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Humanitarian Organization for Social Welfare

Humanitarian Social Welfare
Humanitarian Organization for Social Welfare

Humanitarian Organization for Social Welfare (HOSW) is a non-governmental, nonpolitical, and non-profit humanitarian relief and development organization that works to save lives

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Staff member in 2022
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provinces working in 2022
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Total projects completed
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projects in 2024-2025
1+
thematic areas
50+
Beneficiaries Reached during 2022
our history

Humanitarian Organization for Social Welfare (HOSW) was established by a group of Afghan professionals and development practitioners. Those professionals – living in the country and abroad – are coming from various sectors with rich experience and expertise in development and implementation of multi-sector development and humanitarian programs in Afghanistan.

our mission

HOSW aims to improve and upgrade communities and enrich the lives of vulnerable communities through community-based and community-driven programming, and resource mobilization.

Our Vision

A society where all the population including men, women, children, youth, and adults enjoy a life with dignity

ABOUT

Humanitarian Organization for Social Welfare (HOSW) is a non-governmental, nonpolitical, and non-profit humanitarian relief and development organization that works to save lives, promote self-reliance and dignity, improve livelihood, strengthen resilience, and empower the communities to cope with adverse impacts of climate change and natural disasters through development and humanitarian programming. 

PROGRAMS

Strategic Priorities

Building resilience of the communities against conflicts and disasters and respond to humanitarian issues with people-centered rights-based alternatives, including preparedness, adaptation, and prevention.

Ensuring sustainable food security, promoting climate resilient sustainable agriculture and inclusive livelihoods for the people living in poverty and conflict.

Empowerment of women and girls to lead in breaking the cycle of poverty and violence and gain control over economic resources and livelihood options to live a life with dignity.

Current Project

Vocational Training Program on Wool Processing for Women in Bamyan Center

Project Duration: September 2024 – August 2025

Project Summary:

This project aims to strengthen the economic resilience of women in Bamyan Center through a structured vocational training program on wool processing. Women participants receive practical, hands-on training in wool cleaning, spinning, weaving, and basic product development. The project also supports participants with essential tools and promotes savings and income-generating activities to enhance household livelihoods. By enhancing technical skills and increasing access to livelihood opportunities, the project promotes women’s economic participation and self-reliance.

Core Values

Integrity

Accountability

Transparency

Inclusiveness

Efficiency

Our Approach
Community-based

We apply community-based approach in humanitarian program design and implementation to ensure the target beneficiaries have “the right to participate in making decisions that affect their lives” as well as “a right to information and transparency” from our programs.

Community-driven

We apply community-driven approach in development programming to ensure transparency, participation, local empowerment, demand-responsiveness, greater downward accountability, and enhanced local capacity.

Participatory

We consult the target communities and other stakeholders and involve them in every stage of project/program management cycle to ensure we are providing sustainable, context-specific, and tailored solutions to developmental and humanitarian challenges

Safe Programming

Do-no-harm principle and safety are at the core of your programming process to ensure our operation is safe and does not cause any harm to individuals and environment.

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Operates In 3 Provinces Of Afghanistan, And Have Operational Offices In 5 Provinces.

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