The HOPE Community Centre provides vocational skills training to vulnerable Afghan youth through English language, computer skills, and sewing/tailoring courses. Since 2012, 352 students have graduated from the programs. The Centre aims to train 150 students in 2016 in their programs located in Kabul to provide youth with job skills and help break the cycle of poverty. One student, Zai Ahmad, was able to get a part-time teaching job and support his family after gaining skills at the Centre.

1. HOPE Community Centre
( a programme of HOPE worldwide Afghanistan)
Equipping today’s underprivileged youth with Vocational Skills
FACT SHEET
THE HOPE
COMMUNITY
CENTRE
A community based programme of HOPE worldwide Afghanistan:
providing vocational skills to vulnerable Afghan youth.
Established in July 2012. Up until Dec 2015, the centre has seen 352
students graduate (178 in Computers and 174 in English Language).
Many of theses graduates have found jobs!
COURSES English Language (oral and written) & Computer Skill Training.
PURPOSE
To provide afghan youth with vocational skills, giving them better
employment prospects and an opportunity to break the cycle of
poverty.
GOAL
In 2016 we would like to train 150 students (60 in English Language
and 90 in Computers Skills) for this we need an addition US$ 23,000
BUDGET Total budget required US$33,759. 2016 (short fall: US$ 23,000)
TARGET POPULATION
The outer Suburbs of Kabul: Dehdana Darul Aman, district 7
The district has a 4km radius and a total household population of
40,000 of which approx. 8,800 are young people.
RATIONALE:
Afghanistan - devastated by three decades of war, unrest and poverty. There is a constant threat to
life and well-being because of ongoing political and economic instability. Afghan youth are
particularly vulnerable due to lack of educational opportunities and widespread poverty. There are
approximately 823,000* Afghan youth unemployed and this number is increasing by around
400,000 each year. However jobs are availbale, but many young people are not job-ready as they
lack the skills required by industry. The need of the hour is to provide a safe learning environment
to equip Afghan youth with the required vocational skills they need to gain meaningful employment.
*Study on the State of Employment in Afghanistan –May 2012 ILO
A chance to bring hope and change the lives of youth in a war torn country
FUTURE PLANS
The HOPE Community Centre would like to add sewing and tailoring
courses. For set up this requires US$ 5,500/-
To impact
150 Afghan
students in
2016
Since July
2012, 352
Students
have
graduated
from the
training
centre

2. Testimonial from the HOPE Community Centre:
“Many painful stories could have a happy ending”
Zai Ahmad and his ten siblings used to help their father in his
farm in their home province of Logar. Their father understood the
importance of education and made sure his children went to school.
But due to the continuous conflict and insecurity in the area where
they lived, they made the decision to move to a safer part of Kabul
(relatively). It was hard to leave a familiar neighbourhood with friends
and family and move to somewhere unfamiliar, even though safer. But
there was another benefit, education, something not accessible from
where thay previously lived. Zai managed to gain a place at Kabul
University to study for a Bachelor of Business Administration. Zai was determined to succeed in
order to help support his family. At this time, Zai found the HOPE Community Center and
started to learn English and Computers. Courses such as this are avaialbe, but at a cost,
beyond which Zai could afford. With the skills Zai learnt at the HOPE community center and his
University studies, Zai was accepted to work part time as a teacher in a local school.
The US$92 / GB£60 he earns each month enables him to support his family while he continues
his studies.
Zai is very grateful to the HOPE Community Center for providing him with the
opportunities to gain employment. He enjoys his studies, teaching others and being able to
support his family financially. Reflecting on his life the opportunities afforded to him, Zai
comments:
“every successful person has a painful story but every painful story can have a
successful ending”.
Implemented by HOPE worldwide Afghanistan, founded in
April 2001 and is a registered NGO with the Ministry of
Economy (registration #47). Over the past 15 years, HOPE
worldwide Afghanistan has completed numerous programs
in the areas of healthcare, education, orphan care,
construction, and community based irrigation programs.
Contact Information
Afghanistan:
HOPE worldwide Afghanistan,
HOPE community Centre, Fatihakhwani Street, Dehdana Darul Aman, 7th
district, Kabul,
Afghanistan 1004. (mahaveer.jain@hopeww.org ; Mobile: +91-88609-06950)
US:
HOPE worldwide Ltd.1285 Drummers Lane, Suite 105, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-1572.
Hope.worldwide@hopeww.org
UK:
HOPE worldwide UK, 360 City Road, London EC1V 2PY, Tel: 07951 379 973
wil.horwood@hopeworldwide.org.uk
Australia:
HOPE worldwide (Australia) Ltd, No: 19 Chandler Rd, Glen Waverley, VIC 3150.
+61 (434) 168 945 , Mark_Timlin@hopeww.org
Like Zai, we aim to impact the lives of 150 youth every year by
giving them the skills they need to find a job!