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INFORMATION ABOUT MINE
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DIRECTORATE OF MINE ACTION COORDINATION (DMAC) OF THE MINISTRY OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND
HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
What we do: Leadership, monitoring and evaluation of all mine action activities in
Afghanistan including demining, mine risk education, surveys, accreditation and
adherence to national standards.
Number of Staff: 16 core personnel, 67 personnel seconded with the financial support
from U.S. PM/WRA and through ITF Enhancing Human Security
Provinces in which the organization is active: At national level through its HQ and
represented by the Afghanistan National Disaster Management (ANDMA) provincial
Directorates in all 34 provinces
Office locations: Permanent offices in Kabul and 6 regions, represented by the
ANDMA Provincial Directorates all over the country
Mohammad Shafiq Yosufi, Director
About us
The activities carried out by DMAC include but are not limited to the following:
• Coordinates, monitors, oversees and regulates the work of the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA)
• Serves as a mine action point of contact within the Government system and for the international mine action stakeholders
• In partnership with UNMAS, leads the mine action planning and priority setting process
• In partnership with UNMAS, mobilizes resources for mine action at national and international levels
• Reports on the implementation of Mine Action related conventions to which Afghanistan a signatory, including the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty (APMBC) and Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)
• Ensures that the quality of mine action activities in Afghanistan are in line with the national mine action standards
• Final certifies the technical work accreditation certificates that are issued to all Mine Action Operators working in Afghanistan
• Final certifies the minefields’ and battlefields’ demining completion reports
• Leads implementation of the Post Demining Impact Assessment and Landmine & Livelihood Surveys for measurement of mine action impact on the lives of beneficiaries
• Facilitates connections and communications of mine action operators with Governmental related departments
• Advocates for banning the use of landmines and cluster munitions and for promoting the rights and persons with disabilities
• Represent the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) in the mine action related meetings, conferences and symposiums at national and international levels
• Owns the National Mine Action Database – (Information Management System for Mine Action – IMSMA)
The Directorate of Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) is a directorate of the Afghanistan
National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) chaired by H.E Wais Ahmad Barmak-
State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs. ANDMA is the secretariat
and the operational section of the National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC). DMAC
is technically supported by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS).
The U.S. Department of State, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA)
provides financial contributions to DMAC in support of DMAC’s capacity development and
promotion of mine action national ownership. PMRWA’s contributions to DMAC is made
through a Slovenian organization, the International Trust Fund (ITF) – Enhancing Human
Security. The ITF – Enhancing Human Security commenced its activities in Afghanistan since
April 2014 based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it signed with ANDMA.
AFGHAN AMPUTEE BICYCLISTS FOR REHABILITATION AND RECREATION (AABRAR)
What we do: AABRAR has been working both in Mine Risk Education and Victim
Assistance.
Number of Staff: 114 staff (66 Male and 48 Female)
Provinces in which the organisation is active: 17 provinces including Kabul,
Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Paktya, Paktika, Khost, Logar, Farah, Nimroz, Bamyan,
Hirat, Kandahar, Ghazni, Helmond, Kundoz and Balkh
Office locations: 11 active offices in the provincial centers of Kabul, Nangarhar,
Kunar, Paktya, Paktika, Khost, Farah, Bamyan, Hirat, Ghazni, Kandahar and Kundoz.
Dr. Abdul Baseer Toryalai, Director
About us
Afghan Amputee Bicyclists for Rehabilitation and Recreation (AABRAR) is a charitable non-
governmental and non-profit organization registered with the Ministry of Economy in
Afghanistan. AABRAR is dedicated to promoting physical, social and economic development
of Afghans through essential project services throughout Afghanistan. AABRAR specializes in
the provision of services to men, women, youth and persons with disabilities in numerous
areas, including economic development, peace, political awareness, mine and ERW
awareness, physical Rehabilitation democracy, anti-corruption, education, gender equality and
employment services. All our project services are aligned with our organizational mission and
core values, and national and international laws.
