Complete Projects
AWRO has implemented programs/projects in the vast areas of intervention ranging from Good Governance, Anti-Corruption, Social Accountability, Access to Justice, Human Rights Awareness, Peace Building, Research, Electoral Awareness, Advocacy, Capacity Building and alternative Livelihood generation, Cooperatives Development, Slum development, Environment, Education, and Health Care. Since its inception in 2007, the organization has been operating as a national philanthropy in Afghanistan and is an independent, non-profit, nongovernmental organization. It has received grants in aid for its various community-based programs and operations from various Donors listed below:
Joint Ventured with the American Company, Advantage Biomedical Services LLC (Nov 2015) Trainings on First Aid Assistances
AWRO has reached an agreement with the American Company, the Advantage Biomedical Services LLC, to work jointly in Afghanistan in providing healthcare services, trainings, medical drugs quality tests, controlling, and others. This has helped AWRO in becoming more skilled and confident about the provision of quality healthcare services and workshops. Considering the initial needs, more than 10,000 people working at different institutions, were provided with more than 800 trainings and capacity building sessions in 31 provinces on first aid assistances, Nutrition, Health and Safety by AWRO. The target beneficiaries were provided with the information and knowledge on initial health services in case any injuries occur, and the ways on how to prevent any loss to the patients. Hundreds of first aid awareness trainings have been conducted in more than 16 provinces of Afghanistan by the AWRO. On the other hand, AWRO has provided trainings and orientations to different family heads in remote areas where most of the people are deprived from education and Health related information. This has been a great phenomenon which AWRO has managed to achieve, providing the people with the information and practical trainings which could save a life in case an accident occurs.
Conjoining health related cases with the Governmental Security Institutions
Health cases and patients referred to hospitals have actually been even violence or criminal cases, which some of the staff working in the hospitals do not know about. Studies show that injured women carried to hospitals, in most cases, are not asked or interrogated about the reason behind their injuries. On the other hand, women’s health related issues, most of which seem to be violence cases, have been condoned by the doctors and staff working at different levels in hospitals and healthcare centers. AWRO conducted a survey in order to find a solution for the above-mentioned issues where several teams were allocated, in cooperation with the ministry of Public Health, to assess the rates of such cases in different provinces. The studies’ result found that most of the patients having complaints against the doctors, have been threatened and silenced forcibly even by the doctors or the hospital heads in order to prevent a stain on their reputation and name. This was where AWRO designed a program consist of several trainings and on-site trainings for the staff working in hospitals in order to conjoin health cases referred to the hospitals with the government institutions. More than 10 different training sessions were conducted in order to capacitate the staff on the matter and to prevent any issues from getting occurred in the future. Besides, a public awareness program was conducted, and different teams were assigned to convey the messages to the people deprived of such information in order to bring a change in their behaviors and reactions against such issues.
ADALAT-TDR (Traditional Dispute Resolution) - (Sep 2017 - Ongoing)
The Project, Assistance for the Development of Afghan Legal Access and Transparency (ADALAT), funded by USAID and granted by CHECCHI, is being implemented in Nangarhar province two districts; Moman-Dara and Center, and Herat province two districts; Enjeel and Zenda Jan. The objectives of the project are to: 1) improve access to fair, transparent, and legal local justice service, 2) improve value-added collaboration between formal and informal justice actors, and 3) reduce the frequency and seriousness of disputes. Recognizing the embedded nature of traditional justice within local culture, covering more than 800 direct beneficiaries in Herat and Nangarhar Provinces, this project aims to permanently transform that culture by transitioning both dispute resolvers and the public away from inaccurate or harmful concepts of justice and toward greater awareness of and respect for Afghan law, equitable treatment of disputants (including women), and human and other rights.
PROMOTE – Strengthening Education in Afghanistan (SEA) - (June 2016 to July 2017)
The project, Strengthening Education in Afghanistan, funded by USAID, American Embassy and controlled by the Asia Foundation, in 16 provinces of Afghanistan, for women’s scholarship on Bachelor and Master’s degree on Health, Economics, Compere Science, Midwifery, Law and Theology, was implemented for one year by AWRO, Jul 2016 to July 2017, where 113 candidates out of total approximately 360 were provided with scholarships in Law, Law and Political Science, Economy, Midwifery and Bachelor in Business Administration fields introduced to private Higher Education Institutions within the project. AWRO, using the resources and facilities in hand, provided the students with English and computer courses to further enhance their capacity and skills, an innovation in the project by AWRO. Several skilled teachers were selected and assigned by AWRO to carry on the classes for the target beneficiaries. The project was handled and managed in an effective way in order to meet the donor requirements and to achieve the intended results.
WOMEN EPOWERMENT PROGRAM (WEP) - Strengthening Access to Justice for Women Affected by Violence through Proven Culturally Sensitive Approaches – (Sep 2014 to Aug 2017)
Supported by the Asia Foundation and implemented by AWRO from Sep 2014 to Aug 2017 for three years, the components of the project was the women’s Access to Justice, EVAW Law, Conflict Resolution, Anti-Corruption, capacitating the members from Departments of Women’s Affairs and Attorney General’s Office, Khateebs and Mullahs, university students, the School teachers and the students, Government employees from Justice sectors, establishing Family Resolution Centers and Community Dialogue Groups in 12 province: Herat, Takhar, Daikundi, Faryab, Nengarhar, Laghman, Logar, Baghlan, Urozgan, Bamyan, Farah, and Badakhshan.
