Afghan Disables and Vulnerable Society (ADVS) is a women-led, women's rights and disabled organization. Established in 1997 and registered with the MoEc in 2006 under license number 702. ADVS aims to help impoverished disabled, women, youth and children gain social, economic, political potency, self-reliance, and development strength through raising awareness, capacity building, education, advocacy, livelihood, vocational skills training, food security, creating opportunities, resources for self-reliance and development and creating endless opportunities across the country by partnering with the government, donors, and local communities. We tend to end violence against women, girls, disabled and empower them to learn to get rid of illiteracy and poverty.
Our Vision
To make a viable place, create a balanced society for lives, improve the quality of lives and end violence against disabled, women and girls, where they can enjoy their rights to education, livelihood, recreation, and participation in all democratic processes of the country.
Mission
Provides valuable and sustainable services to support advocacy, awareness, inclusion, income generation, education, and civil rights. Ensuring all official operations are managed, designed, and pitched effectively to ensure exceptionally effective and sustainable results. We tend to end violence against women, disabled, girls and vulnerable and empower them to learn to get rid of illiteracy and end poverty.
ADVS work in national level and currently ADVS presence in the Kabul, Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Kandahar and Kunar Provinces. ADVS head office locate in Kabul and have two regional offices in Kandahar and Nangarhar provinces.
ADVS Focuses
• Disabled, women and girls deserve a chance for a better life free from violence and poverty.
• Afghan disabled, women and girls face different kinds of economic, political and social challenges which
require advocacy, awareness, inclusion, income generation, livelihood, education and civil rights.
• Afghan disabled and vulnerable are disproportionately affected by illiteracy, lack of livelihood and
discrimination; as well as, and they suffer from abuse and violations in the realization of their rights,
entitlements, access, and control over resources.
• Equality improves economic and social conditions for disables, women, girls and vulnerable families.