AABRAR was established in 1992 as a first Afghan organization to support Afghan men,
women and persons with disabilities affected by war through relief services. Today, AABRAR’s
continuous commitment to supporting and promoting Afghans represent both recognition and
a moral responsibility to help Afghans meet their needs and flourish in every field. Over the
last 24 years, AABRAR has worked with youth, men, women, community elders, tribal leaders,
religious leaders, provincial and district governments to assess their needs including capacity
needs and tailor projects to address those needs effectively.
Through adherence with its mission and effective project implementation AABRAR
has worked with a number of donor including but not limited to DAI/USAID,
Creative/USAID, UNDP, UNHCR, EU, UNHCR, UNOPS, UNODC, Swedish
Committee, Trocaire Ireland, Counter Part International, GTZ, WFP, French
Embassy, Canadian Embassy, MOLSAMD, UNDCP, UNICEF, Asia Foundation,
CDAP, Medico International, Caritas Germany, INTERSOS/UNHCR, British Council,
AREDP/MRRD/World Bank, DED Germany, IOM/USAID ,IRC, MDC etc.
AFGHAN LANDMINE SURVIVORS’ ORGANIZATION (ALSO)
What we do: ALSO is working on Victim Assistance since 2007 up to date.
Number of Staff: 9 full time staffs
Provinces in which the organisation is active: Kabul, Balkh, Kandahar, Nangarhar,
Herat and Bamyan province.
Office location: Kabul
Islam Mohammadi, Executive Director
About us
Afghan Landmine Survivors’ Organization (ALSO) was established in 2007 as non-profit NGO
in Afghanistan. ALSO has been pioneering in Afghanistan in providing psychosocial support
including peer counselling. ALSO has successfully implemented more than 80 projects in the
past 10 years including psychosocial support, public awareness, socio-economic inclusion,
empowering women with disabilities, physical accessibility, advocacy for rights and needs of
persons with disabilities/victims of mine/ERW, and advocacy/campaigning against
indiscriminate weapons (such as antipersonnel mines and cluster bombs) that harm civilians
and cause disproportionate civilian casualties and disabilities. ALSO is the first national victim
assistance focused organization to create and implement psychosocial support program in
Afghanistan since 2007. Psychosocial support program is one of the added values of ALSO.
ALSO’s core activities are as follows:
� Psychosocial Support Program (Victim to Victim)
� Advocacy And Awareness
� Empowering and Social Inclusion of Survivors
� Physical Accessibility
� Vocational Training program
� Inclusive Education (mainstreaming centres)
� Job Access With Sound (JAWS) for persons with visual impairments
� Referral to other services (Medical treatment, job placement and rehabilitation)
� Co-contributors to Shadow report on UNCRPD from civil society perspective
� Landmine and Cluster Munitions Monitor researcher to ICBL-CMC since 2009
Our Vision:
We strive to create an atmosphere where the right of persons with disabilities/victims of
mines and ERW respected and became active member of Afghan society.
Our Mission:
To promote living situation of persons with disabilities specially focusing on most vulnerable
disability group (Women and children) by providing peer support/psychosocial support (victim
to victim), education, economic inclusion.
To promote the human rights of person with disabilities by raising awareness, advocating and
supporting Afghan decision makers to implement the Law on the Rights and Benefits of
Person with Disabilities and the relevant international conventions/treaties (such as the MBT,
the CCM, the CRPD, ILO C159 and Marrakesh treaty) that Afghanistan has acceded/ratified.
AGENCY FOR REHABILITATION AND ENERGY–CONSERVATION IN AFGHANISTAN (AREA)
What we do: AREA conducts all types of Integrated Community Development
Programs; Agriculture, community development, alternative technology, skills and
vocational training, building schools, clinics and road construction, and emergency
relief programs.
Number of Staff: 105
Provinces in which the organisation is active: Kabul and Nangarhar
Office locations: HQ in Kabul, field offices in Jalalabad, in Chaparhar district, Kama
district and in Jorobay village of Surobi district
Eng. Arifullah Azimi, AREA Director
Abdul Shakoor Yusufi, Demining Director
About us
Community Based Mine Clearance and Mine Awareness Programs is the initiation of AREA.
