Children of addicted women committed to learn, have bright future

KABUL (Pajhwok): Children of drug addicted women who referred for treatment at the 150-bed Hospital in capital Kabul are provided with education facility which made them optimistic for their bright future.

Currently, 34 addicted women hare hospitalized for recover from addiction in Khoshal Khan locality, these women all have got 29 children who had been imparted math, Dari, Pashto, Donyat and English languages. Child above five years of age is eligible for the leaning programme.

Pajhwok Afghan News has made a report on an education class in this hospital. Children in this hospital are getting education with zeal and enthusiasm and make efforts for their bright future.

Taqi, 11, and his sister are in the hospital due to the addiction of their father and mother. He is committed to his studies and working hard to learn more than anyone else to make his future bright.

Complaining against the hardship of his life, Taqi said his father was addicted to drugs years’ back due to which his mother was also addicted which led to the destruction of their lives and future.

Taqi’s father disappeared three years ago and his mother referred to this hospital for treatment and remained in the hospital because they did not have a place.

He learned reading and writing in this class and now he is one of the intelligent students of his class, he helped his other classmates as well.

He work hard for his bright future and said: “In the future I want to become a doctor, treat addicts and spread awareness regarding the handicaps of addiction so that nobody become addicted anymore.”

This is not only Taqi who suffer due to the addiction of his parents but there are some other children as well in this class.

Fatimah, 12, is another child who lost the happiness of life due to the addiction of her parents, her mother is hospitalized and she is currently here along with her two sisters in the hospital.

She is an intelligent student who strived for her bright future to take her family out of crisis.

She hailed the creation of educational class and said before the hospitalization of her mother she was deprived of education and currently she learned writing and reading. She also helped her other class mates in their studies.

Fatema answer her teacher’s question first and listen to the speech of her teacher carefully. “I want to learn my studies and would like to become teacher in the future. When we are discharged from here I will not let my mother return to addiction because it a bad habit.”

Fatema said addiction led to miseries and unfortunate incidents in the future and made commitment to fight addiction in the future.

She asked the government to open schools for girls above class sixth so that all girls would be able to study; she added the main reason behind her mother’s addiction was that she was not educated.

Noor Bibi, 35, the mother of Fatema and resident of Bamyan province hailed the creation of educational class and said she did not want her children grow illiterate.

She got married with a man who was not addicted when she was 13 but after some times she knew that her husband was addicted and with the passage of time she also addicted.

“For 10 years I took drugs and my condition worsened with each passing day. Now I want to stop it and came here for treatment.”

Noor Bibi was now doing well and she said: “I am trying to find a job, for 10 years I was addicted and now I want from Allah to arrange some work for me. I want to be a good mother and serve my children.”

Khalida Salehi, one of the teachers of the hospital, said she had been teaching in this class from the past two years.

She said students in this class that begin from 8:00 am to 11:45 am are taught religious topic, Dari, math, English and Drawing. They are also taught about hygiene and handicaps of drug addiction.

She recalled the educational process in the hospital started from the opening of the hospital back in 2016, adding that besides children mothers are also provided learning opportunity.

Salahi said 34 addicted women patients with 29 children — 14 girls and 15 boys are hospitalized in this hospital.

She said children moving from this hospital are provided learning opportunities in schools or in kindergartens. Some children who are without Tazkera are also provided with Tazkera.

She said the shortage of teachers and stationary were the big challenges and asked relevant authorities and aid providing agencies to help assist in this regard.

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