Humanitarian Response

To secure women’s, IDPs’, and children’s intrinsic rights to live in dignity, EPDO provides them with humanitarian aid and livelihood support.

Operating in a very fragile context with people surging needs for humanitarian assistance, EPDO adopted the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS), the humanitarian principles – humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence, the Triple Nexus, improving and linking humanitarian aid, development, and peace (peacebuilding). Therefore, we offer comprehensive response plans for humanitarian actions, including analysis, partnership, and capacity development catering to people concerning the situation in Afghanistan.

Our aims are twofold: to save lives and strengthen communities to cope with future crises. Our programs are needs-based and focused on the following: