People and Projects

Villages of Hope

After more than 20 years of war in Afghanistan, millions of homes have been destroyed. Shelter Now is working with the returning refugees to rebuild entire villages. These are known as "Villages of Hope"... more

Earthquake assistance in Pakistan

There are many cases where innocent people suddenly find themselves in desperate need – like the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. Thousands were left homeless and without food. Many had lost loved ones. Shelter Now was immediately on the scene providing practical help... more

Center for the deaf and mute

Education in Afghanistan is still desperately lacking. The outlook for the disabled is especially bleak. Without an education, they have little chance of finding paid employment. Since 2005, Shelter Now has run an education and training center for the deaf and mute... more

Orphanage in northern Afghanistan

After more than 20 years of war, there are many orphans in Afghanistan. Sometimes they are taken in by close relatives, in keeping with Afghan family culture. But all too often, that isn't possible. Shelter Now supports an orphanage in Faizabad. more

Rebuilding homes

Since the early 1990s, millions of Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland. In many cases, they arrive to find their homes and villages in ruins and lack the necessary materials to rebuild. Building the loam walls is not so difficult, but finding suitable materials for the roof is a problem. Shelter Now has set up its own factories to produce pre-fabricated concrete sections... more

Access to clean drinking water – a basic human right

In the West, we tend to take drinking water for granted. But many people in Afghanistan and Pakistan don’t have that luxury. Shelter Now is digging new wells... more

Schools

"Please build us schools! We want to learn something". Many children in Afghanistan long to be able to go to school and learn. The vast majority of Afghans are unable to read or write, this especially applies to women and girls. Shelter Now is building schools for girls and boys... more

Farming - fruit trees - bees - people: an effective partnership that helps everyone

"The Taliban cut down all our fruit trees in order to permanently destroy the basis for our livelihood," say residents of the once fertile Shamalie Plain, north of Kabul. Shelter Now helps the local people develop new fruit plantations... more