About us
ALSDO HISTORY
ALSDO is an independent non-governmental, non-profit Afghan national organization that was established in 1994 and then the scope, mandate has been further expanded and registered with the new name as Afghanistan Legal & Social Development Organizations (ALSDO) with Ministry of Economy (MoEC) in the year 2006 respectively. ALSDO’s learning experience as a humanitarian and community development organization comes from its working association with communities, elders, refugees, internally displaced people, and returnees including women, youths and disabled in different parts of Afghanistan. ALSDO is member of Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development (ACBAR), Afghan NGOs Coordination Bureau (ANCB) and DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S (The International Award for Young People) and duly certified by the Afghan Institute of Civil Society (AICS) in the year 2018.
ALSDO relocated to Afghanistan in 2006 and continued to respond to community needs throughout the country particularly in the separate but closely interrelated areas of education, community development, Legal, Social, capacity building and women’s empowerment. in fact, ALSDO has extensive experience managing multiple projects in the aforementioned sectors has provided it with the managerial skills needed to work in complex and rapidly-changing environments.
ALSDO has implemented Tens of projects of different donors (WFP, UNICEF, UNDP-LOTFA MoI Swiss Charitable BRAC, Afghanistan State Department PRT,DAI-ASI, Counterpart International(CI), PRT, USAID/ADALAT/TDR) various sectors such as legal, educational, economical, humanitarian aids (food, cash, protection) civic education, capacity building, women empowerment, children protection, traditional dispute resolution, formal and informal justice system, peace, wash, nutrition, empowerment and TVET (Technical Vocational Trainings) with longer duration in Peshawar Pakistan as well as in 34 provinces of Afghanistan; and presently ALSDO has ongoing educational and capacity building projects in Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, Herat, Badghis, Farah, Nimroz, Badakhshan, and Kabul provinces of Afghanistan.
Our approach
Our Mission
Our vision is the well-being of society where an institutionalized system of social development exists, and citizens are enjoying their social, political, and economic rights.
ALSDO Priority Areas (2021-2025)
- Human Rights & Protection,
- Afghan Refugees and IDPs Support
- Advocacy & Lobbying
- Rule of Law & Justice
- Women’s empowerment
- Peace & Reintegration
- Food Security & Agriculture
- Humanitarian Response
- Capacity Building.
Objectives
- To implement effective basic programs, commensurate with community needs to reduce the injustice and protect vulnerable people to support development of sustainable, small and medium sized community-based enterprises in all sectors to promote better livelihoods and create higher standards community for human being and living.
- To enable local communities, CSOs, councils, youth networks and women networks to function effectively and play significant roles in the development of their communities to eliminate Violence and gender disparity in education at all levels to provide equal opportunities for women and girls particularly with respect to employment.
- To eliminate harmful practices and all forms of violence against women and girls to uphold and protect their rights as equal and dignified members of the community to advocate for the eradication of all forms of social, cultural and economic discrimination against women to afford them with equal rights and access to opportunities and resources, including land and property.
- To provide peace building and conflict resolution training to promote security, stability and rule of law in communities to provide educational opportunities for all to build the capacity of youth and children through trainings and leadership opportunities to facilitate a greater role in community and civic life.
Our Vision
To ensure citizens’ rights by fostering purposeful and responsive legislation, legal and social development, law enactment, stakeholder’s empowerment, good governance and responsive service delivery to the people of Afghanistan.
Core Values
- Humanity beyond identity: We bring “humanity back to humanitarianism” by focusing solely on people and making sure that humanitarian and development responses go directly to the people in need.
- Inclusiveness: We recognize the powerful role played by local communities in times of crisis and in development. We want to ensure that the muted voices are heard, resources are shared, and partnerships are equitable and dignified.
- Dignity: We believe local people can and should shape humanitarian and development responses with their own ideas, values, lifestyles, preferences, needs abilities and desires.
- Credibility and mutual accountability: We are determined to increase genuine accountability to donors, the public and affected communities by making the delivery of local and international humanitarian and development responses more transparent. Independence: While we depend on support of our partners and donors, we are independent of outside influences. Our leading light is the vision and mission of this network.
Our Partners
