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ACAA — Afghanistan and Central Asian Association

A London charity that has been helping refugees and migrants from Afghanistan, Central Asia and more than 30 other countries since 2001. It was founded by Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi MBE — who himself came to Britain as a refugee in 1999. Today ACAA supports over 13,000 people a year.

ACAA website Who is behind this

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What ACAA does

Advice clinic

Free advice on legal and social issues: status, benefits, housing, letters to services. Regulated specialists and volunteers.

ESOL for Integration

English for adult refugees and migrants, from beginner level. Separate groups for women.

Women's Empowerment

Projects for women: language, skills, support, a safe space.

Girls Digital Education and Supplementary School

Digital skills for girls and a supplementary school for children.

Community Fridge

Food support for families who are struggling right now.

Humanitarian Relief

Humanitarian aid and human rights protection in Afghanistan.

Head office in Feltham, branches in Hounslow, Croydon, Ealing, Greenwich and Kent. Registered charity 1096908. Phone 0208 572 0300.

Legal Intern

What Timur does there

Timur Nygmetov · ACAA advice clinic

Timur Nygmetov, Executive Director of Qadam London, works at ACAA as a Legal Intern. His place is the advice clinic: the first meeting with a person, going through their documents and story, preparing the case for regulated advisers, letters to services, explaining the procedure in plain words.

It's the same work he does at Qadam London, only from the other side of the table — and with people from neighbouring countries whose stories are very similar. Much of what this site says about asylum, status and NRPF he first saw in real life there. That's why ACAA is an organisation Qadam London supports openly.

Immigration advice at ACAA is given only by advisers registered with the IAA. Timur works under their supervision and does not give advice on individual cases himself — neither there nor here.

Fundraiser for Afghanistan

22 million people — more than half the country — don't know whether there will be food tomorrow

This is not a metaphor. It's a figure from ACAA's emergency appeal: more than half of Afghanistan's population is in acute food shortage, and children are dying of hunger. In a country where a woman has been shut out of school, work and the road to a lawyer, help from outside is often the only help that arrives.

Water and food

The first thing the money goes on: drinking water and food for families who have run out of everything. Not "programmes" — a sack of flour, oil, water for a week.

A roof over their heads

Cash help for families facing eviction and the street. In winter Kabul drops to minus ten, and homelessness there isn't a hardship — it's a matter of life and death.

Warm clothes

Clothes and shoes for children and adults who, after moving or fleeing, have nothing left but what they're wearing.

A lawyer for a woman

ACAA is the only British organisation that ran advice centres inside Afghanistan: Kabul and Pul-i-Khumri, more than 6,000 people, more than 500 women in the first year — domestic abuse, divorce, work, rights. The goal of the appeal is to open them again.

Who exactly

Women who have survived abuse. Children. Internally displaced people. Families below the poverty line. People with disabilities. Those no one else reaches.

Why through ACAA

A registered British charity (No. 1096908), 25 years of work, its own people on the ground. The money doesn't vanish into middlemen — it gets there.

The appeal is live

Raised £14 of £100

14%of the goal

2 people have already given The total is pulled from the LaunchGood page automatically, every 10 minutes

You left because life at home was impossible. It's impossible there too.

We know the price of the word "asylum" better than most. That's exactly why this appeal is ours. Even a modest amount isn't "a drop in the ocean" — it's a specific thing in specific hands:

£38an emergency first-aid kit £50an emergency food pack for a child £77firewood, a heater and fuel — warmth for a family for the whole winter

Tap an amount — it will already be filled in on the payment page. If LaunchGood shows dollars, choose £ GBP in the currency list at the top of the form. The "LaunchGood tip" line is an optional tip to the platform: you can set it to 0 and the whole amount will go to ACAA.

The appeal is run by Timur Nygmetov on LaunchGood for ACAA. It's a fundraiser for Afghanistan, not for Qadam London: our project stays free and takes no donations.

Donate

Figures on the situation in Afghanistan and the centres' work are from the ACAA website (Afghanistan Appeal, Humanitarian Relief). The £38 / £50 / £77 tiers are from the campaign description on LaunchGood.

Questions and answers

What is ACAA and who does it help?

The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association is a London charity (Charity No. 1096908) that supports more than 13,000 refugees and migrants from Afghanistan and Central Asia a year: an advice clinic, English classes, projects for women and children, food support and humanitarian programmes in Afghanistan.

Where exactly does the money from the appeal go?

To the Afghanistan aid programme: first-aid kits (£38), emergency food packs for children (£50), firewood, heaters and fuel for the winter (£77). The appeal is run by ACAA through the LaunchGood platform — the money goes directly to the organisation, not to Timur and not to Qadam London.

Is this a Qadam London fundraiser?

No. Qadam London doesn't raise money and doesn't take donations from members — everything we do is free and will stay that way. This is an appeal for ACAA, the organisation where the project's Executive Director works as a Legal Intern. You can use the site, the bot and the plan without paying anything; supporting ACAA is entirely up to you.

Can I contact ACAA for help myself?

Probably not — and it's important to know this in advance. ACAA works first and foremost with people from Afghanistan: the advice clinic, courses and projects are designed for that community, and the queue there is already long. Someone from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan or Turkmenistan will, as a rule, not be booked in. We have other doors: a free legal aid lawyer (how to find one), Migrant Help 0808 801 0503, Refugee Council 0808 196 7272 and our bot @QadamLondonBot. Timur is at ACAA to learn the work and help the Afghan community; for ours, there's Qadam London.

How do I check the organisation is genuine, and can I help without money?

Open the register of charities at register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk and enter the number 1096908 — you'll find the accounts and address there. You can help without money by volunteering: email ACAA and say you're ready to help with interpreting, classes or events. Asylum seekers are allowed to volunteer.

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