Afghanistan Peace Education and Development Organization (APEDO) was founded in October 2012 as a registered association with Ministry of Economy as the line ministry for International and National organizations in the country. APEDO is an independent and non-partisan relief organization with the aim of providing protection and perspectives for young people and women in need of protection due to expulsion, armed conflicts, and violence.
It relies on a comprehensive mix of tools, including formal and informal education, life skills, livelihoods, conflict mitigation and stabilization, and the protection of human rights. APEDO plans to implement projects that will ultimately bridge the gap between humanitarian aid and longer-term development cooperation. In its work, APEDO can build on the many years of experience, as well as the established structures.
APEDO first interventions in Afghanistan was in 2014 with UNOPS under the title of “participatory urban waste collection and composting” project in Eastern province (Nangarhar) Afghanistan. APEDO has very close coordination with the stakeholders who are engaged with the IDPs and returnees in Afghanistan, these stakeholders include Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public health, Community development councils, religious leaders and community elders.
APEDO is currently operating in Kabul and have its country office, where the number of IDPs and returnees are very high and the interventions from the government and non-government agencies are not sufficient, which leaves a gap and that is being filled and assisted by the APEDO on its volunteers on the ground and experts at the ministry level. APEDO is also an active member of the UN-led clusters which includes; Emergency Shelter and -Non-Food Items Cluster, GBV -sub-cluster, Protection Cluster, Health cluster and UNOCHA.
