MPH Alum requesting first aid kits in Afghanistan
Women for Afghan Women (WAW) Family Guidance Center & Children’s in Kunduz Afghanistan is in need of first aid kits. The regional manager of WAW says these kits are necessary to treat women who come to the shelter with injuries or other medical emergencies until they receive proper medical care/assistance. Our own alum Kerry Brown is now working with this organization through USAID. She is hoping BUSPH may have connections to getting free first aid kits sent over to WAW.
Please contact the DIH Program Assistant, Emily Morin at emorin@bu.edu if you have any leads.
WAW Background
The US Department of State supported Family Guidance Center (FGC) provides legal advice and counseling to women who have sought refuge from domestic abuse and other related crimes. FGC has a staff that includes a Director, Legal Advisor, Case Worker, Prosecutor and Shelter Supervisor. The Center also serves as a safe haven while a victim’s case is being processed by case workers and legal staff. After this preliminary processing, women are transported to an undisclosed location that serves as the WAW Women’s Shelter. During a woman’s time at the shelter, her children can live at the Children’s Support Center (CSC) that currently accommodates over 58 children comprised of boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 15 from Kunduz, Baghlan, Badakshan and Takhar. The CSC provides transportation to public schools, focused tutoring, meals and lodging. The facility has a full staff consisting of caretakers, guards, cooks, janitors and drivers.
Kerry Brown, MPH –BUSPH (IH)’08: Kerry is a DIH graduate now working in Afghanistan with USAID. She also holds a MPA focusing in Organizational Management from American University and has experience with gender based violence research and counter-trafficking programming in Moldova and the unstable Caucasian oblasts in Russia.
