ORCD UK is the British home of one of Afghanistan’s most established humanitarian organisations. Community-rooted and locally led.
Organisation for Research and Community Development (ORCD) was founded in Afghanistan in 2011. Today ORCD works across all 34 provinces and has delivered over $100 million in life-saving programmes (Source: ORCD Global independently audited accounts, 2012 to 2025).
ORCD UK is the British chapter. We exist so that UK donors, the Afghan diaspora, and British institutions can support work that has been happening on the ground for over a decade.
Every year, people across the UK give generously to humanitarian causes in Afghanistan. We want to make sure that generosity reaches as far as possible.
ORCD UK is a new UK charity, currently completing registration. Our role is to raise funds here in Britain and channel them to ORCD Global’s teams on the ground.
We have a dual mission that spans Kabul to Britain.
ORCD's team, brings local knowledge and lived experience of the communities we serve. Trust in Afghan communities is built slowly over years, and ORCD's teams have spent that time building it.
ORCD works through existing community structures. The communities ORCD serves know the organisation's name because we have shown up through every crisis for over a decade.
ORCD reaches communities that others cannot access. This is a product of who ORCD's teams are, the relationships they hold, and the trust they have maintained over the years.
ORCD founded in Afghanistan. A single province. A small team of Afghan professionals committed to locally led, evidence-based development. |
ORCD becomes the first Afghan NGO to receive UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status. An unprecedented achievement for an Afghan organisation.
ORCD grows into one of Afghanistan’s most significant humanitarian actors. Seven UN agency partnerships. Over $100M delivered. All 34 provinces reached. Clean audits every year.
