OUR HISTORY

As the independent humanitarian, community based rehabilitation and development organization, HHO has been serving humanity for the last 20 years since 2003 with having had operations in 14 provinces across Afghanistan and directly supporting almost 17000 people/households recovered physically and emotionally from their injuries and increased their socio-economic participation. We strive to make Afghanistan a better and fairer place for 40 million people where still majority of them are living in need for lifesaving assistance.

HHO having almost two decades experience in various sectors including health, education, protection and livelihoods through emergencies response, community based rehabilitation and development programs has been the emerging national organization to effectively and efficiently deliver its role with total beneficiary communities, donors and stakeholders. HHO in its inception in 2003 began with training and mentorship support for 100 local midwives to develop their skills with the new standard health practices/processes to support mothers and newborns whom have been entirely deprived of quality and equitable health services and the mortality rate was the highest level in Afghanistan. After the project evaluation and receiving highly positive feedback of the intervention, showing a significant drop in mortality rate at the local level HHO has expanded its activities to offer a range of community based rehabilitation services, designing special programs for vulnerable groups to save their live and address their needs.

Summary of HHO program over the last 20 years that has been included to:

• Capacity development of health workers, farmers, school teachers, school administrators and government officials.
• Vocational training, agro and non-agro based enterprise development with a special focus on women and disabled people.
• Basic education through establishment of community based classes for out of school children and sponsorship programs for orphans and destitute children through cash distribution to their care givers to send their children to schools.
• Literacy, civic, psycho-social, healthcare services and health education for adults with a special focus on women.
• Research and third party monitoring.
• Emergency program implementation including distribution of cash and food and non-food items for people affected by disasters.