This is a cost effective and efficient program, having professional skills and valuable
experience of conducting CBMC and MA Programs. In the past performance, the program
was funded by VTF and Novib (Netherlands), implemented the CBMC and MA programs in
different districts of Nangarhar province (Surkh Rod, Chaparhar, Rodat, Pachier-Agam),
Laghman and Kunar provinces also. (Surkh Rod, Chaparhar, Rodat, Pachir and Agam, and
Momandara districts), and has cleared more than 2.7 millions Square meters. MA program in
Herat and Badghis provinces was funded by Christian Aid (CA). Both VTF and CA Mine
Awareness programs educated more than 400,000 persons in different villages of the
mentioned provinces. CBMCP demining staffs are recruited from the contaminated
communities, therefore, specifically they are aware of insecurity in the site and well familiar
with the nature of inhabitants that reasonably will tackle aforementioned challenges.
CBMCP opens the employment opportunity for communities and empower the communities
to handle their own mines /ERW problems, transfer the required skills to the target
communities and maintain residual capacity for long period of time which later be utilized by
communities to quickly respond to single and group of mines /ERW threats found in their
communities.
AFGHAN TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS (ATC)
What we do: Mine Clearance, EOD, MRE, MDD, MDU, Technical / Non-Technical
Survey
Number of Staff: 564
Provinces in which the organisation is active: Kabul, Parwan, Laghman,
Nangarhar, Kunar
Office locations: Kabul, Parwan, Kunar, Nangarhar, Hirat, Kundoz, Gardiz, Khost
Kefayatullah Eblagh, Director
About us
ATC established in 1989, ATC is the first UN-Funded Humanitarian demining NGO in the
world. ATC is registered with the Ministry of Economy of the Afghan Government ATC is
governed by a Steering Committee that consists of prominent Afghan personalities. Accredited
by the Directorate of Mine Action Coordination, ATC considers National as well as
International Mine Action Standards in its operations on the ground. Donors and audit
companies appreciate and express their full satisfaction with the ATC performance. That
enabled the organization to continue its services for the last 27 years without any disruption.
ATC has developed a Gender policy, risk-mitigation policies and has established an effective
liaison with the government, communities and other stakeholders to perform its humanitarian
activities in remote areas where the government has limited control. Achievements of ATC
contribute significantly towards sustainable development, creating employment opportunities,
Poverty reduction, improving security situation and preventing immigration among the youths.
Strenghts :
• Steering Committee
• Registered with MoEc Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Accredited and Licensed by DMAC/UNMAS
• Positive results from International Audits Firms
• Accredited SOPs on Operations, Finance, Log, HR
• Adequate demining machines and equipment to implement projects
• Capability to work in all regions and provinces
• Experienced managerial and technical staff
• Release of 377 Sq Km of MF/BF in 31 provinces
• Good reputation in the community
• Effective control on the field
ATC has been the Lead Agency for demining of:
• Kabul-Torkham Highway
• Kabul International Airport
• Provincial Roads:
• Kabul-Hairatan Power Line
• Kabul University
• World Heritage Sites in Bamyan
DEMINING AGENCY FOR AFGHANISTAN (DAFA)
What we do: Non-Technical Survey, Technical Survey, Manual Clearance, Mechanical
Clearance, Mine Detection Dogs, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Battle Area
Clearance
Number of Staff: 304
Provinces in which the organisation is active: DAFA has worked in all the regions
of Afghanistan (26 provinces) and currently has ongoing demining operations in
Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
Office locations: Head office in Kabul, Field Office in Kandahar
Mr. Mohammad Daud Farahi, Acting Director
About us
Demining Agency for Afghanistan (DAFA) is one of the Humanitarian Mine Clearance Non-
Governmental Organizations (NGO) and the implementing partner of MAPA formed under the
auspices of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to
Afghanistan (UNOCHA) effort in June 1990.
We have successfully implemented 78 humanitarian demining projects in 26 provinces of
Afghanistan. Through our humanitarian demining services we have saved lives and limbs of
millions of Afghans, assisted in repatriation of IDPs and Refugees. Moreover, we have been
always ahead in assessing and considering the socio-economic and development
perspectives as an integral part of our demining activities.
DAFA as an implementing partner of MAPA is strongly committed to stand-on and support the
vision1, mission2, goals and strategic objectives of the National Mine Action Strategic Plan
(NMASP 2016-2020).
Vision: “A country free from landmines and explosive remnants of war...”
DAFA’s way-ahead: As a mandate of our commitment and being a signatory organization for
NMASP we are employing our optimum efforts in order to fulfill the milestones of this vision in
other way, this vision cannot be realised until the highest priority areas are not addressed in
south and southeast of Afghanistan. Thus, DAFA as a lead organization in terms of community
ties and liaison especially in the high risk regions remain committed to meet the needs and
reduce the mine/UXO threats under any condition, utilizing the region and area appropriate
approaches.
Mission: “A mine action programme that delivers support of such efficiency and self-evident
effectiveness�”
Being bound to the MAPA mission, we have redesigned our approach in a way that not only
meets the expected standards but offers efficiency with optimum quality. In-line with that we
strongly follow the principles of the ISO 9001-2008 in order to bring more efficiency to the
programme with application of continual improvement concept.
DEVELOPMENT & ABILITY ORGANIZATION (DAO)
What we do: Provision of Physical Rehabilitation Services, Capacity building,
Production of Radio + TV programs and bimonthly magazine, Leadership and
Management training, Rights and Disability awareness training, Provision of vocational
training and income generation skill
Number of Staff: 76
Provinces in which the organization is active: Kunar, Nuristan, Nangarhar,
Laghman, Uruzgan, Zabul, Kabul, Panjshir, Perwan, Kapisa, Baghlan, Balkh, Hirat,
Kunduz, Takhar, Badakhshan and Logar provinces
Office locations: Main office in Kabul, Field Offices in the Provincial Capitals of
Uruzgan provice, Kunar Asadabad and Nangarhar Province
Omara Khan Muneeb, Director
About us
• Provision of Physical Rehabilitation Services to the landmine Survivors and other
persons with disabilities in eastern and Southern Afghanistan.
• Capacity building of the civil Soceity Organizations in Nangarhar, Laghman, Logar,
Perwan,Panjshir, Kapisa and Baghlan provinces.
• Radio + TV programs, production and distribution of a bimonthly magazine in Pashto,
Dari and English lanagues and widely distributed in Afghanistan.
• Leadership and Management training provided to the leaders of landmine survivors and
other persons with disabilities.
• Rights and Disability awareness training provided to persons with disabilities and
government officials that they are directly involved in service delivery for persons with
disabilities.
• Provision of vocational training and income generation skill to the landmine survivors
and other persons with disabilities.
The Development & Ability Organization, DAO, was founded in early 2004 to develop
advocacy, awareness activities and undertake provision of physical Rehabilitation Services to
persons the landmine survivors and other persons with disabilities in Afghanistan. Since early
2005 DAO has been directly involved in provision of physical rehabilitation, and capacity
building on the UNCRPD including provision of information in electronic and paper media as
well as seminars and direct training to persons with disabilities, and government officials
who are directly involved in service delivery for persons with disabilities in Afghanistan.
The organization provides direct services by way of physical rehabilitation, vocational training
and income generation for people with special needs, as well as capacity building of civil
society on issues for persons with different abilities. The organization publishes a bi-monthly
disability publication called 'Gadoon' in three languages (Pashto, Dari, and English). The
publication highlights and speaks about the emerging issues in disability, human rights, health
and physical education. DAO has supported 14,480 clients, providing them with 2,800 artificial
limbs and 24,160 physiotherapy sessions, and produced 33 issues of the magazine
for wide distribution across 28 provinces of Afghanistan. DAO has created employment for
and developed a cadre of 820 trained persons with disabilities that are directly involved in
service delivery in 19 provinces. DAO produced and telecasted 2,088 radio and TV programs
over the past three years on disability related issues. DAO’s main office is located in Kabul
which is supported by field offices in Kunar, Nangarhar and Uruzgan provinces.
THE DANISH DEMINING GROUP (DDG)
What we do: Manual Clearance of minefields and battlefields, Technical and Non-technical survey, Mine Risk Education (MRE), Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD), Mechanical Clearance (Mini MineWolf, front loader, excavator), Armed Violence Reduction programming including Conflict Management Education and Mediation training and Conflict Analysis.
Number of Staff: 174
Provinces in which the organisation is active: Baghalan, Kunduz, Takhar,
Badakhshan, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Kabul, Parwan, Kapisa, Herat
Office locations: Kabul city (joint DRC /DDG office and training center), field offices in
Paghman and Pulikhumri, joint DRC /DDG offices in Jalalabad city, Kandahar city and
Herat city
Radwa Rabie, Head of DDG Afghanistan
About us
The Danish Demining Group (DDG) in Afghanistan is a specialized unit within the Danish
Refugee Council (DRC), to provide an integrated approach to their humanitarian interventions
where strong interlinkages between emergency response, shelter, livelihoods and protection
mainstreaming are synergized with Humanitarian Mine Action activities. With this integrated
approach, DDG offers a unique and non-conventional service delivery model to ensure a more
holistic intervention and provide a wider spectrum to respond to urgent life-saving needs, while
addressing the root causes and tailoring durable solutions to conflict-affected communities and
populations in Afghanistan.
DDG Afghanistan aims to achieve its program objectives by enhancing its emergency
response capacity, understanding the ongoing conflict and displacement trends and delivering
tailor made and gender-sensitive Mine Risk Education to refugees, returnees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs). By conducting mobile survey/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
operations and clearance activities in prioritized areas, DDG Afghanistan is continually aiming
to develop its programme implementation modalities and to link its Mine Action activities to
other Humanitarian and Development needs.
DDG has recently devised Armed Violence Reduction interventions such as conflict mediation
training, conflict analysis and community mapping to further support an integrated response
approach, and reinforce the goals of the wider humanitarian community and the Government
of Afghanistan to alleviate the urgent humanitarian needs while supporting the recovery and
reintegration of returnees and IDPs within their new or original communities.
2017 DDG Teams
• 6 EOD/Survey Teams
• 24 MRE Teams
• 3 Clearance Sections
SWISS FOUNDATION FOR MINE ACTION (FSD)
What we do: Minefield and Battlefield clearances, village to village Non-Technical
Surveys (NTS), Resurvey (confirming/cancellation) of existing HA’s, Mine/ERW Risk
Education (MRE), EOD Spot tasks, Landmine Victim Identification, Data collection and
Victim Assistance, Stockpile Disposal and Weapons and Ammunition Disposal (WAD).
Number of Staff: 83
Provinces in which the organisation is active: Cross-border HMA programme from
Kalai Khum/Tajikistan for clearance operations in the four remaining districts of
Darwaz, namely Kuf-Ab, Shaki, Nusai and Darwazbala.
Office locations: Dushanbe (Programme Manager), Kalai Khum (Operations staff),
Kabul (administrative office)
Hansjoerg Eberle, Director
About us
FSD is a non-governmental organization that operates in the field of humanitarian mine action
and environmental hazard reduction. The overall objective of FSD is to promote mine action
in general; the entirety of its activities aims to alleviate and diminish the social, economic and
environmental impacts of landmines and unexploded contamination Worldwide.
FSD’s expertise lies in all aspects of mine action and hazard management including, but not
limited to: survey, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), ammunition management, victim
assistance and support, risk education, technical advice and capacity building.
FSD’s history of operations in Afghanistan stretches back to 2001 where a programme in
assistance to the World Food Programme (WFP) deployed three rapid reaction EOD and BAC
teams in support of humanitarian food distribution across Afghanistan, a further team was also
stationed in Kandahar in 2002 as an addition to this programme for UNOCHA. More recently
FSD has executed operations in Darwaz Province since 2010 under funding from the PATRIP
foundation and also from the US Department of State (WRA) for the deployment of mine
action teams, multi-purpose EOD and clearance teams and also weapons and ammunition
disposal (WAD) teams.
