Director's Message

The Rural Capacities Development Committee (RCDC) was established in 2001 by a group of educated Afghan volunteers, as a non-profit, non-political, and non-governmental organization.

After long years of violence, conflict, and war, Afghanistan remains one of the world’s poorest and least developed countries. RCDC respects human diversity and is committed to struggling against discrimination in any aspect, including age, disability, ethnicity, gender religion, and tribal affiliation. RCDC strives to uphold all human rights, ensuring everyone enjoys dignity and is treated equally and fairly. Civil society plays an important role in such a historical period of the country, it needs to be smart, decisive, and active, act as a bridge between the society and the government and look closely at the sensitivity and maintain relations with the international community. It is worth mentioning that the profile of RCDC and its activities in relation to the various social, economic, educational, developmental, and humanitarian programs described will give you a clear picture of the principles on which this organization actively works. Your attention is particularly drawn to the men, women, children, host communities, and disadvantaged women who have been hit the hardest. Therefore, it is urgent to solve their problems.

With respects,

Mohammad Ali Shah Hazheer, RCDC Director

Introduction:

RCDC is a non-political, non-governmental and non-profit humanitarian/development organization registered with Ministry of Economy with the license No. 456  on 19th February 2002 and renewed on 25th January 2006 with the license No. 367, that has been working to improve the lives of the Afghan people since its establishment. RCDC works in rural areas and aims to improve rural livelihoods through sustainable activities that engage Afghan communities to be agents of their own development process. RCDC employs a holistic approach to all rural development activities in order to ensure the long-term viability of projects. Over 580,000 Afghans across 5 zones of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces have benefited from RCDC relief, rehabilitation and development activities.

The overall objective of RCDC is to contribute to equitable and sustainable livelihoods for rural Afghans – with a par­ticular emphasis on vulnerable groups.

RCDC has been working since its establishment in 2002 up to date in Hazarajat, particularly Daykundi province, in sectors of Food security, Water, and Sanitation, Hygiene promotion, Agriculture, Livestock, NRM, women in development, Cash for Work and Food for Work projects, other common utility projects, and Literacy Courses. Most of these projects mainly donated from different donors like German Government and Caritas Germany, EU, ECHO, WFP, UNHCR, WB, GTZ, URF/KFW, UNAMA, UNOCHA, USAID which implemented through the guidance of our international & professional partner Caritas Germany as prestigious organization worldwide.

RCDC Vision

To provide good life condition for the extremely vulnerable people of society

RCDC Mission

RCDC organization improves the life level of the very vulnerable people through contribution & assistance of donor agencies and support of government organs. 

RCDC Goal

To improve living condition and providing livelihood for the extremely vulnerable people of society during 5 years in accordance with Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

RCDC Value

1. RCDC is committed to include the inhabitants in the whole stages of plan and RCDC is determined to make plans as per requirements of the most vulnerable people in the society (women, children, disabled &old aged).
2. RCDC organization is obligated to observe all international conventions of human’s right and presents humanitarian services to the extremely vulnerable people of the society with no prejudice and no consideration of ethnical, religious, racial, language & gender dependencies.
3. Sustainability of projects outcome is an essential part for durable advantage at the level of life cycle to the extremely vulnerable people. So, RCDC is obligated to design the projects such, having sustainability for a long time after the end of project, also during implementation, RCDC has expected level of project sustainability, permanent and long lasting.
4. Monitoring & evaluation is an integral part of every project. Therefore, RCDC would like to reinforce a regular and standardized M&E system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of project implementation. RCDC focuses on effective M&E to ensure accountability to assess whether the projects appropriately executed. RCDC is committed to be accountable and transparent for all its performances with donor agencies, government and beneficiaries.
5. Women comprise the half of population in the country and the women regarded important for their roles as mothers in the society. Nevertheless, women have always been deprived and vulnerable in the society. Therefore, RCDC considers it as important issue to work for women empowerment in Afghanistan. RCDC attempts to enhance level of awareness, capacity, and creating job opportunities for women to provide and achieve the main objective as (improvement of life level, social justice and balanced development).