CANADIAN AFGHAN CENTRE FOR WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN

DONATIONS

ONLINE DONATIONS

You will be able to give online donations on a one time and montly basis by October 2008

DONATIONS BY MAIL

If you would like to help right away, you can download our mail-in form and send us your donations through the mail.

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Here are some facts about Afghan Children:

• The average Afghan lives on $2 a day
• 39 per cent of children under the age of 5 are moderately or severely underweight
• 54 per cent of children under the age of 5 have stunted growth
• 18 per cent of girls between 15 and 24 can read and write
• 51 per cent of boys between 15 and 24 can read and write
  
• 50% of the Afghan population is less than 18 years of age with almost no education.
  
• Over 400,000 children are maimed, because of land mines.
  
• Over one million Afghan children are suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
• 309,000 children under five years of age die each year; under-five mortality rate ranks fourth worldwide
• International aid groups estimate that 35,000 children live on the streets of Kabul alone.
  
  (Source: UNICEF)

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