As of 31 December 2016 FSD has cleared over 1.3 million square meters of land and
destroyed over 45,000 items of mines and ordnance; risk education sessions have delivered
critical explosive hazard awareness messages to over 200,000 children within 280 villages
and towns in Northern Afghanistan.
THE HALO TRUST AFGHANISTAN
What we do: Mine clearance, EOD, MRE, Survey, CWD, WAD, Livelihood
Number of Staff: 2640
Provinces in which the organiSation is active: Badakhshan, Takhar, Kunduz, Balkh,
Jawzjan, Faryab, Hirat, Nimroz, Hilmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Paktya, Logar,
Nangarhar, Kabul, Laghman, Kapisa, Kunar, Parwan, Panjsher, Bamyan, Baghlan and
Samangan in Central, North, North East, West, South and South East regions.
Office location: HQ in Kabul
Dr. Farid Homayoun, Programme Manager/Country Director
About us
The HALO Trust is the world’s largest humanitarian mine clearance organisation. We save
lives and restore communities threatened by landmines and other weapons of war, such as
cluster bombs, stockpiles of small arms and improvised explosive devices. Since 1988 we
have destroyed over 800,000 mines and nearly 30,000 tons of ammunition, helping vulnerable
communities get back on their feet and millions of families return home.
HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL
What we do: Mine Risk Education, Rehabilitation, psychosocial support, Inclusion,
Disaster Risk Management, and Advocacy
Number of Staff: 171
Provinces in which the organisation is active: Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Kunduz
Office locations: Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Kunduz
Country Director: TBC
Dr. Sadaqat Yaqubi, Senior Project Manager Kabul
About us
MRE: Between 1996 and 2016, HI was implementing Community Based Mine Risk Education program
in southern Afghanistan (Kandahar and Helmand) through a network of more than 1200 community
volunteers and mine risk educators. The risk education activities are suspended since April 2016 then
due to lack of funding.
VA: HI is a key actor in victim assistance in the country, with activities including the conduct of
advocacy, provision of rehabilitation and psycho – social support services and socio – economic
inclusion.
HI has been engaged in advocacy for an integrated approach to victim assistance Advocacy since April
2014 with the main objective being realization of the rights, and a response to the needs of mine/ERW
survivors and other persons with disabilities, as well as of indirect victims through awareness raising
efforts, media campaigns, supporting existing collaboration forums and capacity building of disability
stakeholders including Disabled People's Organization.
HI is providing technical and financial support to the development and revision (Amendment and
updating) of policies and laws related to the rights of persons with disabilities to ensure they are in line
with national and international legal instruments such UNCRPD, CCM and MBT.
Rehabilitation: Handicap International created the Physical Rehabilitation Centre (PRC) of the Mirwais
Regional Hospital in 1996 and has been supporting it since then. PRC is one of the biggest rehab
centre in Afghanistan with over 7,500 unique patients yearly. The services include: Lower and upper
extremity prostheses (artificial limbs), Orthotics (splints and braces), Mobility aids (wheelchairs,
crutches, walking sticks, etc.), Repairs to existing devices, Physiotherapy services.
The year 2016 marked the start of a progressive handing over of the services and integration within the
national health system. The strategy is designed over a 5-year roadmap.
Comprehensive rehabilitation activities aimed at developing multi-disciplinary care management for
victims. This notably includes psychological support. The intervention in Kunduz (started end of
November 2015) aimed at providing psychological support for people with injuries, amputees and the
victims of violence.
OUR VISION
Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.
Handicap International is a non-governmental organisation with more than thirty years of experience, joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, winner of the Nansen Refugee Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. Today the organization supports people with disabilities and vulnerable populations in around 60 countries.
HI has been present in Afghanistan since 1996 and before that working with Afghan refugees in Pakistan since the mid-1980s. Throughout these years, HI has implemented a wide range of interventions aimed at providing support to persons with disabilities, and conflict affected populations. The key areas of the intervention included (Mine Risk Education, Rehabilitation, psychosocial support, Inclusion, Disaster Risk Management, and Advocacy). HI works in the Southern (Kandahar), Western (Herat), Northern (Kunduz) and Central (Kabul) regions of Afghanistan, which reaches more than half of the people with disabilities in the country1.
