The video has been recorded in Qaraghage a remote and drought place in Charkent district Balkh province Afghanistan, with 958 families,  no running water or spring just 3 wells 30 to 40 meter deep that is why they use donkeys to get water out. The wells are located in a village which only can give enough water for 100 families, the other villagers reserves the raining water in winter for use in summer, it is only possible if there is enough raining in winter.

Qaraghage is a place where most of the life depends on raining water the life is good when there is enough raining in winter because the villagers keep enough water for themselves and for domestic animals but the life is worse not only for human but for animals when there is no enough raining in winter because the villagers can’t keep enough water for themselves and also they can’t get any harvest of agriculture.

According to the villagers they don’t remember such a drought like this in their lives and they use the water remained from the previous years and they will only have enough water for drinking for a couple of months then they have to leave their houses and move somewhere to find the water.     

Project of Decreasing Maternal and Newborns Death




Map of Balkh Province Afghanistan

 



HealthProm has a project in Charkent, one of the districts of Balkh province covering an area of 1040 Sq. km in north Afghanistan. There are six health centres. The main aim of the activities is to achieve MDG5A (Millennium Development Goal 5A, to reduce maternal deaths by ¾ by 2015, which is also the aim of the Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan).
There are problems and obstacles on the sides of both the deliverer and receiver of the health services, so the project works with the both sides - with the villagers who receive the health services and the health workers who deliver the services. In order to improve health, village activities are being done using Participatory Methods by Safe Motherhood Groups and Men's Support Groups, which discuss their health problems to find the ways to solve them locally and in a sustainable way. The main aim of establishing women's and men's groups is to empower the village people, especially the marginalized women, to play an active role in making decisions, especially on their health issues.



The pictures shows the head of Safe Motherhood Groups making Clean Birth Kits (shown by HealthProm) to save the lives of mothers and newborns and protect them from infections



The oldest mosque in Balkh province Afghanistan,  built during the Arab invasion.