Community & Livelihood Support in Afghanistan

Uplift Afghanistan Fund (UAF) & Community-Driven DeVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (CDDO)

South Asia

2022

Presentation of the project

The Community & Livelihood Support in Afghanistan project’s main objective is to support the most vulnerable Afghans, notably women, girls, poor households, people with disabilities and other marginalized communities, as they navigate compounding economic, social and political crises.

The project works with the Community-Driven Development Organization (CDDO) to monitor accountable aid initiatives in uncertain environments and equitably select beneficiaries based on the highest needs. Previous and ongoing programs include providing digital aid payments to 7,500 single female-headed households, organizing food distributions for marginalized communities, and implementing cash-for-work initiatives to support social cohesion and minimize massive internal displacement and outward migration.

Presentation of the organization

Uplift Afghanistan Fund is an organization founded and led by Afghan women with lived experiences of displacement from (and within) Afghanistan over different periods of war and conflict since the 1980s. Besides Uplift’s leadership, key staff members are skilled Afghan experts with recent and partly ongoing displacement experiences. As a prominent part of the organization’s collective history, displacement experiences guide Uplift’s work that advances respectful and effective support for the people of Afghanistan that are facing extreme hardship

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