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In 2002, Development and Peace launched a reconstruction program in Afghanistan with the aim of encouraging the participation of those most excluded from the development process and to promote peace.

Our goal is to equip grassroots organizations with the tools they need to take charge of their own development and gain greater autonomy. The support we provide also serves to develop coordination and collaboration between civil society organizations, which we believe will help consolidate peace in Afghanistan.

Our program in Afghanistan includes the following components: peacebuilding, community development, the empowerment of women and aid to Afghan refugees and host communities in Northern Pakistan.

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Afghan Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC)

The AWRC is an organization that uses microcredit to help Afghan women start small businesses and generate revenues so that they may fight their way out of poverty.

For Pary Gul, 30, the AWRC has changed her life and that of her family. She lives with her husband, their four children as well as her mother. With so many people to support, the family simply could not meet its basic needs.

Thanks to a loan of 5,000 afghanis (about $120.00) from the AWRC, Pary was able to buy a small bread oven and firewood and start baking dough brought to her by the community’s other women. After two months, Pary started preparing regional dishes (sambosa, manto and bolani) and baking her own bread in a traditional Afghan clay oven called a tanor, while her husband busied himself selling the bread. Through monthly payments, she managed to repay her loan quickly while providing for her family.

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