For over a decade, Help Humanity Organisation of Afghanistan has been quietly transforming lives in some of the hardest-to-reach communities in the world. From educating girls denied schooling, to protecting women from violence, to responding first when disaster strikes, HHOA is a women-led, community-powered lifeline for thousands of Afghan families.
This campaign aims to raise £3 million to expand education, protection, livelihoods, and emergency response programmes across Afghanistan, reaching the unreached and safeguarding dignity, opportunity, and hope.
The challenge
Afghanistan remains one of the most challenging environments on earth, especially for women and girls. Ongoing economic collapse, natural disasters, displacement, and severe restrictions on women’s rights have pushed millions into vulnerability.
Girls are locked out of education. Women face heightened risks of violence. Families struggle to secure food, clean water, and safety. When floods, conflict, or displacement strike, many communities are left with no immediate support.
Yet even in these conditions, local communities continue to organise, protect one another, and push forward. HHOA exists to support and strengthen that resilience from within.
Who are HHOA
Founded in 2013, Help Humanity Organisation of Afghanistan is a non-profit organisation working across multiple Afghan provinces through a powerful grassroots network of over 13,000 women-led Self-Help Groups.
HHOA’s approach is simple but effective: locally led, community-driven solutions that protect human rights, empower women and girls, and build long-term resilience. Every programme is designed with transparency, accountability, and deep community trust at its core.
What your donation will support:
-Education and learning access
-Community-based education for out-of-school children, especially girls
-Accelerated learning programmes to reintegrate children into education
-Construction of safe, gender-sensitive schools with WASH facilities
-Literacy and pre-vocational training for women and adolescent girls
In 2024 alone, HHOA supported 22,840 children enrolled in education programmes and 1,260 adults, 90% of them women and girls.
-Protecting women and girls
-Community-led prevention of gender-based violence
-Training women as first responders in their villages
-Psychological support, mediation, and referral for survivors
-Safe spaces and advocacy to challenge harmful norms
-Through its grassroots network, HHOA has supported responses to over 20,000 cases of domestic and gender-based violence.
Humanitarian and emergency response
-Rapid flood response including rescue, shelter, food, and WASH
-Emergency relief for displaced and disaster-affected families
-Dignity-focused aid for women and children
During the 2024 Baghlan floods, HHOA mobilised immediately through its Self-Help Groups to save lives and protect the most vulnerable.
Food security and basic needs
-Emergency food distributions for vulnerable families
-Dignified support during Ramadan and crisis periods
-Community-led identification of those most in need
-Long-term resilience and livelihoods
-Women’s economic empowerment initiatives
-Community mobilisation and leadership development
-Climate resilience and sustainable local systems
Why this campaign matters
HHOA is not a short-term project. It is a movement led by Afghan women, embedded in communities, and trusted where others cannot operate.
By supporting this campaign, you are:
-Putting education back into the hands of girls
-Protecting women from violence and exclusion
-Strengthening local leadership and resilience
-Delivering aid where it is needed most, fastest
Every contribution helps scale programmes that already work and reach thousands more people who would otherwise be left behind.
HHOA`s Projects in Afghanistan
UNICEF
Consolidation of Community Based Education Project – 135 CBE Classes – Jawzjan Province of AfghanistanEducation3/12/20233/31/2025 Completed
Consolidation of Community Based Education Project – 165 CBE Classes – Jawzjan Province of AfghanistanEducation10/1/20236/30/2024 Completed
Consolidation of Community Based Education Project – 328 CBE Classes – Faryab Province of AfghanistanEducation11/1/20236/30/2024 Completed
Consolidation and Expansion of Community Based Education Project – 328 CBE Classes in Faryab and 300 CBEs in Jawzjan Province of AfghanistanEducation9/3/202412/31/2025 Ongoing
Consolidation of Community Based Education Project – 100 CBE Classes – Logar Province of AfghanistanEducation1/1/202412/31/2025 Ongoing
Consolidation of Community Based Education Project – 177 CBE Classes – Urozgan Province of AfghanistanEducation10/1/202412/31/2024 Completed
Supporting Afghan Girls and Boys to Access Safe Schools (Construction of 6 schools in Logar Province of AfghanistanEducation4/1/202412/31/2024 Completed
UNWOMEN Advancing women’s rights and gender equality in Afghanistan Logar, Mazar-e-Sharif, Samangan, Jawzjan and Faryab Provinces of AfghanistanProtection-GBV2/1/20246/30/2025: Ongoing
3 WOMINWIN Promote gender equity in the STEM fieldKabulProtection-GBV4/1/20233/31/2024 Completed
4 UNESCO Provision of Basic General Literacy (BGL) Courses to Youth and Adults in Logar Province – Phase 2 Logar AfghanistanEducation12/12/202310/31/2024: Completed
5 UNESCO Provision of Basic General Literacy (BGL) Courses to Youth and Adults in Logar Province – Phase 1 Logar AfghanistanEducation11/27/20229/30/2023: Completed
The Team
Dr. Attaullah Wahidyar
Chairman
Dr. Attaullah Wahidyar is a senior education leader and policy expert with nearly twenty years of experience in education reform, humanitarian response, and institutional leadership in Afghanistan. He has held multiple senior roles within the Ministry of Education, including Deputy Minister, leading nationwide education service delivery and system reform. He has also worked with the World Bank Group, UNICEF, UNAMA, and the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan on large-scale education and capacity-building programmes. A Harvard alumnus, Dr. Wahidyar is currently pursuing a PhD in Education at the University of Sydney and is internationally recognised for his commitment to equity, dignity, and the right to education.