1The estimates of People with disabilities in three regions (Central, Southern and Western) as per National Disability Survey of Afghanistan-
2005 “Towards Well-being of Afghans with Disability.
KABUL ORTHOPEDIC ORGANIZATION (KOO)
What we do: KOO runs different programs in Physiotherapy, Orthotic, Prosthetic,
Heath education and awareness, Physical mobile team, Women empowerment,
Production of walking aid for PWDs, Training
Number of Staff: 17 Permanente staff and 33 short contract staff
Provinces in which the organisation is active: Kabul
Office locations: 17 districts and 9 districts of Kabul
Gul Maky Siawash, Director
About us
Kabul Orthopedic Organization (KOO) is a welfare organization which works for all Afghan
people especially Afghans with disabilities, from 1996 till 2002 KOO worked under the name of
Sandy Gall Afghans Appeal (SGAA). Then it was handed over to Afghans as a non-
governmental and non-profit organization by the name of Kabul Orthopedic Organization.
KOO is officially registered with GOV IN (497), MoPH and AWN and MoLSAMD. KOO is an
Afghan NGO, has been running orthopedic workshop and physiotherapy services, KOO focus
is more on women and children to help them to be able to reintegrate in society work and live
as normal persons therefore KOO hired staff regarding Gender equality.
The Director is responsible for managing all projects of KOO then the executive committee
and also KOO has a management board which consist of 5 respected and authorized people
and one foreigner consultant whom are making decisions and giving suggestion by meeting at
KOO quarterly and evaluating KOO activities.
KOO has very experienced and professional staff for implementing these activities. It should
be mentioned that 34% of our staff are disables.
Vision:
• A society where disability and gender no longer negatively impact quality of life.
Mission:
• Provide state of the art rehabilitation services
• Reduce violence against women/women empowerment.
Goals:
● Improving the quality of life of children and young people with disabilities.
● Standardizing physical rehabilitation services for people with disabilities.
● Supporting human rights for all in accordance with the constitution of Afghanistan.
Objective:
● To provide orthotics and prosthetics to Afghans with disabilities by qualified and
experienced technicians over the next three years.
● To provide physiotherapy services for patients by qualified and experienced therapists
● To provide a professional code of conduct
● To provide professional and modern standards
● Reduce the violence against women by educating and raising awareness throughout the
communities.
THE MINE CLEARANCE PLANNING AGENCY (MCPA)
What we do: Mine Clearance, EOD, Survey, and Mine Risk Education
Number of Staff: 179
Provinces in which the organization is active: Kabul, Nanagarhar, Kandahar and
Khost
Office locations: Site office in Khost and Kandahar; Base camps in Kabul, Khost and
Nangarhar
Atiqullah Ahmadzai, Director
About us
Mine Clearance Planning Agency (MCPA) is an indigenous Afghanistan-based Humanitarian
Demining NGO, established under the auspices of UNOCHA in March 1990, as an
implementing partner of the United Nations Mine Action Program for Afghanistan (UNMAPA).
MCPA has been consistently involved in contributing to the spine of Mine Action Program.
