Swedish Committee for Afghanistan

Swedish Committee for Afghanistan

Founded	1980
Type	non-governmental organisation
Focus	healthcare, primary school education, rural development
Headquarters	Stockholm/Kabul
Location	Sweden and Afghanistan
Area served	Afghanistan
Members	c. 3000
Secretary General	Andreas Stefansson
Employees	c. 8000
Website	swedishcommittee.org

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA, Swedish: Svenska Afghanistankommittén, SAK) is a Swedish non-governmental foreign aid organisation active in Afghanistan. The organisation was formed in 1980, as a reaction to the Soviet invasion. The SCA has been active in Afghanistan since 1982. The SCA is politically and religiously neutral with a goal to help Afghanistan to become a peaceful and stable country where human rights are respected, rural communities are empowered and all Afghans have the right and opportunity to democratic participation in the governance of their country.

The SCA's work encompasses programmes for education, health, support to persons with disabilities and rural development. SCA has more than 8 000 employees, of whom more than 99 percent are Afghans. SCA's main target group is the rural population, specifically women, girls and persons with disabilities. Operations include capacity building, advocacy and service delivery. The work is always conducted in close cooperation with the local population. The main administrative office in Afghanistan is located in the capital of Kabul. Field operations are carried out in 17 provinces organised from five regional offices in Mazar-i-Sharif, Taloqan, Ghazni, Jalalabad and Wardak.

References

• Swedish Committee for Afghanistan

• SCA Annual Report 2021
• Jean Pierre Luxen; Kajsa Pehrsson; Kjell Öström (1997). The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan: A joint EC - Sida evaluation of support to the health and education sector programmes (PDF). The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. ISBN 91 586 7537 X.