Save the Children, with funding support from the SIDA project, has delivered Soft Skills Training to 250 new beneficiaries at the Community Children Centre (CCC) to enhance their employability. Additionally, through our Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) programme, we distributed $156 (10,745.43 AFN) to help meet their basic needs, such as food. This MPCA is provided in two instalments per household for the parents or caregivers of the children, along with an extra $350 (24,108.34 AFN) for income-generating activities, enabling households to establish small businesses to enhance household resilience and create sustainable livelihoods.

This initiative seeks to support children involved in child labour or begging by enrolling them in our community centres, where they receive educational support and catch-up classes to prepare them for reintegration into formal schooling

Fatima*, 48, shared: "I am very happy that my daughter now attends the centre, and I can have my own income. Through this training, I have learnt many things about starting a business, connecting to the market, and providing food for my children.".