About us
Afghanaid is an international humanitarian and development non-governmental organisation (NGO) which has worked alongside Afghan communities for nearly three decades. We currently work directly with over 1 million adults and children focusing on long term sustainable development in some of Afghanistan's poorest rural areas.
In a country where 1 in 5 children die before the age of 5, Afghanaid's work has an immediate effect helping build a future where people have healthier lives.
Afghanaid's vision is of a peaceful and secure Afghanistan, where Afghans exercise their rights to political freedom and economic opportunity in a country where institutions are held accountable. To reach this Afghanaid believes that putting people, their rights and their wellbeing at the centre of development is pivotal, ensuring a long lasting impact and change in the lives of the poor and vulnerable people.
Afghanaid's work facilitates the creation of conditions that will enable poor and vulnerable people to claim their rightsand become aware and empowered citizens to shape and influence their own and next generation development process
Afghanaid works alongside poor and marginalised Afghans to increase their chances and capabilities to enjoy sustainable and fair economic and social development through several diversified projects.
Since the 1990s, Afghanaid has concentrated on community development in some of the poorest and most remote parts of Afghanistan, rebuilding their lives and working to secure their future.
Afghanaid’s Head Office is in Afghanistan with a UK office providing advocacy and fundraising support. The UK office has two full-time staff. We have more than 400 staff in Afghanistan, 98 per cent of whom are Afghan.
Approximately 60 women work for Afghanaid. Afghanaid is governed by a board of trustees in London and managed by a team of four directors and one managing director.
Afghanaid‘s origins are in the Afghanistan Support Committee which was founded in London in 1981. Two years later, Afghanaid was set up as an independent charity and has worked in Afghanistan continuously and independently ever since. In the 1980s, we helped Afghans who had fled their homes either to other parts of the country or to neighbouring Pakistan.
Afghanaid believes that our work must reflect the wishes and needs of the Afghan people.
For further information please browse through the history and project pages. You can also download our Afghanaid brochure (PDF).
Also you can watch the following short video of our work in Afghanistan: