Organization Background

Star Youth Social, Health & Education Development Organization (SYSHEDO) is a non-political, non-profit Afghan civil society organization established in January 2023 and officially registered with the Ministry of Economy under registration number 5750.

SYSHEDO was founded to support vulnerable communities facing social, economic, and humanitarian challenges across Afghanistan. The organization focuses on empowering youth, women, and marginalized groups by expanding access to education, healthcare, protection services, and livelihood opportunities.

Guided by principles of transparency, accountability, gender equality, and community participation, SYSHEDO works through community-based, inclusive approaches. With a capable team and strong partnerships with government institutions, NGOs, INGOs, and local stakeholders, the organization strives to contribute to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable Afghan society.

Our Vision

A resilient, inclusive, and equitable Afghan society where all individuals have access to quality education, health services, protection, and sustainable livelihood opportunities.

Our Mission

To deliver inclusive, community-driven development interventions that expand access to education, health, protection, and sustainable livelihood opportunities, thereby enhancing the resilience and well-being of vulnerable and marginalized communities in Afghanistan.

Organizational Goals

To enhance sustainable livelihood opportunities and strengthen income-generation capacities through evidence-based, market-driven interventions targeting vulnerable and marginalized populations.

To reinforce community systems, governance structures, and local leadership to improve resilience, service delivery, and inclusive decision-making processes.

To increase equitable access to quality education and essential health services by supporting community-based mechanisms, capacity development, and integrated service delivery approaches.

To advance gender equality and empower women, youth, and marginalized groups through inclusive participation, protection-sensitive programming, and rights-based development practices.

To promote sustainable, long-term development solutions that foster social cohesion, economic stability, and community resilience across diverse geographic contexts.

Core Values

Strategic Objectives

To strengthen evidence-based community awareness and behavior change outcomes in health, education, protection, and social development through integrated communication frameworks, multi-channel outreach, and targeted demand generation strategies.

To expand equitable, context-responsive access to essential services for rural, displaced, nomadic, and hard-to-reach populations through adaptive, community-anchored service delivery systems and cross-sectoral integration.

To enhance vocational competencies, employability pathways, and economic self-reliance for vulnerable populations by implementing market-driven skills development, workforce readiness programming, and sustainable livelihood models aligned with labor market assessments.

To strengthen the socio-economic stability of widows and vulnerable women by increasing access to diversified livelihood opportunities, protection services, and tailored social support mechanisms informed by vulnerability and needs assessments.

To advance gender equality, social inclusion, and resilience by operationalizing GESI-sensitive programming, reinforcing community safeguarding mechanisms, and institutionalizing inclusive governance and participation structures.

To empower youth as catalytic change agents and development leaders by facilitating leadership pipelines, youth-led community platforms, and locally driven innovation ecosystems that contribute to social cohesion and resilience.

Geographical Presence

SYSHEDO's headquarters is located in Kabul, Afghanistan, with the ability to deliver services across all 34 provinces of Afghanistan through community networks and provincial coordination systems.