The Scaling‑up of Energy Services for Essential and Humanitarian Needs in Afghanistan (SESEHA) has become one of UNDP’s most transformative initiatives in the country. Built on a simple yet powerful belief—that every Afghan deserves dignified access to essential services—SESEHA has worked tirelessly to bring clean, affordable, and reliable energy to hundreds of schools and health facilities across Afghanistan’s regions.

This book captures that remarkable journey. Within its pages are stories of extraordinary resilience, perseverance, and hope:
– Teachers whose classrooms are illuminated again.
– Doctors who can now deliver babies safely, day and night.
– Farmers and families whose daily struggles have eased with solar‑powered water systems.

These are reminders that SESEHA is about people, and about energy’s power to restore dignity, possibility, and hope.