Our History
Afghanaid has its origins in the Afghanistan Support Committee which was founded in London in 1981. Two years later, Afghanaid was set up as an independent charity to provide assistance to Afghans in hardship and distress. In the early days we funded other organisations with proven track records.
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| 1983 - 1987 | 1988 - 1992 | 1993 - 1997 | 1998 - 2002 | 2003 - present |
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| Ran tailoring projects to give work to disabled Afghan refugees in Pakistan Created, printed and distributed primary school textbooks in Afghanistan Supplied food for 70,000 Afghans Ran an ambulance service to evacuate civilian casualties of the Soviet occupation |
Cleaned and repaired irrigation canals to bring water back to villages Distributed food aid for flood victims Distributed seeds and fertiliser to farmers Build and repaired roads and bridges |
Began integrated rural development programme in Badakhshan Established village organisations Build and repaired roads and bridges Developed health education for women Began distributing improved wheat seed |
Expanded programme to Nuristan, Samangan and Ghor Widened roads and improved communications Set up network of women's resource centres Began child rights programme Supplied emergency aid following two earthquakes |
Working in 1,100 communities with 600,000 people Setting up elected village councils and helping them to achieve their goals Introducing new cash crops and improving market links Encouraging small enterprises and self-help groups |