Apart from the usual clearance and survey projects, MCPA has accomplished the following
demining activities as part of the Afghanistan Mine Action Program since 1990:
I. General/Non-Technical Survey of Afghanistan (Developed and Initiated)
II. Technical Survey of Afghanistan
III. Landmine Impact Survey of Afghanistan and Yemen
IV. Developed Data Management Tools for Mine Action Program for Afghanistan (Now
IMSMA), Iraq, and Cranfield University/UK
V. Socio-economic Impact Study of Demining Operations in Afghanistan (Initiated,
Proposed and Conducted)
VI. Training of deminers for the Mine Action Program of Afghanistan (1992-97)
VII. Post Conflict Contamination Assessment (PCCA)
VIII. Mortality, Injury, and Disability Survey (MIDS)
IX. Capacity Building; provision of vocational training to unemployed ex-deminers and
contributing to improved access to job placement and entrepreneurship
X. Mine Clearance Operations & Landmine Advocacy
XI. Contribution to Operational Planning by providing/presenting key inputs from Surveys
MINE DETECTION CENTER (MDC)
What we do: Survey, mine/ERW clearance, EOD, BAC, Health, VA, Drug detection
and Environment
Number of Staff: 503
Provinces in which the organisation is active: Kandahar, Hilmand, Baghlan,
Kundoz, Takhar , Badakhshan and Kabul
Office locations: Kandahar, Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kundoz
Prof. Mohammad Shohab Hakimi, Director
About us
Founded in 1989
Advisory board Member of ICBL, ACBAR, CHF
MDC capacity
• 8 mechanical demining units
• 80 trained Mine dogs
• 503 deployed & 3500 laid off trained deminers.
• 1200 mine detectors
• Equipment for 60 demining teams
• 180 Vehicles
• Fully equipped training & veterinary facility
• Permanent HQ in Kabul
• Poly clinic for the deminers and victims.
• 60 Survey, Demining, Mine dog, Mechanical, MRE, BAC and EOD teams
National achievements:
• Clearance of 300 million. Sqm contaminated land,
• Educated more than 2,000,000 most at risk community residents
• Supported survey of 350 million Sqm mine/ERWs contaminated lands.
• MDC supported explosive/Drug detection dogs program of Afghan MOI, MOD, NID , PPS
and border police.
Famous projects
• Afghanistan ring road, Power line, Copper mine, District/Villages roads, Agricultural lands,
Irrigation canals, Villages, Returnee camps.
International Achievements:
MDC established MDD de-mining projects
• Yemen
• Tajekistan
• Azarbaijan
• Sudan
MDC has started diversification of its resources to victim assistance, health, disaster
management, environment and agriculture.
ORGANIZATION FOR MINE CLEARANCE AND AFGHAN REHABILITATION (OMAR)
What we do: Mine Risk Education (MRE), Mine Survey and clearance, Battle area
clearance, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Conventional Weapons Destruction
(CWD), Mine Deduction Dog, Mechanical demining, and Relief program
Number of Staff: 576
Provinces in which the organisation is active: Kabul, Paktya, Khost, Ghazni,
Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Uruzgan, Herat, Badghis,
Ghor, Farah, Baghlan, Kunduz, Balkh, Faryab, and Badakhshan
Office locations: Kabul, Khost, Helmand
Fazel Karim Fazel, Director
About us
OMAR began its humanitarian activities in 1990. Initially the activities started in the refugee
camps of Pakistan and later expanded its operations inside Afghanistan. The program
expanded its activities in mine clearance in the year 1992 and developed from OMA to OMAR
(Organization for Mine clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation). Beside mine awareness and
mine clearance activities, OMAR implemented drug awareness and mobile health clinics, in
the eastern region of the country, to provide health facilities and a malnutrition program for
needy people in remote areas, as well as vocational and educational training and rehabilitation
activities. In 1994 OMAR established a mine museum in Kabul to display various types of
mines and ERW used during the occupation and civil war and to remind national and
international communities of the scourging impact of mines and ERW.
OMAR targeted population is the residents of most mine/ERW affected communities in rural
and urban areas including all type of genders – men, women, girls, boys, and mine/ERW
victims.
Since 1990 OMAR worked in:
1. Southern region (Helmand, Farah, Zabul, Urozgan, Nimroz, and Kandahar).
2. Central region (Kabul, Kapisa, Parwan, Panjsher, Logar, Maidan-Wardak, Daykundi, and
Bamyan),
3. Northern region (Faryab, Balkh, Sheberghan, Samangan, and Jawzjan),
4. Northeast (Baghlan, Badakhshan, and Takhar),
5. Western region (Herat, Farah, Badghis, and Ghor),
6. Eastern region (Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan and Laghman),
7. Southeast (Paktya, Paktika, Ghazni, and Khost,).
8. Encashment centers MRE (Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, and Nangarhar