Afghan General Help Coordination Office

AGHCO (Afghan General Help Coordination Office) is a national reputed Non-Profit and Non-Government Organization, which was previously known as Afghan German Help Coordination office as it was initially founded and established in 1991 and since then the NGO has been active. In 1991 AGHCO was established to assist and secure the emergency, relief, rehabilitation operations and development activities in Afghanistan. This was done through direct cooperation and coordination with the government, UN, international organizations and local communities. In 2005 AGHCO was reregistered as an Afghan NGO with the Ministry of Economy. AGHCO works to towards building sustainable community development avenues to improving Health, Social services and Entrepreneurship, Disaster Relief and Advocacy. AGHCO’s principle mandate is to design, implement and evaluate a multi-component evidence based health, Environment and human rights research and intervention projects that improve the health and socio-economic status of individuals and target communities. AGHCO is a grassroots NGO with its activities directed to and drawn from the community level/ individual level. Vision: A healthy and socio-economically empowered society in Afghanistan that lives fully with hopes and equal opportunities. Mission: To empower and promote active participation of the vulnerable and disadvantaged members of society towards self-reliance and sustainable development through service delivery, capacity strengthening and research. Our Focus: We particularly focus of the most vulnerable households – including those headed by women, or with elderly, chronically ill or disabled family members.