Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA)

What Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) does

Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) is an Afghan non-governmental, non-political, non-profit humanitarian organization founded in 1987 by a team of Afghan volunteers and headquartered in Kabul. It delivers multi-sector humanitarian and development programming across 25 provinces of Afghanistan through five core service lines: Community Development, Health and Nutrition, Agriculture and Livestock, Education, and Disaster Management and Repatriation Affairs (DMRA). Its core delivery model is community-based, operating through 8,163 Community Development Councils, 8,752 Self-Help Groups, and 641 Village Savings and Loan Associations, serving beneficiaries that include returnees, internally displaced persons, women, children, youth, people with disabilities, and Kuchi nomadic communities. CHA implements Afghanistan's Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) and the Afghanistan Primary Education Program (APEP) under MoU with the Ministries of Public Health and Education, and partners with Noon Digital Education (NDE) for digital learning delivery.

CHA is entirely grant-funded and operates on a managed-services revenue model, with no commercial pricing. Revenue flows from institutional donors and UN agencies — including WFP, UNHCR, UNICEF, FAO, WHO, ECHO, the European Union, USAID, DfID, SIDA, GIZ, JICA, ADB, CIDA, Caritas Germany, Action Against Hunger, the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, and others. The organization maintains an internal Enterprise Resource Planning system, an Accounting Information System, and a Project Management Information System for operational transparency, alongside four regional offices (Herat, Kandahar, Parwan, and a North/Northeast hub in Balkh/Mazar). CHA is registered with the Afghanistan Ministry of Economy and is an active member of ACBAR, ADRRN, the Global Campaign for Education, AHO, OCHA, and ICVA, participating in 10+ humanitarian clusters. Following the August 2021 political transition, the organization downsized but continued humanitarian operations with sustained donor relationships.

Name

Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA)

Legal name

Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance

Website

https://cha-net.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) is an Afghan non-profit founded in 1987 that delivers multi-sector humanitarian and development programming across 25 provinces through Community Development, Health and Nutrition, Agriculture, Education, and Disaster Management programs funded entirely by UN agencies and institutional donors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Assistance Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food Services (624210), Community Housing Services (62422), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health, Population & WASH Aid Programs (BPADABAC), Food Security, Agriculture & Nutrition Aid Programs (BPADABAD), Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD), Humanitarian & Disaster Assistance (Bilateral) (BPADABAB)

Keywords

• Humanitarian assistance services
• Community development programs
• Health nutrition services
• Agricultural support programs
• Disaster management response

Headquarters

HQ city

Kabul

HQ country

Afghanistan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor-Funded Grants and Projects: CHA operates as a non-profit humanitarian organization funded entirely through grants and project funding from international donors, UN agencies, governments, and humanitarian funds. Revenue comes from implementing donor-funded humanitarian, development, and peace programs across Afghanistan.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CHA delivers free humanitarian assistance and development programs across Afghanistan through five core service sectors: Community Development (institutional capacity building and local governance), Health and Nutrition (curative primary health care, maternal/child health, immunization, nutrition, WASH), Agriculture and Livestock (food security, irrigation, livestock health, certified seed distribution), Education (teacher capacity building, digital education through NDE partnership, Education in Emergencies, adult literacy), and Disaster Management and Repatriation Affairs (emergency response, disaster risk reduction, repatriation support). Services are delivered free of charge to vulnerable populations and funded through grants from international donors, UN agencies, and government partners.

Product overview

Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) operates as a humanitarian NGO offering five core service sectors: Community Development, Health and Nutrition, Agriculture and Livestock, Education, and Disaster Management and Repatriation Affairs. The organization utilizes an internal Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for operational transparency and has a strategic partnership with Noon Digital Education (NDE) for delivering digital education services. CHA does not offer standalone software products but delivers humanitarian programs and services across 25 provinces in Afghanistan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Development Focuses on establishing community institutions, building capacities, strengthening local governance, supporting dignified re-integration of ex-combatants, and livelihood/resilience building. Services include strengthening local governance, capacity building of community institutions, and livelihood and resilience building. Delivered to Afghan communities through CDCs, SHGs, and VSLAs.
• Health and Nutrition Provides curative primary health care and nutrition services, promotes maternal and child health, and delivers environmental hygiene and sanitation programs. Includes maternal and newborn care, child health, immunization, public nutrition, mental health services, and WASH. Delivered to vulnerable populations including women, children, IDPs, and returnees, often in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and WHO.
• Agriculture and Livestock Drives sustainable rural transformation through food security programs, irrigation systems, livestock health services, and technical capacity building for farmers and herders. Includes certified seed distribution, veterinary campaigns, and agroforestry promotion. Delivered to farming and pastoral communities across multiple provinces in coordination with MAIL and FAO.
• Education Increases access to quality education through teacher capacity building, digital education (delivered via the Noon Digital Education partnership), Education in Emergencies, and adult literacy programs. Operates in Parwan, Panjshir, Kapisa, Balkh, Faryab, Ghor, Herat, Kandahar, and Helmand provinces, in coordination with the Ministry of Education and partners including UNESCO and UNICEF.
• Disaster Management and Repatriation Affairs (DMRA) Builds community resilience against disasters, provides emergency assistance to affected populations, and supports disaster risk reduction through early warning systems, first aid training, and mitigation micro-projects. Includes emergency food, non-food item distribution, cash assistance, shelter support, and repatriation support to returnees and IDPs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 600+ projects implemented across 39 years of operation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

32 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core, minor and strategic.

• WHOmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld Health Organization partnership for health system strengthening and disease programs
• World VisionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Christian humanitarian organization partnership for development programs
• CARE InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational NGO partnership for humanitarian programming and coordination
• Catholic Relief Services (CRS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational humanitarian organization partnership for development programs
• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN agency partnership for agricultural development and food security programs including seed distribution
• FHI 360majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational development organization partnership for health and development programs
• International Rescue Committee (IRC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational humanitarian organization partnership for refugee and displacement response
• UNICEFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN agency partnership for child health, nutrition, education, and protection programs
• ACTEDmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational development NGO partnership for humanitarian programs
• MedairmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHumanitarian organization partnership for health and nutrition services
• Save the ChildrenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational child rights organization partnership for education and protection
• SwisspeaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeace research organization partnership for conflict and peacebuilding programs
• UN WomenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN entity for gender equality partnership for women's empowerment programs
• UNDPmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN development agency partnership for governance and development programs
• UNESCOmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN education and culture agency partnership for education programs
• OCHAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN humanitarian coordination office - CHA participates in humanitarian coordination mechanisms
• UNODCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN drug and crime office partnership for relevant programmatic areas
• ACBARcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development - CHA is an active member for NGO coordination
• ADRRNmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAsian Disaster Risk and Response Network membership for disaster management collaboration
• Global Campaign for Education (GCE)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal education coalition - CHA is registered member and representative in Afghanistan
• Alliance Health Organization (AHO)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth alliance membership for coordination and program collaboration
• Ministry of EconomycoreOthersGovernment ministry with which CHA is registered as an approved NGO
• Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment ministry partnership for implementing Basic Package of Health Services and health programs
• Ministry of Education (MoE)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment ministry partnership for implementing education programs including APEP
• Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment ministry partnership for National Solidarity Program and rural development
• MAIL (Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment ministry partnership for agriculture and livestock programs
• MCN (Ministry of Counter Narcotics)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment ministry partnership for relevant programs
• MSH (Management Sciences for Health)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational health organization partnership for health systems strengthening
• JHSPH (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic institution partnership for public health programs and research
• ICVA (International Council of Voluntary Agencies)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal NGO network membership for humanitarian coordination
• UNAMAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan for political/humanitarian coordination
• Noon Digital Education (NDE)strategicTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership for providing digital education systems using technology to remote areas of Afghanistan

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BRAC Afghanistan: BRAC operates a large multi-sector development and humanitarian program in Afghanistan covering health, education, livelihood, and community empowerment, mirroring CHA's multi-sector national NGO model. Both organizations rely on community-based institutions and have long operational histories in Afghanistan.
• AfghanAid: AfghanAid is one of the longest-running Afghan-led NGOs delivering community development, education, and humanitarian assistance across rural Afghanistan. Like CHA, it operates through community development councils and is donor-funded, with overlapping geographic coverage and beneficiary segments.
• ACTED: ACTED is a major international humanitarian and development NGO actively operating in Afghanistan as both donor and partner to CHA. Its multi-sector programming (food security, WASH, shelter, livelihood) and sub-recipient model directly overlaps with CHA's portfolio.
• Action Against Hunger (AAH): Action Against Hunger is a listed CHA financial and implementing partner for nutrition and food security programs in Afghanistan. Its nutrition and WASH focus directly competes with CHA's health and nutrition sector programming.
• Save the Children (Afghanistan): Save the Children is a major international NGO partner of CHA and operates multi-sector programs in Afghanistan (education, health, child protection, nutrition). It competes for the same donor funding and contracts.
• International Rescue Committee (IRC): IRC is a major CHA partner for refugee and displacement response in Afghanistan. It runs health, education, economic recovery, and protection programs directly comparable to CHA's portfolio and competes for the same UN-led funding.
• Medair: Medair is a humanitarian organization partner of CHA focused on health, nutrition, and emergency response in Afghanistan. Its service delivery model and donor base (UN agencies, ECHO, government donors) overlap directly with CHA's funding relationships.
• World Vision Afghanistan: World Vision is a CHA partner operating multi-sector humanitarian programs in Afghanistan through community structures paralleling CHA's CDCs. It competes for the same child-focused, health, and livelihood funding from UN agencies and bilateral donors.
• CARE International (Afghanistan): CARE is a major international NGO partner of CHA with deep humanitarian programming in Afghanistan spanning food security, women's empowerment, education, and emergency response. It directly competes for the same donor funding and beneficiary segments.

Others

• Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development (ACBAR): ACBAR is the coordinating body of which CHA is a member, representing 100+ national and international NGOs in Afghanistan. It is not a competitor but an ecosystem peer shaping the humanitarian coordination environment in which CHA operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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