Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan is a 2-star charity that is financially transparent. The charity has an above-average results reporting grade of B+ and reasonable overhead spending of 16%. It has Low demonstrated impact per dollar spent.

Founded in 1996, Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (CWWA) is a charity that works to improve human rights, especially women's rights, in Afghanistan. The charity focuses on ending women’s oppression and providing people with access to education. As of August 2021, Afghanistan became the only country in the world where the state bans women and girls from receiving an education. CWWA has seven main charitable programs: Investing in Basic Education, Safe Harbour, Technology for Education, Grants and Scholarships, Policy Dialogue & Advocacy, Community and Family Literacy, and Public Engagement.

In F2023, CWWA spent $634k (47% of program spending) on Investing in Basic Education. This program focuses on increasing girls’ enrollment in schools and training teachers to improve the education system. In F2023, CWWA created a five-month online inclusion course and a teacher PD Course in development.

CWWA spent $230k (17%) on its Technology for Education program. This program provides Afghans with access to information through a free digital library, as well as an online course platform. In F2023, it had 7,374 online resources in 127 subjects in nine languages in the library. It also had 16 online courses and ran a live online high school for girls with a total of 110 students.

In F2023, CWWA spent $167k (12%) on Safe Harbour. This program helps resettle Afghan families in Canada who fled Afghanistan. It assists with securing housing, enrolling children in school, providing language instruction, and accessing healthcare. In F2023, CWWA resettled 15 families in nine locations across Canada.

CWWA spent $115k (8%) on Grants and Scholarships. In F2023, CWWA distributed 121 scholarships, helping to cover course fees, transportation costs, and book, stationery, and internet expenses. Additionally, the charity provided 392 devices and connectivity packages to Afghan women and girls, including laptops, tablets, internet packages, solar panels, keyboards, printers, and books.

During the year, CWWA also spent $110k (8%) on its Public Engagement program, $64k (5%) on its Policy Dialogue and Advocacy program, and $40k (3%) on Community & Family Literacy. The charity launched five advocacy campaigns and published two Op-Eds. It also distributed 247 learning plus baskets including food, educational materials, and gas for cooking.

Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan had donations and special event revenues of $1.3m in F2023. The charity received $328k in government funding representing 20% of total revenues.

Administrative costs are 8% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 9% of donations and special events. This results in total overhead spending of 16%, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. 

Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan has $1.5m in reserve funds. These reserve funds are the charity’s cash and investments. The charity has 1 year and 1 month of annual program costs covered by its current reserves.

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on August 1, 2024, by Lily Ferguson.