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Introduction INTRODUCTION 1 am pleased to be able to make available the ACBAR "Directory of Humanitarian Agencies working for Afghans" for 1998.This year's edition provides details on some 154 agencies and the four main Coordinating Bodies. The details are largely as reported by agencies.I would like to express my thanks to all the agencies and their staff for providing the information. ACBAR has only limited ability to confirm the information provided. However, I am confident thatthe publication will prove to be a helpful document to those that are involved orinterested in the Afghanistan aid operation. This publication provides a useful insight into the scope and size of the aid process in which the NGO community is involved. I would especially like to thank Liz Spencer, my Personal Assistant, Rochelle Brown, Abdul Raouf Zia, ACBAR Programme Officer and all ACBAR staff - for all their efforts during collection and compiling the information. We hope that the various users, the agencies themselves, the donor community, the Afghan authorities, the Pakistan Federal and Provincial Governments and all others will find the data informative and of value. 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Agency for Development for Afghanistan 244 RAFA Reconstruction Authority for Afghanistan 246 RAH Reconstruction Agency of Hendokosh 248 RBS Radda Barnen/Swedish Save the Children 250 RDM Rural Development of Maihan 252 ROAOW Relief Organisation for Afghan Orphans & Widows 254 RPSA Rehabilitation of Professional Schools in Afghanistan 256 RSSA Reconstruction & Social Services for Afghanistan 258 SAA Swiss Aid for Afghans 260 SAB Solidarite Afghanistan Belgium 262 SAVE Society for Afghanistan Volunteer Environmentalists 264 SCA Swedish Committee for Afghanistan 266 SCF -UK Save the Children Fund (UK) 268 SCF -US Save the Children (US) 270 SERVE SERVE 272 SGAA Sandy Gall's Afghanistan Appeal 274 SIEAL Sanayee Institute of Education & Learning 276 SJAWO Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani Welfare Organisation 278 SNI Shelter Now International 280 SO Shuhada Organisation 282 SOLID Solidarites Afghanistan 284 SRCS Saudi Red Crescent Society 286 START Short Term Assistance for Rehabilitation Team 288 TDH Terre des Hommes 290 TODAI TODAI 292 iv UMCA United Medical Center for Afghans 294 UNO University of Nebraska at Omaha 296 VARA Voluntary Association for Rehabilitation of Afghanistan 298 VSB Vulnerables' Support Bureau 300 WAMY World Assembly Of Muslim Youth 302 WCSP Women & Children Support Programme 304 WFA Wak Foundation for Afghanistan 306 WRC Welfare & Relief Committee 308 WRO Watan Reconstruction Organisation 310 COORDINATION BODIES ACBAR Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief 312 ANCB Afghan NGO Coordination Bureau 316 ICCC Islamic Coordination Council 318 SWABAC Southern & Western Afghanistan Baluchistan Association 320 for Coordination COORDINATION BODIES MEMBERSHIP LISTS ACBAR i ANCB iii ICC vi SWABAC vii Email ix v Agencies as Employers Afghan Pakistani Expatriates Total 22625 783 528 23936 Technical Administrative Support Total 10734 2902 10300 23936 Pakistan -basedAfghanistan -based Cross -Border Total 5447 16509 1980 23936 Breakdown of Agencies by Country Europe # Arab Countries # Belgium 2 Kuwait 1 Denmark 1 Saudi Arabia 5 France 8 Sudan 1 Germany 6 Italy 1 Netherlands 3 Norway 2 Sweden 2 Switzerland 3 United Kingdom 10 sub Total 38 sub Total 7 North America Other Countries Canada 1 Afghanistan 97 United States 7 Japan 3 Pakistan 1 sub Total 8 sub Total 101 Total number of agencies covered is 154, excluding the 4 CoordinationBodies Affiliation of Agencies Member ACBAR ANCB ICC SWABAC Other Agencies Members Members Members Members Agencies Total 72 98 11 74 ... Included in 72 48 5 15 42 Directory vi 1998 BUDGET ALLOCATION (BY MAIN SECTORS) 35 30 25 a20- C O 15- 10 0s OTHER AGRIC. VET ROAD SHELTER EDUC. EMERG. HEALTH INCOM. IRRIG. MINE RELIEF ACBAR MEMBERS BUDGET 1998 AS % OF TOTAL OTHER AGENCIES (36 %) 45,131,000 80,508,000 \ 4 ACBAR MEMBER AGENCIES (64 X) TOTAL BUDGET- US $ 125,639,000 vii 1998 NGO FUNDING SOURCES UN Funding received through UN system EU Funding received through European Union Bilateral Funding received from various governments Arab Funding received through
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