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/Médecins Sans Frontières (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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