Building resilience: How community organizations are transforming lives in Afghanistan

Since its inception in mid-2022, more than 6.5 million Afghans have received short-term livelihoods support—including 60,000 women directly employed on cash-for-work projects; 10.3 million Afghans have gained access to basic services; 125,000 vulnerable female-headed households have received social grants; more than 28,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) and returnees have received short-term jobs and social grants; and 4,000 small- and medium-size Afghan enterprises have been supported through CRLP activities.   

The CRLP has been able to achieve these results at scale and in a challenging context by working through a nationwide platform of community-based organizations. These organizations, previously called Community Development Councils (CDCs), are rooted in Afghanistan’s traditions of community consultation and volunteerism.

They are able to reach women, the poor, and vulnerable using a “community targeting” approach. This approach empowers communities to define criteria for poverty and vulnerability and apply them when allocating cash and in-kind grants, cash-for-work opportunities, and livelihoods support.

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