The AFCECO orphanages are all located in rented house, and each orphanage houses anywhere from thirty to eighty children. The facilities are usually large houses with lawn and all the amenities that make a place feel like home. Every orphanage is run by a live-in couple, with assistance from a staff including widows who otherwise would be destitute in the streets.

Children are given a variety of responsibilities, all cleaning, cooking, maintenance and laundry is shared duty. They sleep together on double-bunk beds in curtained, homey rooms with high ceilings, four to six bunk beds per room. Initially they are assessed and treated for addiction problems and psychological illness. The children attend public schools including Afghanistan National Institute of Music. The children have variety extracurricular activities in orphanage including attend medical classes, woodworking, fine art, a wide variety of music programs, leadership workshop and tutorials in all core subject areas. AFCECO also has an athletics program for boys and girls, including soccer, boxing, karate and gymnastics. The children are given responsibility to help in the running of the orphanage, and everyone is taught to work together as if one big family.