Nomadic families currently seasonal in central Logar province are calling for institutional support and mobile educational facilities, warning that economic hardship and perpetual migration threaten to leave another generation without basic schooling.
Speaking on their seasonal displacement between provinces, nomadic elders Zaidullah and Noor Hassan explained that while pastoralism represents an ancient lifestyle intrinsically linked to livestock and seasonal shifts, worsening climate factors and economic contraction have severely damaged their livelihood.
The Dual Burden of Economic Stress and Educational Exclusion
For mobile populations, access to basic social services and state infrastructure remains severely constrained:
- Generational Deprivation: Older generations reflect with regret on remaining illiterate due to constant seasonal movements and an absence of tailored educational infrastructure, expressing a strong determination to prevent similar outcomes for their children.
- Economic Fragility: Prolonged droughts, declining pasture viability, and reduced market demand for livestock have eroded household incomes, making basic survival the central priority over private educational arrangements.
- Lack of Mobile Facilities: The absence of flexible, mobile primary school frameworks tailored to seasonal migration routes continues to disconnect nomadic youths from formal literacy and vocational training.
Nomadic representatives emphasize that without targeted intervention by education advocates and international relief partners, youth in mobile communities will remain systematically marginalized, compounding broader national literacy deficits and socio-economic vulnerability.