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Hand in Hand Afghanistan
Hand in Hand Afghanistan (HiH Af) is a not-for-profit and non-governmental organization registered with Ministry of Economy of the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (License # 890; 21 December 2006) working towards elimination of poverty through creation of enterprise and jobs.
Vision
HiH Af’s vision is an Afghanistan free of poverty, where gender equality is its cornerstone.
Mission
HiH Af’s mission is to work for economic and social empowerment of the poor by supporting the creation of enterprises and jobs, and the generation of higher incomes. Targeting the poor and marginalized communities, with a particular focus on poor women, HiH Af empowers SHGs, provides support and training, and helps them access credit, information, markets and opportunities.
Governance
HiH Af is committed to good governance and follows recommended best practices. The HiH Af Board of Directors is the governing body chaired by Ms. Seema Ghani, with a mission to guide and take strategic decisions for the organization’s long-term future and oversee its financial affairs, while holding its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to account.
No staff members are voting members of the Board though the Board and the CEO work in close partnership. The Board composition covers essential skills, knowledge to complement that of the staff, and it pays particular attention to issues of security, fraud and corruption. Hand in Hand International has an ex officio seat to bring international experience and create a fiduciary link to donors.
Seema Ghani
Ms. Ghani has been chairing Hand in Hand Afghanistan Board of Directors (BD) since 2008. She obtained a Master of Science degree in International Business and studied another Master of Science course in Development studies in the UK, where she worked for PriceWaterHouseCoopers as a consultant. Since returning to Afghanistan in 2002, she has served in government as Director General of Budget for the Ministry of Finance and Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs. She led the reform of the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and served as a member of its board. Later, she set up The Khorasan Charity, which provides care for some of the most vulnerable children in Afghanistan. She is also a member of several civil society boards, including the Khurasan Charity, the Afghan Technical Vocational Institute, The Afghan Family Guidance Association and Open Society Afghanistan. She is also the Founder of People’s Movement Against Corruption in Afghanistan.
Email: seema@ghanis.org
Agnes Svensson
Ms. Svensson is the Program Manager for Hand in Hand International where she specializes in program development and fundraising. Before joining Hand in Hand she worked at the United Nations Development Program in New York and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, focusing on aspects of private sector development. She holds an MSc in Business and Development Studies from Copenhagen Business School and BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Email: asvensson@hihinternational.org
Waheed Saifi
Mr. Saifi is the Policy and Organizational Development Adviser to Minister of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled. He has been a member of Hand in Hand Afghanistan BD since 2010. Mr. Saifi holds an MSc in Development Management from London School of Economics. He has served in the government and international organizations and is highly qualified and professional with a successful track record of thirteen years of work experience, more than ten years of which have been in senior management and advisory positions.
Email: waheed.saifi@yahoo.com
Kamela Sidiqi
Ms. Sidiqi the Deputy Chief of Staff (Admin and Finance) at the President’s office – Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan joined Hand in Hand Afghanistan Board of Directors in 2014.
Kamela Sidiqi is one of Afghanistan’s leading female entrepreneurs. Her story tells how far courage and faith in ones abilities can take us. At a time of almost insurmountable poverty and economic difficulties in 1990’s, Kamela’s vision, tenacity and unfailing will to succeed led to the establishment of a thriving enterprise employing over a 100 women.
Kamela set up her own company, Kaweyan Business Development Services in 2004 which was the first Business Development Training providing company in Afghanistan. The welfare of her fellow countrymen in Afghanistan has always been an issue close to Kamela’s heart. Her desire to do all she can to help in the reconstruction of Afghanistan and improve the life of its people led her to establish an NGO early in her career by the name of Parneyan Training Center and Rehabilitation Organization. Most recently, Kamela launched Afghanistan’s first women owned cab service which has received national acclaim.
Kamela received international recognition for her work at the 10th Anniversary US Global Leadership Campaign in 2005. The Dressmaker of Khair Khaina is a book that Gayle Tzemach Lemmon has written on the life of Kamela charting her growth from a dressmaker to a thriving entrepreneur. Her story is one that inspires other women in Afghanistan to struggle and persevere against all odds and is a source of courage and determination for all who know her. This book is selected in the 2012 Annual Program as a “Common Reading Program for the class of 2016” in the University of Florida, USA.
