In a country torn by decades of war, over one million Afghan women are easing their suffering through the use of opium and heroin. Children will often become addicted to these harmful drugs through their parents. New Life Women’s Center is a one-year drug rehabilitation program that seeks to redeem women from their destructive lifestyles and empower them by teaching skills and knowledge so they can be restored to their families and society.

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Afghanistan supplies 90% of the world’s heroin inventory through opium poppy production and is also the world’s leading producer of hashish.

There is more land cultivated for opium than the coco harvest in Latin America. As a result, 10% of the overall population in Afghanistan has an addiction to illicit drugs. They are cheap and there is not enough government resources to stop this tsunami of drugs.

Morning Star’s Tangi Saidan Community Center (TSCC) in Kabul, Afghanistan offers classes in Literacy, English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Computer, Internet, etc. Out of the 16,000 people living in this community, only a small percentage of school-aged children are educated. At TSCC, 200 students per month attend the educational programs offered. Through these classes, student’s lives are being radically transformed. Darya, a former student of TSCC, is just one example.