Depression increases the risk of substance use disorders and diseases such as diabetes and heart disease and it is also an important risk factor for suicide. We need to treat mental health with the urgency it deserves. Depression is a common mental illness characterized by persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities that people normally enjoy, accompanied by an inability to carry out daily activities, for 14 days or longer.
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In addition, people with depression normally have several of the following: Her draving depicts a person pulling a friend from darkness to light. For a long time she just wanted to stay in her dark room alone, not talking to anyone. My mother and I helped her and talked to her a lot and finally she got better.
This is how I got the idea for the drawing - I was able to pull my sister back from the darkness to light," Samia said. I want to move back to my home province of Kapisa where I hope I can help women living there with their problems," she said. The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region includes 22 countries from which a panel of judges selected drawings, awarding Samia third place regionally in her age category.
See Afghanistan health profile. Afghanistan country health profile. Serving the needs of vulnerable populations, such as refugees, internally displaced people IDPs , women, children, the elderly, the disabled, ethnic and religious minorities, and other marginalized groups;. Providing holistic, culturally-appropriate community-based programs that bridge emergency relief with long-term, sustainable development;.
Facilitating communication and working relationships between grassroots movements and government authorities;. Educating communities to maximize local resources;. Promoting self-reliance and settlement for communities in their current locations. Upholding professional excellence in program delivery through accountability and transparency. Shelter Now - Humanitarian assistance. Shelter has set up a number of factories for producing prefabricated concrete sections, designed in particular for building roofs to assist with reconstruction of homes.
To allow a normal family to be able to build a house, the material is sold very cheaply or, in some cases, given away for free. Distribution of winter survival kits to the earthquake victims in northern Pakistan. The arrests later proved to be more of a hostage-taking. Faced with the threat of a US invasion following the September 11th attacks, the Taliban were keen to have a bargaining chip. The workers were freed in November, in a dramatic rescue operation. A number of "Villages of Hope" have been rebuilt for returning refugees, along with schools, both for girls and boys.
A sizeable eye clinic that had previously been destroyed in Kabul was rebuilt in cooperation with other partners. Shelter also took on a center for the deaf and mute in Kabul, where children and adults can receive schooling and vocational training. We provide whatever our troops need to help the local people: The orphanage will be home to over 1, children. The Khaled Hosseini Foundation - Relief and shelter for families, econonomic opportunities for women, education for children. We make these grants with the hope that our gifts will make a meaningful and enduring difference.
Trust in Education - Education, health care, reconstruction and economic programs. We, a group of neighbors, began in by raising funds to build a school in Lalander, Afghanistan. The school opened in the Spring of As support grew, so did out commitment. We are now providing education, health care, reconstruction and economic programs to several Afghan villages, including Lalander. The generous contributions of Stop Hunger Now and Reverend Billy Olsen and his congregation located in North Carolina enabled us to provide food and clothing to refugee camps in Kabul. We are also assisting Aschiana, a nonprofit NGO located in Kabul, by finding sponsors for street children.
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We are constantly searching for ways to assist Afghans and their communities. As you read through the website, particularly the newsletters, you will discover that our search has taken us in several directions. Together we identify and prioritize their needs. Then we set about addressing as many as we can.
Our website demonstrates how American taxpayer dollars are being used to help Afghanistan and its people to build a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic state. It features projects that are improving the lives of the Afghan people. Agency for International Development USAID in Afghanistan implements these projects and works with a team of outstanding local and international partners to help carry them out.
Our work in Afghanistan is an excellent example of how the American people are helping the people of Afghanistan build a better future.
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Veterans Rebuilding Life - Medical treatment. No profit is made by our all—volunteer staff, and all donations are tax deductible! The goal of this particular program is to implement a joint peace-building and educational program in American middle and high schools that gives US students the opportunity to build positive relationships with their Afghan peers by teaching one another about their lives. This groundbreaking program will also give US students the opportunity to co-invest in the vocational training of their Afghan peers. US students will learn from their Afghan friends as they receive training to develop sustainable, market-based solutions in order to strengthen their local economies and help them avoid recruitment into insurgent groups as a means to an end.
