Achievements

Achievements

Care of Afghan Families (CAF)

As from time of establishment in January 2003 to Date; CAF has successfully implemented 155 projects and 5 project is currently running. These project were all based on the working Direction of CAF in Health, Nutrition, Community Development, Education and Researches and Women and Youth Empowerment.

19 years of experience in health service provision (BPHS & EPHS) and other projects has further improved the organization’s capacity to realize its mission – empowering the families and communities to fight against poverty, injustice, and unawareness and deeply strengthened its understanding of the local context and network with relevant communities. CAF has received several appreciation certificates from MSH, community leaders, Provincial Governors, MoPH, Development Partners, MoE, and MoF, which witness its satisfactory performance. As a national NGO, CAF has the strengths of having local knowledge and working in changing, challenging, and complex environments. It has vast leadership development program (LDP) experience, which was applied in Health Facilities (HFs)  in different provinces.

Furthermore, we implemented Quality assurance approaches (QA), which implemented QA standards at the HFs and Health Posts (HPs) level. Implementation and replication of Partnership Defined Quality (PDQ) is another achievement of CAF in implementation of BPHS.

Furthermore, CAF was the only organization that could win the grant (Baby-Friendly Village Initiative, nutrition-focused project) from World Bank South Asia Development Market Place at the regional level. CAF implemented the project with great success and presented it to MoPH, Donor, and SARDAM KNOWLEDGE FORUM in Nepal (13-14 Jun 2012) as one of Afghanistan’s and the region’s best practices. MoPH accepted this initiative as one of the excellent nutrition projects, and now it is scaling up in the whole country under Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. Moreover, CAF has started the mobile health (m-health) initiative for the first time in the country with the Afghanistan government’s financial support. The project was a demand-side financing pilot project with case and control arms operating in 4 districts of Badakhshan province. The project aimed to increase the utilization of health services by women and children under five by strengthening the referral system from the community to health centers. Recently, CAF started to improve gender and women empowerment in the country by running a women protection center in the Parwan district with the financial support of UNWOMEN, where gender-based affected women and girls receive protection and gradually reintegrated into their families. The center provides health, social, protection, and vocational training services to the admitted women and girls and their children.

CAF was recognized as one of the best NGOs in implementing hospital services in the country through a comprehensive analysis by ministry of public health and awarded the Afghan-Japan hospital’s implementation. To support the public health system, CAF took the responsibility of carrying Afghan-Japan hospital services in Kabul province. The hospital determines, tests, and hospitalizes COVID-19 patients for the catchment area of the hospital and as a central diagnostic point for all over the country. Also, it is a training institute for all laboratories working for the COVID-19 in the country.

Following are the list of Projects Successfully implemented: