AID GROUPS
On this page are lists of aid organizations with website addresses.� This list is by no means complete.� It is difficult to know who is active in Afghanistan and what they are doing.� All these organizations mention Afghanistan on their websites.
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(1) INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATIONS: Members of the �InterAction� consortium (www.interaction.org)
(2) INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATIONS: Not members of �InterAction�
(4) OTHER WEBSITES RELATED TO HUMANITARIAN AID IN AFGHANISTAN
(1) INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATIONS: Members of the �InterAction� consortium
AAH: Action Against Hunger; www.aah-usa.org
ADRA: Adventist Development and Relief Agency International: www.adra.org
Air Serv International: www.airserv.org
AFSC: American Friends Service Committee: www.afsc.org
American Jewish World Service: www.ajws.org
American Red Cross: www.redcross.org
ARC: American Refugee Committee; www.archq.org
AmeriCares:www.americares.org
CARE: www.care.org
Catholic Relief Services; www.catholicrelief.org
Childreach/Plan International USA: www.childreach.org
Christian Children�s Fund: www.ChristianChildrensFund.org
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: www.crwrc.org
CWS: Church World Service; the service agency for the National Council of Churches (USA); www.churchworldservice.org
Concern Worldwide US: www.concernusa.org
Direct Relief International: www.directrelief.org
Doctors of the World: www.doctorsoftheworld.org
Doctors Without Borders/M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF): www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Food for the Hungry, Inc.: www.fh.org
International Aid: www.internationalaid.org, www.gospelcom.net/ia
International Catholic Migration Commission: www.icmc.net
IMC: International Medical Corps: www.imc-la.com
IRC: International Rescue Committee: www.irc.org, www.theIRC.org
Latter-Day Saint Charities: 800-240-1201
Lutheran World Relief: www.lwr.org
MAP International: www.map.org
MCI: Mercy Corps International: www.mercycorps.org
NMIT: Northwest Medical Team International: www.nwmedicalteams.org
Operation USA: www.opusa.org
Oxfam America: www.oxfamamerica.org
Refugees International: www.refugeesinternational.org
Relief International: www.ri.org
Salvation Army World Service Office: www.salvationarmyusa.org
SC/US (SCF/US): Save the Children/US: www.savethechildren.org
United Methodist Committee on Relief: http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor
USA for UNHCR: www.usaforunhcr.org
United States Fund for UNICEF: www.unicefusa.org
United Way International: www.uwint.org
Women�s EDGE: www.womensedge.org
World Concern; www.worldconcern.org�
World Relief: www.worldrelief.org
World Vision: www.wvi.org
(2) INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATIONS: Not members of �InterAction�
AAH: Action Against Hunger; www.aah-usa.org
ACF: Action Contre la Faim = Action Against Hungar; www.acf-fr.org
ACTED: Agence d�Aide a la Cooperation Technique Et au Developpment (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) (works with AFSC): www.acted.org
Afghans for Afghans: www.afghansforafghans.org
Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
Australian Agency for International Development; www.ausaid.gov.au
Children�s Aid Direct; www.cad.org.uk
Christian Aid: www.christian-aid.org.uk
FMF: Feminist Majority Foundation: www.feminist.org
GOAL: an international humanitarian aid organization based in Ireland; www.goal.ie
HTACI: Help the Afghan Children, Inc.: Suraya Sadeed, Dir. (cooperating with AFSC); www.helptheafghanchildren.org
Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross: www.icrc.org
International Human Rights Law Group: www.hrlawgroup.org
IOM: International Organization for Migration: www.iom.int
Islamic Relief; www.islamic-relief.com
Life for Development and Relief: Muslim-American: www.lifeusa.org (based in Mich., has worked with AFSC in repairing water filtration plants in Iraq)
MEDAIR: www.medair.org
Mennonite Central Committee: www.mennonitecc.ca
Muslim Peace Fellowship: www.mpfweb.org
Norwegian Salvation Army (sent 36,000 blankets 11/30/01): www.salvationarmy.org/intnews.nsf/INR
Ockenden International: www.ockenden.org.UK
Oxfam International: www.oxfam.org
Oxfam/UK (or GB): www.oxfam.org.uk (for Afghan articles in their children�s magazine: www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/)
PARSA: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Support for Afghanistan: www.parsa-afghanistan.org
SGAA: Sandy Gall�s Afghan Appeal; www.sandygallsafghanappeal.org
SNI/US: Shelter Now International/US: www.shelter.org
SO: Shuhada Organization: www.shuhada.org.
