Afghanistan: Helping Communities Rebuild 

Since 2001, CHF International has helped deliver provisions to thousands of families affected by hostilities in Afghanistan, in part through an award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and a grant from the U.S. State Department's Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM).
 

Current Programs:

The Afghan Shelter and Settlements Initiative Supporting Transition (ASSIST) program is providing humanitarian assistance through an integrated package of shelter and settlements interventions to vulnerable populations, in particular returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), linking to their longer-term recovery.

By December 2009, a total of 3,250 households will have improved shelter, health and sanitation facilities in the city of Kabul.  In addition, ASSIST will increase work opportunities; health education; community mobilization; and safe habitable shelters.

CHF International has designed ASSIST to target beneficiary populations that have fled their homes for various reasons, including violence, abuse, harassment, or exploitation.  ASSIST’s participatory process encourages community and leadership support for all interventions facilitated by CHF International. The support is intended to mitigate potential conflicts that could result from the selection of beneficiaries for assistance, as well as spread the assistance to reach as many needed beneficiaries as possible. CHF is committed to ensuring that the program is well coordinated with and builds on the programs and plans of the municipal government, other humanitarian and development organizations and donors in Afghanistan.