Afghanistan

Despite the turbulent context of Afghanistan, the provinces of Badakhshan and Takhar where Danish Mission East operates have some relative stability. With the help of the international community, via organisations like Mission East and other actors, this has enabled these areas to experience some economic recovery following the start of the peace process.

However this economic recovery is not shared by all and the challenges are still enormous. In remote areas access to clean water, poor hygiene education and lack of diversified agricultural inputs still leaves most Afghans with a life expectancy of just 43 years.

Skills to local people

Since 2001, Mission East has been providing assistance to improve clean water supply, health and hygiene awareness, household agriculture, to build access roads to isolated areas, and to pass on skills to local people that give a real perspective of an independent future.

 10 years in Afghanistan: A road paved with successes and challenges in Afghanistan Afghanistan-EN It was ten years ago this fall that Mission East started its operations in Afghanistan.   Thousands of Afghans have since received assistance, but conflict and natural disasters continue to make life difficult for large parts of the population.

 Mission East displayed at a new exhibition in Afghanistan Afghanistan-EN Toejhusmuseet in Copenhagen, Denmark, has recently opened a new exhibition on the Danish presence in Afghanistan. Mission East is displayed with the other Danish NGO’s who work in Afghanistan at a new exhibition on Toejhusmuseet.