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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


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


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.


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


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


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


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


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


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

information about mine photo: afghanistan mine action

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