Kabul province is located in central zone of Afghanistan. Its center is Kabul City which is the capital of the country. Paghman District which is also known as district 14 is one of the districts of Kabul province. Most its residents are Sunni sect and Pashtun descend.

The main problem of the residents of this district was a proper place for garbage. It was a big cause of concern for the people. To solve it, they were trying to find a proper solution for the problem.

According to the saying of most residents, especially Mr. Mir Baha-uudin, Counsil Chairman for reconstruction of Paghman: increased garbage and lack of places to throw away the garbage has caused the environment of paghman to lose its natural scenery and fragrance.

Development & Support of Afghan Women & Children Organization (DSAWCO) with support of Counterpart International Organization based on a joint civil program held a 2day seminar under subject of “Civil Education & Social Discussion”. In these 2days seminar, a complete set of information was taught to the participants about human rights, human trafficking, democracy, civil society, and three pillars of government. 30 men and 30 women participants who were civil activists, members of local council, school teachers participated in every program. After holding the social discussion and identifying this issue as the prior issue of the area, in order to address the issue, an advocacy group was formed from the participants. They made a work plan with advocacy representative in advocacy meeting for eradicating this problem.

The advocacy representative of DSAWCO along with 6 members of the Advocacy group with support of Paghman Governor started fundraising for building trashcans in Houza-e Dar Zargar of Paghman district. The project commencement was initiated by Paghman Governor in presence of people’s representative, municipality admintrator and advocacy members. After the commencement, the governor promised to make grounds for putting trashcans in every village of the district so that people should not face such problem ever again.

As a result of advocacy group follow-up and cooperation of Senate Chairman Mr. Mir Baha-uddin, the work for cleansing villages and making trashcans are continuing. In fact, one of the trashcans in Poshta village is in operation.