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ARAA  has  been  successfully  in  business  since  1992,  serving  the  people  of  Afghanistan  through  its operation  in  sectors  of  prequalification of procurement, partnership of project implementation in the sectors of protection, emergency, reintegration, education, agriculture, rehabilitation of irrigation, construction, water  and  sanitation,  infrastructures and social activities in western region of Afghanistan.

During these years, ARAA has accumulated considerable institutional  experience  and  capabilities  to  enable  it  deliver  expertise  and  services  to  community, with efficiency, sustainability, and quality assurance.

ARAA NGO is Non-Governmental, nonpolitical and impartial aid organization with Legal independent, identity established in 1992 and registered via ministry of economy.

ARAA  organization  by  financial  support  and  assistance  from  UN,  government  or  international  Aid organizations, will achieve  its activities without any racial, national, direction and  language bigotries all around the country where the work opportunity is provided.

ARAA has been established to provide humanitarian supports, based on the principles of human

rights,  Islamic  and  cultural  values  of  our  country,  and  environmental  and  socio  economic sustainability to the vulnerable people of Afghanistan,  focused on the vulnerable population of

West/northwestern regions.

The organization seeks the opportunities to develop programs and projects to contribute in community’s relief, rehabilitation and development of the country.

ARAA believes that without women’s active participation as the main vulnerable group of people in this country, development and humanitarian relief goals cannot be achieved.

General strengths of the NGO/Company

ARAA specific Expertise /Past Performance & Sustainable Presence as following:

  • Legal authority.

  • Famous, well-known in Western region of Afghanistan and acceptance by government authorities and beneficiaries in all districts.

  • Implementation of more than 216 projects/programs I.e. protection, Emergency, Humanitarian, Community Development, Irrigation, Agriculture Animal Husbandry, Education, Construction and Rehabilitation.

  • 22 Years of reintegration and protection services and sustainable presence in Afghanistan mostly in WR Sector expertise, 12 Years of direct working with UN and ongoing project fund near 700,000US$ in 2014-2015.

  • Cooperation with civil society and presences in UN lead cluster meetings: Protection, FSAC, IPC, NFI/Shelter, Wash, CPiE , HLP, IDP TF.

  • Protection background, membership of UN clusters (Protection, Wash, HLP, Shelter/NFI, FSAC, CPiE) and active presence, current partnership & professionalism in UN operational cooperating context.

  • Local knowledge of the area, around one decade of solid expertise in carry out the work effectively and efficiently in west region.

  • Experience and long presence in western region and history of cooperating with WFP, Agriculture, RRD,and water management department (see below awarded certificates).

  • Rapid response in mobilizing resources for funded projects; we have field offices in Ghor and Badghis, Herat. Enough information about the needs in the ground and very good relation with official authorities, Provincial council, Provincial governor, district governors in all districts of Herat, Badghis and Ghor.

  • Contribution capacity, shared values and commitment to CoC policies & procedures of donors.

  • Western region field expertise, Social knowledge,  physical  presence  and  built  trust  of community  in  successful  implementation  of donor funded activities  up to present.

  • Do, No, Harm, gender sensitivity, efforts in participation of women, attention for children and environment issues which will be considered in implementation phase of any project.

  • Risk management and viable mitigation approach based on nature of each funded projects, which will be done based on valuable experience gained in several years of shelterimplementation in west region.

  • Working Flexibility in area where UN or international donor doesn’t have direct access.

  • Our current donors like, UNHCR /ministry of economy, provincial entities and beneficiaries who are our main stakeholders, guarantee our accountability.

  • Local wisdom, good deferential diagnosis on social ties, priorities and understanding the main needs of community.

  • Internal policies meet general UN standard practices reviewed and trusted by auditors.

  • Good standing with internal & external audits/Project management (1 decade of the auditreport).

  • Experienced local HR, recommendation letters from other donors.

  • Acceptance by beneficiary, Flexibility and adaptability to work in difficult situation “Stay and Deliver Approach” Can do attitude.

VISION

ARAA envisages vanguard trails of extensive efforts on rehabilitation of fundamental structures of

Afghanistan  &  intend  to  provide  access  in mechanized  agriculture,  literate  society  and  public

relief particularly for refugees, returnees and Afghan IDPs.

MISSION

ARAA via attracting national, international and governmental supports intends to contribute in mechanizing agriculture system through:

  • Contribute in public relief via social services, implementation of development, vocational and advocacy projects.

  • Improving technical knowledge of farmers.

  • Introducing new agricultural methods such as drop irrigational system.

  • Contribute in decreasing illiteracy rate by implementation of school projects and education programs.

  • Mobilizing and encouraging communities to participate literacy classes.

  • Provision of literacy facilities to deprived communities.

OUR CORE VALUES

  • A commitment to doing good for the whole.

  • We value working  as a team.

  • We are accountable for our actions.

  • We believe our performance is good voucher for our future.

Administrative structure/organizational chart

ARAA is an Afghan national NGO, committed to the principles of being a politically neutral non-profit organization. The administrative structure of ARAA is based around a Trustee Board (TB) consisted of 5 members, including a Chairman.

The Steering Committee is the main decision making body of the organization, and is not part of the staff members of the ARAA. SC members are volunteers (except ED), overseeing all ARAA activities to make sure they are in compliance with the organization’s bylaw, vision and mission statement.

Below the SC in hierarchy is the Executive Director of the organization, who is also a member of the SC, reporting to the Steering Committee. Under the authority of the Executive Director, two important units are operating:
The Admin/Finance Section which manages all internal and external administrative and financial affairs of the organization. This section controls the following units

  • Finance/Accounting
  • Logistics /Procurement
  • Transport
  • Security

The Program Section manages all organization projects and related activities besides program development. This section is divided into the following units:

  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Reintegration
  • Social Affairs (women affairs, vocational training, income generation,  assessments/surveys , emergency response)

Construction ARAA has developed necessary policies for smooth operation of the organization, such as HR policy and code of conduct, financial policy, internal governance policy, procurement policy, etc. ARAA has successfully complied with all these policies in its operations.

ARAA HQ  is  located  in  the  city of Herat, and we  currently have  three  sub-office and  site offices  in

western region of Afghanistan. Also some project offices are located in the districts Kuhsan, Enjil and

Zendajan of Herat province, respectively (functional in case of project fund). A sub-office of ARAA is

also  located  in  Chaghcharan  city  of  Ghor  and  another  one  is  in  center  of  Qala-i-now  in  Badghis

Province in west-central Afghanistan.

ARAA has working background  in  entire districts  of Herat,Badghis,Ghor  and  few  locations  in  Farah

Province.

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