Emergency

Anabah Maternity Centre in the Panshir Valley, Afghanistan.

This is the only specialised and completely free facility in a very large area of ​​the valley. It was created to provide gynaecological and obstetric care to women and their children, in a country where maternal and child mortality rates are among the worst in the world.
 

Pupa has supported the centre by contributing to its construction and to the costs of maintaining the surgical block, which has enabled the level of assistance and care to be improved. Today the new facility capacity guarantees 7,000 deliveries per year as well as related gynaecological and neonatal services. 

The facility’s important role is not solely limited to health care: it is also a training centre for Afghan staff, made up of women who work alongside the international team every day.

The Anabah Hospital has been recognised by the Government as a national training centre specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, becoming a symbol of female empowerment.

Pupa and Emergency, working together for the rights of women and their children.

THE NUMBERS
274,000 women treated
46,000 children born since 2009
500 births a month
98 women employed in the centre, of whom 40 are Afghan

The Piri Piri nursery
Considering the very high percentage of mothers (or future mothers), it was natural for the company to think of a project that would help them in the arduous task of reconciling work and motherhood. The structure, located in a totally independent wing of the company and surrounded by a garden with facilities, will accommodate 15 children from the ages of 3 months to 3 years. The curriculum has been entrusted to a local nursery school that has been operating in the area for years and already manages another facility in the municipality. This is also why some places are reserved for children from outside.
Games, books, music. Gentle, relaxing colours in the sleeping area and fun and lively in the play areas: everything at the Piri Piri nursery is designed for the little ones because this is their space!