VDO
Vision Development Organization
Educated 610,000+ children and reached 960,515 individuals through health and nutrition programming.
Education & health · 11 provinces
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Collaborating with NGOs and Communities to derive sustainable change across Afghanistan, serving as a trusted platform for coordination forums and capacity workshops.
About WASL Afghanistan
Afghan organisations deliver most of the country's essential services. Our job is to make sure they are coordinated, compliant and heard.
WASL is a neutral, inclusive and member-driven NGO incubation and coordinating hub. We strengthen Afghan NGOs through structured institutional support, coordination, compliance assistance and capacity development.
We sit between local organisations, development partners and government stakeholders — so effort is not duplicated, evidence is shared, and impact outlives the funding cycle.
2020Incubation programme established
Documentary
“Afghanistan Still Needs Us”
Millions of people across Afghanistan continue to face poverty, food insecurity, and limited access to healthcare, education, and livelihoods The data presented in the image will be displayed and narrated in the background throughout the video to reinforce key messages and provide contextual information Working alongside local communities and partners, Afghanistan NGOs are creating opportunities, strengthening resilience, and building sustainable solutions for a better future
Strategic priorities
All strategic areasFive areas where coordination changes the outcome
Compliance & governanceRisk management, policies, SOPs, audits and tax. QuickBooks setup and financial management systems built to donor standard, so a first grant does not become a last one.
MoU facilitation, regulatory navigation and advisory support, plus structured dialogue with authorities and donors on behalf of the membership.
National and sub-national coordination platforms, and facilitated NGO participation in the mechanisms where the sector's agenda is actually set.
Annual capacity assessments and evidence generation, feeding knowledge-sharing and learning platforms that every member can draw on.
A trusted grants management platform for transparent, accountable and compliant resource allocation — so funding reaches the organisations closest to the community.
National reach
WASL members work in every province of Afghanistan
Ten regional hubs connect provincial organisations to the Kabul secretariat, so a decision taken in a working group reaches a district office. Select a marker to see who coordinates where.
All 34 provinces
Regional coordination hub Member presence
Approved members
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TLO
The Liaison Office
Two decades of community resilience work, sustainable livelihoods, and social cohesion research.
Resilience & research · Founding member
SDP
Southern Development Partners
An incubated community development programme now operating across Helmand and Kandahar.
Incubated 2024 · 2 provinces
BWN
Badakhshan Women's Network
A provincial, women-led NGO delivering vocational training and rights awareness in remote districts.
Women-led · 4 districts
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Capacity building
15 June 2026
42 NGOs complete institutional strengthening programme
An intensive five-day programme delivered compliance, safeguarding, governance and planning sessions to member organisations from fourteen provinces, closing with a peer-review clinic on grant readiness.
Read the story10 June 2026
WASL expands knowledge resources for CSOs
Easier access to policies, training materials, templates and toolkits through the expanded resource centre.
Read more →22 June 2026
NGO Capacity Assessment 2026 released
Institutional capacity gaps, emerging priorities and guidance drawn from 150 member organisations.
Read more →28 June 2026
Localization Hub opens to all members
A shared library of national standards, salary scales and due-diligence templates for Afghan NGOs.
Read more →