SCA: Swedish Committee for Afghanistan: www.sak.a.se
TCW: The Children of War; www.thechildrenofwar.org
UNITED NATIONS:
UNCHS: UN Center for Human Settlements (Habitat): www.unhabitat.org
UNDCP: UN Drug Control Program: www.undcp.org
UNDP: UN Development Programme: www.undp.org
UNESCO: www.unesco.org
UNFAO: UN Food and Agriculture Organization: www.fao.org
UNHCR: UN High Commissioner for Refugees: www.unhcr.org
UNICEF: www.unicef.org
UNIFEM: UN Development Fund for Women: www.undp.org/unifem
UNMAP: UN Mine Action Program: www.mineaction.org; (UN Mine Action Center for Afghanistan is a coalition of about 15 organizations with 4900 employees; see www.un.org/Depts/dpko/mine/program/Afghan)
UNOCHA: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (runs Relief Web, information clearinghouse for humanitarian agencies: www.reliefweb.org)
UNWFP: UN World Food Programme: www.wfp.org
USA Adopt-A-Minefield; program of UN Assoc. of the USA and Better World Fund: www.landmines.org (has a program to adopt mine-clearing teams in Afghanistan)
U.S. GOVERNMENT:
CDC: Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov
USAID/OFDA: US Agency for International Development/Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance; www.usaid.gov/about/afghanistan
USAID/FFP: Food for Peace: www.usaid.gov/hum_response/ffp/
USAID/DG: Democracy and Governance: www.usaid.gov/democracy
USDA: US Dept. of Agriculture: www.fas.usda.gov/excredits/afghan.htm
USState/PRM: US State Dept. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration: www.state.gov/g/prm
USState/INL: US State Dept. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: www.state.gov/g/inl
USState/DP: US State Dept. Humanitarian Demining Programs: www.state.gov/www/global/arms/pm/hdp
WC: Women�s Commission for Refugee Women and Children: www.womenscommission.org
WHO: World Health Organization: www.who.int
Afghan Coalition: includes the Society of Afghan Professionals, Afghan Women Association International, Afghan Student Association, Afghan Sport League, and Virtual Nation (see below)
Afghan Peace Association: www.afghan_web.com/apa/
Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS): see www.ifrc.org
Afghan Sport League: (in the Afghan Coalition)
Afghan Student Association: (in the Afghan Coalition)
Afghan Women Association International: (in the Afghan Coalition)
AWM: Afghan Women�s Mission: www.afghanwomensmission.org
AWC: Afghan Women Council: www.peacewomen.org/campaigns/featured/Afghanistan
AWEC: Afghan Women Educational Center: www.peacenowar.net/Afghan
AWN: Afghan Women�s Network: [email protected]; [email protected]
AWWD: Afghan Women Welfare Department: [email protected]
HTACI: Help the Afghan Children, Inc.: (see international list)
Humanitarian Assistance for Women and Children of Afghanistan: www.hawca.org
NEGAR � Support of Women in Afghanistan: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/negar/anglais/cadre.htm
RADA: Rehabilitation Agency for Development of Afghanistan: www.pcpafg.org/organizations/RADA
RAWA: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan: www.rawa.org
SG: Shirkat Gah Women�s Resource Center: http://194.78.216.158/whrnet3/partners/list.htm#shirkat
Society of Afghan Professionals: www.SAPWeb.org (in the Afghan Coalition)
USARC: US-Afghan Reconstruction Council, Abdullah Sherzai, Exec. Dir., (seen on CNN, no idea about them)
Virtual Nation: www.VirtualNation.com (in the Afghan Coalition)
WAPHA: Women�s Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan: www.wapha.org
WLUML: Women Living Under Muslim Laws: www.wluml.org
ASAP: Acting in Solidarity with the Afghan People: www.asap-net.org
Afghana!: www.afghana.com (informational site for Afghans and nonAfghans)
Afghan Network: www.afghan-network.net
Assistance Afghanistan: www.pcpafg.org (a UN site with information for and about aid organizations in Afghanistan)
InterAction (lists 42 organizations working in Afghanistan): www.interaction.org
Relief Web (information clearinghouse for humanitarian agencies): www.reliefweb.org
U. S. Department of State International Information Programs: Focus on Afghanistan: www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan
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