Anthony Welch
Professor Emeritus, Member
Professor Emeritus Anthony Welch is an internationally recognised expert in education policy, comparative education, and cross-cultural research. His work spans higher education reform, multiculturalism, indigenous and rural education, and the internationalisation of higher education. He has advised governments across Asia, Europe, and Australia, as well as international agencies including UNESCO, UNDP, and the Asian Development Bank. Professor Welch has held visiting professorships in the US, UK, Europe, and Asia, published widely in multiple languages, and was a Fulbright Scholar in 2007–08. He currently serves on the editorial boards of several international academic journals.
Donation levels
£10
Provides essential learning materials for a child
£20
Supports hygiene kits or school supplies for a vulnerable family
£50
Helps fund community-based education or literacy sessions
£100
Contributes to women-led protection and first-responder training
£500
Supports emergency food and relief for families in crisis
£1,000+
Directly funds education, protection, or emergency response programmes
£10,000 – £100,000
Enables large-scale impact across education, women’s protection, or humanitarian response, with tailored reporting available for major donors
Every donation, large or small, directly supports life-changing work on the ground.
Transparency and accountability
HHOA operates with strict financial oversight and audited reporting. Funds raised through this campaign will be allocated directly to programme delivery, community mobilisation, and emergency response, with ongoing impact monitoring and reporting.
Join us
This is a moment to stand alongside Afghan women, girls, and communities who refuse to give up on education, dignity, and hope.
Together, we can raise £3 million to expand proven, community-led solutions and help build a more just and resilient future for Afghanistan.
pledged of £100,000 goal (GBP)
Your support helps provide basic learning materials including notebooks, pens, pencils, and educational resources for children who would otherwise struggle to access education. Even a small contribution can help a child continue learning in extremely difficult circumstances and bring hope for a brighter future.
£10 minimum.
This contribution helps provide essential hygiene items, school supplies, and practical support for vulnerable families facing hardship. It can help children attend school with dignity while supporting basic health and wellbeing within communities affected by poverty and displacement.
£20 minimum.
Your donation helps support local education classes and literacy programmes for children and adults, particularly women and girls excluded from mainstream education. These community-led sessions create safe spaces for learning, empowerment, and long-term opportunity.
£50 minimum.
This support helps train women within communities to respond to emergencies, protect vulnerable individuals, and support survivors of violence and crisis. It strengthens local resilience while empowering women to become trusted leaders and first responders in their villages.
£100 minimum.
Your contribution helps deliver emergency relief including food, clean water, hygiene supplies, shelter support, and urgent assistance for families affected by floods, displacement, or humanitarian emergencies. These funds can directly support life-saving interventions when communities need help most.
£500 minimum.
This level of support helps fund frontline programmes across education, women’s protection, humanitarian response, and community resilience. Donations at this level can have a significant direct impact on entire communities and help HHOA rapidly scale proven initiatives.
£1,000 minimum.
Major contributions enable HHOA to expand programmes across multiple regions, reaching thousands of vulnerable women, girls, and families. Funding may support school construction, large-scale education delivery, emergency response operations, or women-led protection initiatives. Tailored reporting and direct engagement with the organisation can be made available for major donors.
£10,000 minimum.
Transformational funding at this level enables HHOA to significantly expand its national reach and long-term impact across education, women’s empowerment, humanitarian relief, and community resilience programmes. Major partnerships can support multi-year initiatives, regional expansion, infrastructure development, and emergency response capacity at scale. Dedicated reporting, strategic collaborati
£1,000,000 minimum.