JFunding Leadership Opportunities for Women (FLOW) – (Jan 2014 to Dec 2015)
This project has been for strengthening the civilians in civic education, capacitating and co-operating the elite women candidates at parliament and provincial council levels. In this project women have been capacitated on leadership, and case defending, moreover 2000 men and women, school teachers, Ulama council, Haj and Awqaf, NSPs, CDCs and the locals have been targeted, we have collected the case to see where women have issues and worked with the on it to find the solutions accordingly. Most of the issues have been advocated in participation of the locals for the better solution.
Civic Education with Focus on Electoral Participation – (Sep 2013 to Mar 2014)
This project was re-granted by the AWN for Kabul and Parwan Provinces. Trainings on electoral participation conducted to women and men and more than 1000 women have been helped to get the voting cards, the advocacy on the IEC policies were conducted in which the mobile teams and the election casting sites were increased for more ease of the women’s access.
Support for Participatory and Distance Advocacy on Anti- Corruption, Social Accountability and Good governance at local level – (Aug 2013 to Mar 2015)
The project was funded by TAWANMANDI which addresses the main issues of corruption and low advocacy activities in CSO and public level. In this project 60 CSOs’ Advocacy method and lobbying tactics will be enhanced and will be consulted on institutional system capacity by the AWRO. The AWRO has made a chain of these 60 CSOs; some of these CSOs are being capacitated and consulted by the AWRO.
Strengthening Democracy Piloting Inter-Universities Dialogue on the Role of the Political Elites and Democratization of Afghanistan – (Jul 2013 to Mar 2014)
The Project was funded by OSA, Open Society Afghanistan, in Herat, Kabul and Nengarhar provinces. More than 900 students and 600 conference participants were feedback by conducting the sessions and the conferences.
FLOW Afghanistan (Funding Leadership Opportunities for Women) – (Feb 2013 to Dec 2013)
The project was funded by Women Kind jointly with AWRC and AWSE in Parwan Province, for strengthening the civilians in civic education and finding and co-operating the elite women candidates at parliament and provincial council levels.
Raising Voice Together to Create an Enabling Environment for Afghan Women – (Jan 2013 to Jun 2013)
The project was funded by COUNTERPART International and re-granted by AWN, based in Nengarhar province for the university professors, students and the locals.
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 – (Dec 2012 to Feb 2013)
The project was re-granted by AWN for 4 provinces: Herat, Badghis, Ghor and Farah. Trainings for women at different levels were provided.
Advocacy for Human’s Access to Justice – (Mar 2012 to Sep 2012)
Funded by the British Council, TAWANMANDI, and implemented in 4 provinces: Kunar, Laghman, Nengarhar and Kabul. In this project, AWRO trained 1000 locals based on Human Rights, Constitution of Afghanistan, International Conventions, Children’s Rights, Civil Rights and Formal justice System for the rule of Law.
CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and Children – (Oct 2011 to Feb 2012)
Funded by CIDA, the Canadian International Development Agency, the project was implemented in three provinces: Kabul, Parwan, and Kapisa. In this project, the 60 university female students from the faculty of Law and Sharia were the target participants as they were trained based on CEDAW. There were the radio spots, as awareness campaign, disseminating the Human Rights messages in widespread mass. Based on the requirement of the time to create awareness among the Law, Theology and political science female graduates about the law this project was designed.
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 – (Jan 2011 to Aug 2011)
Contracted by AWN and implemented by AWRO in 4 western provinces: Herat, Farah, Ghor and Badghis. UN Security council Resolution’s main goal is to secure peace and security, women’s role in different process of peace building and women’s participation in peace and reconstruction process, vanishing the violence against women and awareness raising process especially for women. This project consisted of two parts one is research about the Resolution 1325 and the other part is conduction the awareness raising training workshops. This resolution was established in the year 2000 by the United Nations.
Animal Husbandry and Institutional Capacity building – (Dec 2011 to Aug 2012)
Funded by ASGP, implemented by AWRO in Bagrami district of Kabul Province, this project built up the income source for the 24 women dwellers of Qala-e-Baghak and increased money in the saving box of the village. Through it, people can solve their income problems now. Economic self-reliance was built through implementing this project. On the other hand the number of the cows was increased gradually and the dairy products are being distributed in the village. Therefore, through implementing this project trust between people, men and women has increased, gender balance has amplified. The other part of the project was the organizational capacity building through which the AWRO built the capacity of its staff and made the financial and HR system, fundraising, gender, and organization strategies.
Civic Education with Focus on Electoral Participation – (Jun 2010 to Sep 2010)
The project was funded by STEP; a partner to the COUNTERPART International, by mean of ACSFO was conducted in Kabul and Parwan Provinces by AWRO.
Capacity Building based on English and IT trainings – (Jul 2010 to Sep 2010)
Funded from ICNC; the COUNTERPART International partner, this project was for the staff of the Ministry of Education basically the NGO’s presidency department in Kabul province.
Combating Women and Children Trafficking through Awareness Raising and capacity Building – (Apr 2010 to Aug 2010)
Funded by COUNTERPART International, re-granted program through ACSFO in Kabul province.It was signed on Apr/12/2010 between ACSFO and AWRO to conduct 164 face to face sessions to some Kabul City-based and District-based schools in which the school teachers and students were targeted.
Human Rights Awareness for Peace Building – (Mar 2010 to Aug 2010)
Funded from COUNTERPART International in 2 provinces: Parwan and Kapisa, the project was signed on Feb/16/2010 between Counterpart International and AWRO, to increase the role and viability of civil society in Afghanistan by providing capacity building trainings.
Human Rights Awareness, Gender Equality, Civil Rights Awareness and Child’s Rights
Funded from ACSFO & STEP in 2 provinces: Kabul and Parwan, the project was implemented by AWRO where the activities were conducted in order to build public awareness and capacity building for the local people.