Empowering Futures: Enhancing Skills and Resilience for Afghan and Host Community Adolescents and Female Heads of Households in Iran


As part of Switzerland’s commitment to financing sustainable solutions for Afghan refugees in the region, the contribution to UNICEF in Iran aims at improving the access to skills development opportunities and employment, and enhance resilience to disasters - for Afghan and host community adolescents, and female heads of households.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
EastAsiaregional
Ägypten
Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit
Katastrophenvorsorge
Inclusive economic Development
Landwirtschaftliche Genossenschaften & Bäuerinnen- und Bauernorganisationen
Berufsbildung
Landwirtschaftliche Dienstleistungen & Markt
Gewerbeunterstützung & Wirtschaftszugang
01.10.2025 - 30.09.2028
CHF  1’275’000
Hintergrund Iran remains one of the world’s largest refugee hosting countries. It’s ongoing deportations and strained social services have left many Afghan adolescents and female-headed households, along with vulnerable members of host communities, with limited access to education, livelihoods, and protection.
Ziele Contribute to the well-being and development of Afghan children on the move and their households in Iran by addressing key determinants of their quality of life and enhancing their resilience to disasters and emergencies.
Zielgruppen

• 50 Technical and Vocational Training Society Organization staff and volunteers; and 120 Technical and Vocational Training instructors.

• 1000 parents of adolescents (including 200 Afghan refugees); 4900 adolescents (including 950 Afghan refugees); 800 female-heads of households (including 400 Afghan refugees); and 1000 households with enhanced disaster preparedness capacities (including 200 Afghan refugee households).

Mittelfristige Wirkungen To improve access to skills development opportunities and employment, and enhance resilience to disasters for Afghan and host community adolescents and female heads of households and their households in Iran.
Resultate

Erwartete Resultate:   Afghan and host community adolescents and young female heads of households have enhanced employability and disaster resilience capabilities through improved access to quality skills development opportunities, as well as emergency preparedness and response trainings and resources.


Resultate von früheren Phasen:   N/A


Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Privatsektor
Organisation der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)
  • Ausländischer Privatsektor Süden/Osten
  • United Nations Children’s Fund


Koordination mit anderen Projekten und Akteuren As part of Switzerland’s commitment to financing sustainable solutions for Afghan refugees in the region, Switzerland supports different projects (for example with UNHCR in Pakistan).
Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF    1’275’000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF    425’000 Projekttotal seit Anfangsphase Schweizer Beitrag CHF   0 Budget inklusive Projektpartner CHF   1’275’000
Projektphasen Phase 1 01.10.2025 - 30.09.2028   (Laufende Phase)