Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) is an independent organization working for peoples basic rights and to influence policies in favor of the poor and marginalized. NCA works for the benefit of the poor regardless of ethnicity, gender, political opinion or religion in 70 countries around the world.
The NCA Afghanistan Program was established in the early 1980ties to assist Afghan Refugees in Pakistan. In 1989 the attention was shifted to Afghanistan. In 2002 the main office was shifted from Peshawar to Kabul.
Our main goal is to improve the livelihoods of the poor living in inaccessible rural areas of Afghanistan with special focus on women. Our focus provinces are Uruzgan, Daikundi, Bamiyan and Faryab.
NCA is a partner organization and is implementing its work through Afghan NGOs and local institutions, assisting in building a strong civil society promoting participation, equity and protection.
Together we want to promote long term development by creating sustainability, community control and ownership of equally distributed benefits and are addressing
Right to social economic and political participation for all
Womens rights to participation in decision making and democratic processes
Right to safe, adequate and reliable water for drinking and appropriate sanitation and hygiene
Right to energy for domestic and production purposes
