Afghan Community & Welfare Centre
Who We Are
Afghan Community & Welfare Centre is based in Walsall established in 2007 to help and support newly arrived migrant families, living in West Midlands, we are a non-profitable organization and registered charity.
We also support and provide assistance to local communities, asylum seekers, refugees and migrants communities mainly to members of the Afghan community. We hope that our services and activities will help our clients integrate into British society whilst conserving their own cultural identity through the services and cultural events that we offer. As a community we want to be actively engaged in every aspect of life and positively integrate in the society.
Our aim is to promote the welfare and benefit of the Afghan Community in the area and also to encourage and promote community cohesion and integration. There are a number of activities on offer including advice and information, interpretation and translation to all those who is in need irrespective of their creed, spiritual and political beliefs or their social background.
What We Do
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Provide a comprehensive advice and referral service for Afghans particularly in the fields of immigration, health, welfare benefits and housing.
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Promote education amongst the Afghan community, particularly through provision of language classes and a library.
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Encourage adult education, increase access to employment and enable them to gain confidence by providing language courses and information technology training.
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Provide leisure and recreation opportunities to members of the community.
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Improve the social, cultural and religious lives of the our community by organizing cultural and religious events.
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Detract the Afghan youth from crime by providing social, cultural and educational activities for them.
BOARD
Fahim Zazai
Founder and CEO
Abdul Wahab Zadran
Director
M Yousuf Salimi