Community Development
During lock down due to COVID-19 in Kazakhstan the rate of domestic abuse has increased as people are quarantined in their homes together.
Trust facilitates learning
In the women and youth empowerment project we address several key social and health issues, literacy, learning English, leadership in community/family, equal rights, stigma and advocacy.
Stepping Out of the Circle of Death: Vocational Skills Training
The Project offers a program of Life -, Business – and Vocational skills training, in areas such as tailoring, hairdressing and cake decoration. And the net we were throwing out was especially looking for vulnerable women who had lost husbands for whatever reason.
Goal Setting Cleans up the Neighbourhood
Every Self Help Group (SHG) has a plan or a goal to work toward. Some of the SHGs make three month plans, six month plans and a more mature SHG can have a one year plan.
Women’s Day with No Agenda
Their biggest felt need is to have someone who isn’t there to benefit from them, but who wants to listen to their stories and to believe in them.
Micro-Business Training Graduates
Participants are actively employed in their own private enterprises using the skills and strategies gleaned from the training to build sustainable businesses!
More Muscles – Less Anger
Some of them wish the group could meet more than twice a week, but all the men say that they are continuing the exercises at home.
Stay Home, Stay Healthy! COVID-19 Kids Story Book
Operation Mercy Afghanistan has produced a second COVID-awareness book, “STAY HOME, STAY HEALTHY!”. This time the book is focusing on the meaning of quarantine – the importance of staying at home and the importance of keeping sick people separated from the rest of the people in the house.
A Baking Business Takes a Family Out of Debt
“I found that the group was not just about savings and taking loans, but there were also many important social issues that we could learn and talk about.
Encouraging Change in Agricultural Practice
In the Roshkala district of the Pamir Mountains, we held an orchard biodiversity seminar where we discussed the life cycles of a variety of different insects living in their gardens.
Greenhouses for Health and Profit
Operation Mercy works with schools and individual farmers to support them in setting up successful high-altitude greenhouse operations.
Domestic Abuse Help During COVID-19
During lock down due to COVID-19 in Kazakhstan the rate of domestic abuse has increased as people are quarantined in their homes together.
From Ignored to Inspiring Others
It’s not only relationships that Alma has grown in, but confidence too.
A day with the Circus
Doesn’t every child love the circus, perhaps even dreaming of being part the circus act? Imagine the delight when Afghan children from Operation Mercy’s Children groups enjoyed the visit of an organisation which uses circus performance to empower young people in Afghanistan.
Discovery through Reading
The light went on in her eyes when she discovered that she could sound out words. Now the hard part isn’t getting her to come and read,
Children’s Lives are Changing
Through the Self Help Group Approach, staff worked hard to form new children’s groups last year in the less-privileged areas of Kabul and its surroundings. As many as 1500 children connected with a group and are now enjoying and using our Rahmat books.
Two Lives on the North Side
STEP aims to help women who are inactive in the workforce to have the confidence, resilience and support to move ahead despite others thinking they have no future as husband-less women.
From Farm to Vulnerable Families
“…In this way, we are supporting about 500 vulnerable families a week with fresh vegetables…”
Winter Blanket Relief
The hope is that in the future some of these poor families would start their own SHGs after having been in contact with the current groups and seeing how they can work together to better their own lives.
When I prosper, my children prosper
Ayete has been able to tell her story as part of Operation Mercy’s community motivational meetings which have kicked off the pilot year of a brand new project –
About Keystone
All about our Keystone project.