for women seeking deliveries."