PARTNERSHIPS

IOC supports its programs and projects in Afghanistan in cooperation with other non-profit, non-governmental organizations including: Afghanische Kinderhilfe Deutschland, E.V., in Germany, and KOMAK, in Switzerland.

Children’s Hope International Literacy & Development – C.H.I.L.D.

C.H.I.L.D. is working in collaboration with International Orphan Care to support programs and projects in Iran and Afghanistan. C.H.I.L.D. has supported a school for the children of Afghan refugees in the village of Mahmoodabad in the south eastern suburbs of Tehran. Afghan children cannot attend Iranian public schools. Over 190 children attended this school, taking classes in three shifts. During the last term of the 2004–2005 school year, C.H.I.L.D. brought two dormitories in the southern Kerman province town of Jiroft under its protection. At that time, these dormitories housed 78 needy and deserving students who could not attend high school in their home towns and villages.

For additional information about Children’s Hope International Literacy & Development – C.H.I.L.D., visit www.child–international.org.

Ariana Outreach

Ariana Outreach and International Orphan Care are working together to make a difference in Afghanistan. Ariana Outreach is an international development organization founded by Humira Noorestani. Ariana Outreach seeks to provide programs that improve the social and economic infrastructure of Afghanistan, initially concentrating in Nuristan Province. These localized programs will promote literacy, vocational training and job placement.

Rebuilding the agrarian sector of Afghanistan is one of Ariana Outreach’s main focuses. The programs will range from planting trees and rebuilding efficient irrigation systems to constructing and operating schools. With the support of charitable donors in the United States and abroad, Ariana Outreach will also address the social and economic concerns of Afghan women and children.

For additional information about Ariana Outreach, please visit: www.arianaoutreach.com.