30+
Years of Service
National Humanitarian NGO Since 1991
Afghan Community Rehabilitation Unit (ACRU)
Empowering Communities, Restoring Hope.
For more than three decades, ACRU has worked with vulnerable communities across Afghanistan to support humanitarian response, resilience-building, social protection, livelihoods, WASH, education, shelter, and community infrastructure. Established in 1991, ACRU remains committed to strengthening community capacities, supporting crisis-affected families, and promoting accountable, inclusive, and sustainable development.
7+
Provinces of Operational Presence
Multi
Sector Humanitarian Programming
Local
Community-led Implementation
233
Registered National NGO
Who We Are
Rooted in Afghan communities and accountable humanitarian action.
ACRU is a national humanitarian NGO committed to supporting vulnerable, displaced, returnee, disaster-affected, and underserved communities in Afghanistan. The organization is non-governmental, non-profit, and non-political, with a long-standing history of working with communities, local authorities, donors, and humanitarian partners.
Founded in 1991, ACRU has continued to serve communities through changing humanitarian and development contexts. The organization is registered with the Ministry of Economy under Registration No. 233, dated 14 December 2005, and with the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation under Registration No. 158, dated 04 September 2018. ACRU also maintains international identification references including Unique Entity ID G6X3LKRK8S13 and DUNS 851741797.
ACRU works through accountability, transparency, community participation, protection principles, and practical field coordination. Its approach is shaped by the needs of affected communities and by the responsibilities that come with donor-funded humanitarian and development programming.
Our Core Program Areas
Integrated humanitarian and development programming.
ACRU works across connected sectors because community needs rarely fit into one category. Water access, food security, livelihoods, protection, shelter, education, infrastructure, and resilience often reinforce one another.
WASH
Water supply, sanitation, hygiene promotion, community water access, irrigation rehabilitation, and emergency WASH assistance for vulnerable households and public facilities.
Food Security and Livelihoods
Food assistance, cash or food support, livelihoods restoration, income generation, vocational training, agricultural recovery, and enterprise development.
Emergency Response
Rapid assistance to households affected by displacement, return, natural disasters, conflict-related shocks, economic stress, and seasonal vulnerability.
Shelter and NFI
Emergency shelter support, winterization, non-food item distribution, household kits, and household-level recovery assistance for families in urgent need.
Education and Capacity Building
Community education, civic education, institutional training, vocational training, and skills development for youth, women, and community members.
Protection, PSEA and AAP
Protection mainstreaming, safe feedback mechanisms, safeguarding, PSEA outreach, community accountability, and inclusive service delivery.
Community Infrastructure
Construction and rehabilitation of protection walls, irrigation structures, water systems, schools, community assets, access routes, and essential infrastructure.
Resilience and Recovery
Linking relief to practical recovery through community-led planning, local labor opportunities, risk reduction, and support to household self-reliance.
Accountability and Learning
Monitoring, beneficiary verification, feedback channels, reporting, lessons learned, and adaptive program management to improve quality and trust.
Featured Areas of Experience
Practical experience across humanitarian response and community recovery.
ACRU's project history includes work with different donors and partners, including food assistance, vocational training, WASH, shelter and NFI, community infrastructure, and resilience-building activities. Details are presented carefully and only where information is available.
01
WFP Food Assistance and Resilience
ACRU has experience with food assistance, Field Level Agreement implementation, community infrastructure, beneficiary registration, distribution planning, monitoring, and accountability in food security contexts.
02
UNDP Vocational Training
In Khost, ACRU implemented vocational training activities supporting 65 trainees across mobile repair, house wiring, and tailoring from 15 October 2023 to 14 April 2024.
03
IOM WASH and SNFI Programming
ACRU prepares and implements WASH and Shelter/NFI related interventions for returnees and vulnerable households based on donor calls, terms of reference, and local needs.
04
EU Humanitarian Assistance
ACRU has experience in EU-supported humanitarian assistance for IDPs and returnees in Nangarhar, including support for communities affected by displacement and return.
05
Embassy of Japan Historical Projects
Historical experience includes training centers, vocational center activities, school construction support, and community-oriented infrastructure and training projects.
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Flood Protection and Rehabilitation
ACRU's infrastructure work includes protection walls, irrigation rehabilitation, water-related structures, community assets, and flood mitigation works in vulnerable areas.
Latest Updates and Field Stories
News, reflections, and learning from community-based programming.
Strengthening Community Resilience in Afghanistan
Community resilience is built through local participation, accountable assistance, livelihood opportunities, and infrastructure that protects families from repeated shocks.
Read MoreWhy Local Humanitarian Organizations Matter
National NGOs bring contextual knowledge, community trust, access, and long-term commitment that are essential for effective humanitarian response.
Read MoreCommunity Infrastructure as a Pathway to Recovery
Flood protection, irrigation rehabilitation, water systems, and community assets can reduce risk while supporting livelihoods and recovery.
Read MoreAccountability and Trust
Accountability, protection and community trust are central to ACRU's work.
ACRU integrates accountability to affected populations, PSEA, protection mainstreaming, transparent communication, and community feedback into its work. The organization promotes safe, accessible, and confidential feedback channels and aims to ensure that assistance reaches vulnerable groups in a dignified and inclusive manner.
For ACRU, accountability is not only a reporting obligation. It is part of respectful humanitarian practice. Communities should understand who is providing assistance, what assistance is available, how selection decisions are made, how complaints can be raised, and how sensitive concerns can be handled safely. This approach helps reduce misunderstanding, strengthens program quality, and supports trust between ACRU staff, communities, and partners.
Safe feedback channels for questions, concerns, suggestions, and complaints.
PSEA awareness to promote safeguarding and respectful conduct.
Protection mainstreaming to reduce harm and strengthen inclusion.
Transparent communication with beneficiaries, communities, and partners.
Work With ACRU
Partner with ACRU to support vulnerable communities in Afghanistan.
ACRU welcomes collaboration with UN agencies, international NGOs, government institutions, donors, civil society organizations, and local communities to design and implement accountable, context-sensitive, and high-impact humanitarian and development programs. Partnership can include project implementation, needs assessments, monitoring, community engagement, technical collaboration, and coordinated response to urgent needs.