FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): A welfare organisation has provided 300,000 afghanis in cash assistance to 47 orphaned children for education province.
Esmatullah Ragheb, the organisation’s head, told reporters here that they had delivered cash assistance to deserving children in 23 provinces of the country to encourage them to get education.
“The cash aid, a very small package, may not be meet their needs. But it is still helpful in encouraging orphaned students to get education and prevent them from getting involved in hard labour,” he said.
Gul Ahmad Usmani, director of the works and social affairs department, said supporting the less fortunate children in getting education.
Poverty, insecurity, economic and social problems forced some children to stop going to school and work hard to eke out a living, he added.
Around 10,000 orphaned students live in Ghor. Of them, 200 are admitted to kindergarten.
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