From emergency response to economic empowerment
Food Security and Livelihoods spans emergency food assistance, multi-year resilience programs, cash-based interventions, and women’s economic empowerment. ASLO has served as a trusted implementing partner for the World Food Programme (WFP), delivering food transfer modalities and unconditional seasonal cash support to vulnerable households. Following the 2023 Herat earthquake, ASLO rapidly mobilized emergency joint response programming through Care International — demonstrating strong emergency response capacity.
The organization has established five Multi-Purpose Women Centers in Kandahar with CARE/UN Women, implemented Women-Owned Business (WOB) promotion programs with UN Women, and delivered Multi-Year Resilience Programs (MYRP) with ECHO/AKF and ECHO/NRC across Maidan Wardak, Herat, and Badghis — combining food security, livelihoods, and protection in a community-centered approach.
Key activities
- Emergency food assistance through in-kind distribution and unconditional cash transfers
- Cash-for-work programs providing income support while rehabilitating community assets
- Vocational and skills training for women and youth
- Support for Women-Owned Businesses through savings and loan schemes and market linkages
- Multi-Year Resilience Programs integrating food security, livelihoods, and protection
- Market assessment, price monitoring, and supply chain facilitation
- Integration of climate-smart practices into food production and income diversification
Implemented projects, 2022–2025
ASLO’s largest sector by project count — fourteen programs across six provinces.
| Project Title | Location | Donor | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterization & Cash for Food Assistance | Takhar, Daikundi & Samangan | CAFOD | 2022 |
| Emergency Winterization & Food Assistance (IDPs & Host Families) | Kunduz & Baghlan | CAFOD | 2022 |
| Food Transfer Modality | Kabul | WFP | 2022 |
| Food Modality | Kabul | WFP | 2022 |
| Unconditional Seasonal Support | Kabul | WFP | 2022–2023 |
| Improving Food Security through Community Resilience | Takhar | CAFOD | 2022–2023 |
| Multi-Purpose Women Centers (5 centers) | Kandahar | CARE / UN Women | 2022–2023 |
| Winterization & Cash for Work (Returnees, IDPs & Host Families) | Takhar | Caritas Germany | 2022–2023 |
| Promotion of Women-Owned Businesses (WOB) — Savings & Loan | Kandahar | UN Women | 2023–2024 |
| Women Entrepreneurs: Tailoring Skills | Kandahar | UN Women | 2023 |
| Women-Owned Business (WOB) Support | Kandahar | CARE | 2023–2024 |
| Herat Earthquake Joint Emergency Response | Herat | CARE | 2023–2024 |
| Multi-Year Resilience Program (MYRP) | Maidan Wardak | ECHO / AKF | 2024–2026 |
| Multi-Year Resilience Program (MYRP) | Herat & Badghis | ECHO / NRC | 2024–2025 |