Email: Kamela.sidiqi@hotmail.com
Flouran Wali
Flouran Wali joined Hand in Hand Afghanistan Board of Directors in February 2015. She is a development professional with 20 years of experience in project management, gender and women’s rights, micro and small enterprise development, food security and, emergency relief. She has substantial experience in facilitating the transition from relief to long-term economic development, integrating women income generating activities and managing development initiatives in complex environments. She has worked in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia and Sri-Lanka. In Afghanistan, under the Alternative Development Program/Eastern Region (ADP/E) she managed what is recognized as one of the most successful gender and micro-enterprise programs in the country, integrating several thousand women to the agricultural value chains. Flouran currently manages the Business Development and Gender activities of the Agricultural Credit Enhancement (ACE) program, where she has devised mechanisms to ensure that women entrepreneurs have access to financial services, while also managing the public awareness activities of this US$150M activity.
Email: flouranw@yahoo.com
Management
The overall operation of Hand in Hand Afghanistan is managed by Chief Executive Officer/Country Director in close cooperation with Program Manager, Chief Finance Officer, Branch Offices Coordinator, Sr. Capacity Development Officer and Sr. Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.
Abdul Rahim Nasry
CEO/Country Director
Nasry joined Hand in Hand Afghanistan in February 2012, he brings a wealth of experience to Hand in Hand from both government and NGO sectors.
His experience includes extensive work at the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled, where he was responsible for the implementation of a number of programs including the National Skills Development Program, which is a priority program of the government of Afghanistan. Later as Strategic Advisor to the Deputy Minister, he was responsible for the “Afghanistan Pension Administration/Safety Net Project” funded by the World Bank. Before joining the Ministry, he spent some twenty years working with a number of International NGOs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
He holds an Executive MBA from the Preston Institute of Management Science and Technology in Pakistan. Over the past twenty years, he has also participated in a large number of training courses, seminars, workshops and conferences around the world with an emphasis on skills development and poverty reduction.
Email: arahimnasry@handinhand.org.af
Ahmad Kamran Hekmati
Program Manager
Dr. Ahmad Kamran Hekmati joined HiH Af in the capacity of Program Manager in September 2013. He has come to the organization with his 15 year experience of leading and managing community development projects in and outside Afghanistan. Before joining HiH Af, he has worked for the Afghan Red Crescent Society, the Medicines Sans Frontiers, the World Health Organization, the Management Sciences for Health, and the University Research Co. He received the Exceptional Performance Award for Health Care Improvement Project in 2012 from the University Research Co., LLC Bethesda, USA in October that year. He graduated from Balkh Medical University in 1998 and in 2011 successfully completed the one year Improvement Advisor Professional Development Program in Accra, Ghana by Institute of Healthcare Improvement, USA.
Email: khekmati@handinhand.org.af
Mahmood Nadri
Chief Finance Officer
Mahmood Nadri has received his Bachelor degree in Business Administration in the field of Finance from Maryam Higher Education Institute Kabul, and currently he is doing MBA in the same field at the Bakhtar University in the evening shift. Mr. Nadri is well experienced in finance, administration, logistics and human resource. He came to Hand in Hand as CFO in the late 2011 with ten years admin-finance experience working for the UN-FAO, the World Cultural and Sports Foundation (WCSF), MADERA, UNMACA and JHPIEGO.
Email: mahmood.nadri@handinhand.org.af
Mohammad Rafi Azimi
Deputy Program Manager
Mr. Azimi started his professional career with Hand in Hand Afghanistan in February 2008. He has been through different positions during his seven years employment including MIS officer, Public Relations Officer, Deputy Provincial Coordinator and is currently working as Deputy Program Manager to assists the program manager in managing project implementation, planning and reporting. He has a good knowledge of the organizational history and recently led development of the first Management Information System for Hand in Hand Afghanistan.
Rafi pursued his technical studies in one of the Institutes in Mazar-e-Sharif and later received his Diploma on Information Technology. He is currently attending a private university in Mazar-e-Sharif in the evening shift to receive his BA in Economics. He has also attended a series of trainings including ‘Making Market Work for the Poor’ in Stockholm Sweden and Hand in Hand’s Social Entrepreneurship Program in South Africa.
Email: Rafi.azimi@handinhand.org.af
Co-ordinating memberships
Hand in Hand Afghanistan is a member of the Agency Coordination Body for Afghan Relief & Development and Afghanistan Microfinance Association.
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