Shahnaz has seven daughters and one son. She is living in a large basement which is 6X4 meters big and a single room and is very humid. Her husband has a hand trolley and barely makes 100 AFN per day. That’s why they family cannot rent a house and has to live in this large humid basement in this cold winter. The family pays AFN 1500 and also does the house work of the owner to cover the rent of the place. The large basement is the living room, the kitchen, the sleeping room etc. the children also beg after returning from the school so that they could find something to eat.
Shahnaz children use to go to HAWCA peace Building Center which was close to them and they use to get stationary and other school items. As the Peace Building Center is close now due to lack of funds, her daughters have to walk 3 kilometers to go to another center which is free, however, that center do not provide them with stationary or any other type of aid. Shahnaz says” my daughters have to wear plastic bags instead of socks since I do not have money to buy socks and shoes for them. Their current shoes are torn and water gets in, I hope the Peace Building Center starts soon so that they could go there again”.
Shahnaz was very much thankful for the aid that her family received and stated that the food package will help them a lot and she can buy stationary for her children from what is earned in this month.
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