2025 - Today: YTT Psychosocial Support & Empowerment Program for girls and women
 

Impact:
650 schoolgirls have been reached. 30 female teachers have been supported through 30 clandestine classes. 11 qualified female psychologists have received YTT programme training and are delivering the programme across 8 provinces: Panjshir, Nangarhar, Badakhshan, Kunduz, Parwan, Herat, Kandahar and Kabul.
 

Since mid-2025, YTT has been developing a comprehensive psychosocial support and empowerment programme for Afghan girls and women. The programme is now being delivered in Afghanistan by a locally based team of qualified female psychologists trained in YTT’s methodology, through a carefully structured network of clandestine schools.
 

In a context where access to education and safe spaces for women and girls remains severely restricted, these classes provide protected environments where girls can continue their education while receiving structured psychosocial support addressing trauma, isolation, anxiety and the long-term psychological consequences of conflict and systemic exclusion.
 

The programme combines educational continuity with empowerment The programme combines educational continuity with empowerment modules, mental health support and capacity-building. Through trauma-informed and gender-sensitive approaches, YTT-trained psychologists work alongside local teachers to support girls directly while strengthening the resilience and capacity of the women who serve as important anchors within their communities.
 

YTT is continuing to develop the programme with the objective of expanding its
reach. A subsequent phase aims to reach up to 3,000 schoolgirls and 190 teachers
through as many as 150 clandestine classes across 22 provinces, subject to the
conditions required to operate safely and effectively within Afghanistan.

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