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Eight years after the Taliban regime was toppled, the people of Afghanistan still face serious obstacles to peace and development. Widespread poverty, persistent conflict and a harsh landscape make life difficult for ordinary Afghans — especially women and girls. World Vision has worked in Afghanistan since 2001, offering food aid along with education, and providing health, income generation and agricultural programs in the western region of... Read more.





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Ranah, 20, with son Sharif Abdallah in postnatal room at Ghor Provincial Hospital, Chaghcharan. Ghor has the highest maternal mortality rate in Afghanistan. World Vision is training young women from rural communities in an 18-month community midwivery program. ©2009 Mary Kate MacIsaac/World Vision

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A newborn, not yet named, and his mother [name withheld] at Ghor Regional Hospital in the city of Chaghcharan. ©2009 Mary Kate MacIsaac/World Vision

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Women gather at a clinic in Karokh, Herat Province. With an increase in female midwives, more women are permitted or willing to visit clinics than in the past, helping improve maternal, infant, and child health. ©2009 Mary Kate MacIsaac/World Vision



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