Our Values
AFCECO’s aim is to bring up the next generation of Afghan citizens, so badly affected by three decades of war, and to help them grow into strong, productive, thoughtful members of society. The girls and boys in AFCECO’s orphanages are taught tolerance, respect for diversity, environmental sensitivity, respect for the rights of others, and strong values of integrity, honesty and caring.
AFCECO teaches:
- Promote respect for the differences between human beings and an understanding that all human beings don’t have to think alike.
- Respect freedom of thought and avoid imposing one’s ideas on others arbitrarily.
- That freedom has real meaning only with justice and democracy. There is no difference between people; no human being is superior to any other because of class, color, language, race, or religion.
- Respect all religions and their followers.
- Understand that religion is a private matter that cannot be forced on anyone else and nobody should be allowed to misuse it for any end,
- No human being is better than any other because of gender.
- A culture of peace is not possible if it does not promote conservation of the environment.
- Encourage a respect for the value of life and implement it in their lives.
- Encourage eagerness in understanding the ideas of others.
- Promote the understanding that everyone, regardless of where they live is part of the bigger family.
- Encourage listening to the ideas of others. Respect teamwork and focus on the success of common goals.
- Encourage work for world peace and make peace a priority over conflict.
- Promote peace by learning other countries’ cultures, and learn that living in peace and harmony is the only right way for human beings.
Our History
The story of Parwarishga must begin with the modern history of Afghanistan. Nowhere, it seems has the poison of war come together with the poison of religious extremismAbout Us
The Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO) is an Afghan non-profit organization based in Kabul."Supporting these children is not only a gift to them as individuals, it is a gift to the world's future. Against staggering odds, they have made it this far, surviving as lights of hope through the darkest of nights. It is up to us to help them continue to shine."

Our Orphanages
Each orphanage houses anywhere from thirty to eighty children. The facilities are usually large houses with lawn and all the amenities that make a place feel like home. Every orphanage is run by a live-in couple, with assistance from a staff including widows who otherwise would be destitute in the streets.
Children are given a variety of responsibilities, all cleaning, cooking, maintenance and laundry is shared duty. They sleep together on double-bunk beds in curtained, homey rooms with high ceilings, four to six bunk beds per room. Initially they are assessed and treated for addiction problems and psychological illness. The children attend public schools including Afghanistan National Institute of Music. The children have variety extracurricular activities in orphanage and they are given responsibility to help in the running of the orphanage, and everyone is taught to work together as if one big family.

Our Children
Most of the children in AFCECO orphanages are orphans, victims of child labor and are from destitute families livening in remote areas who can’t afford to feed and educate them. There are also very talented children with unique skills live in our orphanages who had no access to a nourishing environment where they could grow. Most of these children have been exposed to very hostile and painful environments. They enter the orphanage in a state of wonder. This new environment is a world apart from their prior lives, a place where they can sleep and eat without fear. Here they begin a new life based on peace, love and respect. With strings attached to villages and family they are not disconnected from their country, but rather those connections are reinforced. They learn how a family can grow.

Our Sponsors
Each child in our orphanage has a sponsor. Child sponsors provide the lifeblood that enables AFCECO to do its work and to flourish.
Sponsoring a child through AFCECO is a potent act. It is an act of caring, of joy, of interconnection, of empowerment. It is an act whose benefits flow both ways.
Our sponsored children get to communicate with someone from another part of the world who has an interest in their welfare, who cares about their future and the future of their country. They have the chance to contribute to the rebuilding of their nation.

CharityHelp International
https://charityhelp.org
CharityHelp International (CHI) has partnered with AFCECO since 2004, providing communications technology, development and administrative support for the Child Sponsorship Program. The program connects children to sponsors and provides frequent online communications to strengthen and maintain the resulting relationships. The children in our project with AFCECO come from backgrounds defined by decades of war and Taliban rule. The program provides food, clothing, life skills, education, and most importantly a dream and hope for a new life in an environment of gender equality, peace, and safety.
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