Jun 20, 2019
Commemorating World Refugees Day 2019
Afghan refugees are the largest protracted refugee population in Asia and the second largest refugee population in the world. ACBAR is in solidarity with all refugees and is working with its...
Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development
Monthly Updates
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Feb 27, 2019
World NGO Day 27 February 2019
The role of NGOs in Afghanistan as community actors Effective NGOs, Stronger communities
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Jan 28, 2019
Updated Humanitarian Response for Afghanistan
As many as 6.3 million people need humanitarian aid in 2019, including 4 million because of drought. To pioritise the delivery of aid to people in need , this multi-year Humanitarian Response Plan...
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Nov 22, 2018
Launch of the Sphere Handbook 2018
The new Sphere Handbook is launched in Afghanistan by CSWA at ACBAR’s office on 19 November 2018. ACBAR is the Sphere’s country focal point and along with its members, contributed to...
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Oct 16, 2018
#ZeroHunger; World Food Day 16 October 2018
Whilst complementarity between humanitarian and development interventions is crucial – it is however essential to ensure that life-saving humanitarian assistance to all those in need remains...
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Oct 16, 2018
NGOs should have their own role in Afghanistan
Work with ACBAR In terms of achievements during my time as a member of Steering Committee and Chairman of ACBAR, I think we worked very closely as a team with national and international...
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Oct 15, 2018
Memories of Challenging and Rewarding Times
Here’s what I saved on July 7, 2005, and still have: 1. An Advocacy folder that contains drafts of statements, speeches, position papers—What are NGOs (we are not money grubbers!)?...
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Sep 26, 2018
ACBAR’s #StoryOfAfghanistan photo competition
On Monday 24 September ACBAR celebrated it’s 30th anniversary with a seminar and a #StoryOfAfghanistan photo exhibition at the Afghanistan Centre Kabul University (ACKU) with ACBAR members...
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Sep 25, 2018
“Afghans need a just society”; interview with Aziz Rafiee
During the time of the Taliban (1998-2001), NGOs still had a very strong role and the coordination was needed. After the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001 and the new era brought in...
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Sep 06, 2018
Education and literacy are the best way to sustainable development
I was a small girl when I married with a man who was about 15 years older than me and I even did not know what marriage was. My husband’s family always mentioned to me, “you are...
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Aug 28, 2018
" Serving the needs of the people of Afghanistan" Interview with Mr. Fazel Rabi Haqbeen
Generally the Taliban were suspicious of NGOs and did not understand what they did and what our objectives were. They suspected some NGOs of proselytization. They wanted to control...
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Aug 05, 2018
The beginnings of ACBAR - by Anders Fänge
where the needs after ten years of war were enormous. Many begun to explore the possibilities of starting projects in Afghanistan, and meetings and discussions took place between them and the...
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Jun 20, 2018
Commemorating the World Refugee Day 20 June; #WithRefugees
Here is the story of one of our young members: “I came to Norway as a refugee together with my sisters, brothers, mother and father in 2005. After that we got refusal of stay in another...
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Jun 11, 2018
"A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed"; interview with Hakim Gul
ACBAR NGO members had programs for supporting refugees in Pakistan and working on cross border activities. In order to coordinate better, NGOs were sharing the information through ACBAR and...
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Jun 05, 2018
World Environment Day 5 June 2018; Let’s #BeatPlasticPollution
The issue of plastic pollution has become more and more prominent, with heart-wrenching images of marine animals that die after mistakenly eat plastic bags thinking that they are jellyfish...
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May 30, 2018
Afghanistan and the false sense of safety
Interestingly, the last few years has seen several nations around the world begin to categorize Afghanistan as a ‘safe country’. Courts in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and...
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May 23, 2018
Violence on the Front Line: Attacks on Health Care in 2017
The report reveals: There were more than 700 attacks on hospitals, health workers, patients, and ambulances in 23 countries in conflict around the world in 2017. More than 101 health...
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Mar 27, 2018
Extraordinary times, ACBAR in the nineties
During my time ACBAR expanded its activities and staff numbers. ACBAR took over the SCA Agricultural Survey Unit (1994), later the IRC Printing Press and HERC (screen printing). As...
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Feb 27, 2018
Putting Protection at the Heart of the Peace Process
ACBAR briefing on protection of civilians, aid workers and humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan Peace Process, Humanitarian Assistance, Aid Workers, Protection of Civilians
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Feb 21, 2018
Mr. Hashim Mayar – “ACBAR Sahib”
There were achievements but also challenges. ACBAR was obliged to leave Kabul on some occasions, for example 1989 by the Afghan Government and sometimes even resulting in loss of funds. Mr. Mayar...
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Jan 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: NGO Community Afghanistan calls for action to ensure the protection of aid workers following the attack on Non-Governmental Organizations in Jalalabad
NGOs in Afghanistan are often the first line of response for those in need. In 2017, through the support of NGOs alongside other humanitarian actors, well over 3.4 million people across...
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Jan 07, 2018
Op-Ed – 30 Years of Coordination – Effective NGOs, Stronger Communities
The second element is that ACBAR has gradually changed from being a forum representing only international NGOs to a forum representing both national and international NGOs. This is due to...
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Nov 25, 2017
“Orange Day” and End Violence Against Women in Afghanistan
Experience show violence against women is a world-wide phenomenon that happens in different ways in different cultures; the root causes of violence are understood to be gender inequality and...
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Nov 20, 2017
Op-ed Universal Children's Day "Passing through thorns on the path of hopes and dreams"
Through the eyes of an Afghan girl The Department of Social Affairs (DoLSA) estimates that between 8,000 to 10,000 children work on the streets of Herat, routinely foregoing the simple...
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May 29, 2017
Twinning Program: Improving cluster participation
Stories From Afghanistan INTERVIEW ACBAR Twinning Program: Encouraging participation in clusters for Afghan NGOs Capacity Building, Humanitarian...
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Apr 26, 2017
Publication Digest - Environment
DIGEST YOUR READING LIST Environment protection, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Afghanistan Climate Change Science Perspectives (Dec 2016) Prepared by NEPA and...
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Mar 30, 2017
Watchlist: Every Clinic Is Now the Frontline
Stories From Afghanistan OPED- REPORT Watchlist: Every Clinic Is Now the Frontline International Humanitarian Law, Protection of Children, #NotATarget An Afghan father recently...
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Mar 08, 2017
International Women's Day: Do not forget women with disabilities
Stories From Afghanistan OP-ED International Women's Day: Do not forget women with disabilities Disability, Gender, Women's Day By Nasem Khan Aliyar, Programme Manager for...
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Feb 19, 2017
AWEC: These are kids, let them build their future
Stories From Afghanistan ARTICLE Youth, Education, Child Rights Just like many of her age, Nazaneen Muqadas used to sell bolanis (street food)...
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Jan 15, 2017
The Tashabos Educational Organization
Stories from Afghanistan ARTICLE Innovation, Youth, Education, Girls The Tashabos subject includes business development, management, marketing,...
