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Hagar Afghanistan opened its offices in Kabul, Afghanistan in June, 2008. Hagar Afghanistan exists both to support existing efforts to assist highly vulnerable women and children, and to identify new areas of work, and bring its expertise to meeting these needs.
In Afghanistan, domestic violence, rape, prostitution, severe disability, addiction, child abuse, homelessness, mental illness, trauma, slavery and bonded labour, and forced marriage are all areas of enormous need, where women and children are at particular risk, or suffer through lack of assistance. Hagar’s mission is to assist such women and children to recover from trauma and exploitation, regain a sense of dignity and selfhood, and work together to restore them to independence and wholeness, both economically and socially.
Either directly, or through partnerships with other NGOs, we provide counselling and trauma recovery, shelter and housing, job training and job readiness preparation, and job placement and supported employment. We recognise that the journey of recovery is much longer for some people than for others and hence do not terminate our work with clients at a given point, but offer ongoing assistance where needed.
The Country Representative for Hagar Afghanistan is Phil Sparrow, an Australian national. He has five years’ experience living and working in Afghanistan with various NGOs and the UN, and is fluent in Dari (one of the official languages). Phil is trained in social work, psychology and has a Masters in International Development. He has also authored a book on Afghan refugees, entitled, ‘From Under a Leaky Roof: Afghan refugees in Australia’ (Fremantle Press, 2005).
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