Kabul, 26 August 2022 (TDI): As part of an effort to provide educational assistance to Afghanistan for recovery in the post-war period, Japan has built a school in Afghanistan where 1662 girls and boys are pursuing their education.
Education is the future of Afghanistan.
In priority areas of return + reintegration hosting voluntarily returned refugees + displaced persons, with generous support of Japan we inaugurated Ghulam Haidar Hamidi school for 1,662 girls + boys.
Domo Arigato🙏🇯🇵 @MofaJapan_en pic.twitter.com/Iq2GqLBXMv
— UNHCR Afghanistan (@UNHCRAfg) August 25, 2022
Japan inaugurated the Ghulam Haider Hamidi School at the camp area for refugees and displaced people.
Ghulam Haider Hamidi was the Mayor of Kandahar in Afghanistan during Taliban rule and was killed in a Suicide bomb attack.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Afghanistan appreciated the effort and thanked the Government of Japan.
Millions of refugees are deprived of basic human rights, education, health, and shelter because of the lack of facilities.
Educational assistance efforts by Japan in the past
In July 2002, Japan donated $10.8M to support Kandahar, Mazar, and Jalalabad schools for displaced children.
These aids are distributed through UNICEF. These aids included learning materials for 2.3million Afghan children.
Furthermore, 6000 tents for temporary classrooms and 10 million textbooks that had helped 4 million children to resume learning have been donated.
The donation ensured 1.25million returnee children access to primary and Secondary schooling in Kandahar, Jalalabad, and Mazar.
In addition, Japan contributed $39 million to UNICEF’s emergency relief efforts in Afghanistan until 2002.
Moreover, more than $28 million in donations supported the back-to-school campaign and essential health activities.
Efforts for assistance in other areas
Japan provided 759 billion yen ($6.9 billion) to global reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.
Furthermore, in Nov 2021, Japan signed an agreement with UNHCR and UNICEF for a total of USD 3.5 million in grant aid.
This assistance enhanced the life quality of Afghan refugees settled along the borders of provinces in Pakistan.
Grant aid of $2.1 million was allocated to UNHCR for health facilities, and worth of $1.4 million was allocated to water improvement.
