Physiotherapy And Rehabilitation Support For Afghanistan

Programs: Parsa nowzad - this is an initiative to impact urban communities and their stray animal population and conduct a trap, neuter, and release program as an intervention in the spread of disease, particularly rabies, in communities. It includes an education component for communities and a shelter to help afghans adopt animals as pets. Nowzad expanded their clinical veterinarian training work to establish a partnership with kabul university, providing practical internships for veterinary students. Additionally, parsa nowzad provides cut-rate services to afghan's for animal care and laid the foundation for the public health initiative in kabul to establish a "vaccinate, spay, neuter release" animal control program in kabul.

voice of afghan youth - parsas exciting new tv and radio programming initiative the voice of afghan youth. Our aim in creating this remarkable program is twofold: to be one of the first programs in afghanistan that showcases the talent, intelligence and perspective of afghan youth; and to continue to spread the afghan scouting movement throughout the country

scout cdrolle - afghan scouts partner in regular activities with local community police in six provinces. Accomplishments of this program include: - a demonstrated increase in competency by community policing units leading community service projects with the local afghan scouts troops. - an increase in police and community members participating in afghan scouts events and community service projects. - a change in local communities perception of the role of police. - police enrolling in the scout master training program. - youth enrolling in police training. - a successful school outreach program conducted by scouts and police reaching 12,000 students about "peace and rule of law". - 800 scout youth participated in bi-weekly meetings, trainings, events and community service project with participating police.

scout iii - this is the same program as the us embassy grant (state department) with 1,000 children being inducted into the afghan scouts program and 100 scout masters being trained. This program is ongoing and currently parsa has 1,500 youth in 11 provinces in the afghan scout program. General fund - parsa's general fund supports overhead and operations of parsa including rent, financial management, communications, utilities and funding not covered by program funding. Supported by canadian women 4 women, parsa initiated a communication and fundraising initiative through our general fund contributions. Canadian women for women - assistance with parsa core funds and main parsa activities for women. Cw4w offers support through discretionary funding and parsa has used this money to build our capacity in finance and fundraising. Children of afghanistan (coa) - located at alluhoddin orphanage in kabul, this is an education program for the girls in the orphanage, including english, computers, sports and economic skills building. In 2014, we focused primarily in training older afghan scouts to also care for the children and advocate for them at the institution. Jawzarin bamiyan - women's economic program in bamiyan province, literacy programs, psychosocial and other activities. Restaurant - a hospitality training program for afghan scout youth based in marastoon and open to the public for brunch on fridays. Gift shop - parsa sells the products from women artisans that are participating in parsa economic programs. Scout qrf - developed a country based afghan scout training program for afghan scout leaders who are committed to starting and sustaining afghan scout troops in their communities. New afghan scout troops were established. "how to start an afghan scout troop in your community" was published in dari and pushtu. The danner training program focuses on providing training and support for the caretakers of afghan women who are residing in over 10 battered women's shelters because of multiple issues related to trauma, abuse, and mental health issues. In this proposal we will endeavor to provide social workers, case managers and other afghan professionals working in women's shelters, and practical tools to care for their beneficiaries and to care for their own psychosocial health as a part of their professional practice. Trade afghan is a network of afghan women producing products marketed and sold by parsa. Parsa is extending this program into women's shelters to assist the implementing ngo's in developing marketable products and to assist them in selling their products. This proposal is to continue a program that has been piloted in awsdc shelter kabul to make the program available to additional shelters in the kabul vicinity. The objective of the project was to assist the awsdc shelter staff to set up and manage an economic program that prepares residents for transitional options of economic sustainability, to assist the shelter in developing products that have a market, and to augment donor funding for operations of the shelter.