Pakistan hosts over 1.4 million Afghan refugees of which two thirds live in urban or peri-urban areas and one third reside in refugee villages in three provinces: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Punjab. This population includes 47% of children and youth (0-18 years old) and is almost equally divided between men/boys (54%) and women/girls (46%). The Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan is considered as highly protracted with some cases dating back to the 1980s.

School-aged Afghan refugee children in Pakistan face various barriers to education including cultural practices preventing children – mostly girls – from attending schools, poverty and inadequate school infrastructures, equipment or staffing.

When it comes to livelihoods, Afghan refugees – in particular youth – face obstacles entering the skilled labout market and encounter major competition in the unskilled job market essentially due to a lack of systematic formal training.

The programme is to ensure Afghan that refugee and host community children and youth have access to quality basic education and vocational training leading to greater local inclusion, social cohesion, gender equality and improved skills for self-reliance to a better livelihood.

The vision is to help Afghan Refugees in Pakistan to live a better and dignified life. 

1.     Improve persons of Concern’s access to primary, secondary, and tertiary education leading to better education status.

2.    Improve persons of Concerns’ access to training and employment opportunities leading to higher levels of self-reliance.

Principaux résultats attendus:  

1.1.         Educational infrastructure constructed, improved or maintained, targeting refuge village schools and public schools

1.2.         Formal and Non-formal education is provided to Target Population through improved learning environments and community outreach on the importance of education, with a special focus on women and girls  

2.1.         Skills training centers constructed, improved, or maintained

2.2.        Skills of persons of concern improved and supported.  

Principaux résultats antérieurs:   n/a