Welfare Association for the Development of Afghanistan. To advance the spread of democratic principles, development, social justice, human rights and freedom in Afghanistan as well as to strengthen communities and local governance by promoting effective community and institutional development practices and drug control initiatives. Irrigation rehabilitation and other health-related hygiene and sanitation programs are included.
Several projects operate to address the need for adequate health services when chronic illnesses such as tuberculosis are widespread. To help address these needs, World Vision is constructing health clinics to provide care for needy families.
Efforts also support mobile clinics that provide emergency health-care services, offer community-based monitoring, and distribute basic emergency health kits. Doctors Without Borders - Medical attention. One of the greatest challenges facing independent humanitarian action today is that of reaching civilians caught in war and armed conflicts. Various military and political actors have sought to use and abuse humanitarian action for political purposes and in doing so have made humanitarian organizations a target for violent attacks.
This has undermined the ability of MSF DWB , and other neutral humanitarian organizations to address critical needs of the civilian population. Mercy Corps - Emergency humanitarian supplies, assistance to most vulnerable disabilities, children , education.
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Ongoing violence has forced millions of Iraqis to leave their homes and communities. Operation World - More about Iraq and how to pray for this country. Save the Children - Supporting the psychosocial care of children in Iraq. In the space of only a few months, Save the Children has set up programs that are producing early results. We are the first comprehensive organizational effort to honor the sacrifice of these Iraqis.
We've launched this site for Americans who want to help and the Iraqis who need it. Looking for a place to begin? If you are an Iraqi who helped the U. The goal of this particular program is to foster peace, respect and friendship among US and Iraqi teens through a multi-faceted cultural exchange experience; to create marketable evidence of the process and results for the American and international communities to see; to inspire participating kids to embrace their leadership roles beyond completion of the program and reach even larger audiences; to create a teaching template that can be used in middle and high schools nationwide.
Wheelchairs for Kids International. With the large-scale displacement of people seen in and , food emerged as a priority need for internally displaced people IDPs in Iraq. Benita Koeman of Operation We Are Here is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. When you purchase a product that is linked to Amazon, I earn a small commission which in turn helps me to continue with my mission of providing resources to the military community and military supporters.
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Support for deployed military. Other organizations that support. Home front military families. A Flame on the Front Line. Journey from America to Afghanistan. John Weaver, Copyright John is the happy husband of Jeanne, whom he met and married in Afghanistan. When John's face appeared on the screen, I knew there was something special about him.
I could see it in his eyes, his smile, and his interaction with the Afghan people. The voyage features views of earthly struggles and saving grace; painful experiences and purposeful excursions; disappointing failures and dreams fulfilled.
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It also explores aspects of life in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. This inspiring story is both enjoyable and unforgettable. John and Jeanne Weaver, with their three sons, live and work as a family of flames. One aid workers sudden escape from Afghanistan. A novel based on true events. Kate McCord, Copyright It should have been the beginning. All she needed were stamps and signatures. Marie and her translator stood in the government offices in Kabul, Afghanistan to complete the paperwork for her new literacy project.
The women in her home town, the northern village of Shehktan, would learn to read. But a spattering of gun shots exploded and an aid worker crumpled. On the streets of Kabul. Just blocks from the guesthouse. Sending shockwaves through the community. The foreign personnel assessed their options and some, including Marie's closest friend, Carolyn, chose to leave the country. Marie and others faced the cost and elected to press forward.
But the execution of the lone aid worker was just the beginning. When she returned home to her Afghan friends in Shehktan to begin classes, she felt eyes watching her, piercing through her scarf as she walked the streets lined in mud brick walls. And in the end. It took only 14 days for her project, her Afghan home, her community-all of it-to evaporate in an eruption of dust, grief, and loss. Betrayed by someone she trusted.
Caught in a feud she knew nothing about, and having loved people on both sides, Marie struggled for the answer: How could God be present here, working here, in the soul of Afghanistan? He is living what many would call a nightmare. John Weaver is serving God in a war-torn country that is being blamed for the terrorist acts on American soil. Despite the fact that every day is dangerous and possibly life-threatening, John Weaver believes he sees God at work in Afghanistan and he is optimistic about its spiritual future.