Wida Yalaqi
Founder & Executive Director
Wida Yalaqi is the Founder and Executive Director of Afghanistan Capacity Development Educational Organisation (ACDEO). She founded ACDEO to promote women’s rights and their access to justice and information in Afghanistan. Wida has extensive experience in performance management, business process improvement, capacity building, and transformation management in a wide variety of national and international organisations. She specialises in designing and establishing NGOs as well as small and medium size businesses with a strong emphasis on empowering women. Wida was born in Afghanistan and completed her higher education in the United Kingdom.
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She started her career as an audit officer with GlaxoSmithKline but moved back to Afghanistan in 2005 and successfully implemented numerous development programmes for international entities and the Government of Afghanistan.
(495) 235-2356
wida.yalaqi@acdeo.org
Waheed Qadiri
Programme Coordinator
Dominic d’Angelo has been based full-time in Afghanistan since 2012. He has over 25 years’ experience working within and outside the UK with national and provincial government systems, civil society organizations and NGOs, as well as UN, multilateral and bilateral agencies and missions.
Dominic has significant experience of working in fragile and conflict-affected states, including roles in the UK, Iraq (including as Head of DFID Basra), India (managing large-scale multi-year rural and urban poverty reduction programmes) and Afghanistan (managing large-scale multi-year programmes in financial policy, taxation, agriculture and rural development, economic growth and humanitarian assistance).
Dominic has significant experience of working in fragile and conflict-affected states, including roles in the UK, Iraq (including as Head of DFID Basra), India (managing large-scale multi-year rural and urban poverty reduction programmes) and Afghanistan (managing large-scale multi-year programmes in financial policy, taxation, agriculture and rural development, economic growth and humanitarian assistance).
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In Afghanistan, Dominic has worked as an adviser at ministerial level in the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, in the Office of the Senior Minister, in the State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs and at the Ministry of Interior Affairs. He also has significant experience in monitoring and evaluation, conducting due diligence assessments, strategic planning for different Afghan ministries and agencies, and among Afghan justice sector institutions.
(495) 235-2934
ljames@diviestate.com
Hussain Sakhizadah
Finance Manager
Hussain, holding a bachelor degree in economic management, has more than 10 years of experience in financial management. He has experience of working with national civil society organizations (CSOs) and international donor agencies like USAID, GIZ, DFID, FCO and British Embassy Kabul (BEK). His qualification in financial management includes financial recording, financial reporting, and financial analysis. Hussain has participated in several professional pieces of training and currently studying ACCA at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF).
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(495) 235-2356
hussain.sakhizada@acdeo.org
Latifa Yaqubi
Human Resource Manager
Latifa Yaqubi has been graduated from Bachelor of psychology, Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan in 2015 she has many working experiences with NGO and non-NGO. Working with BARACK Afghanistan as monitoring officer, with USAID Data Collection, with AKS as research officer and with ACDEO Communication Assistant, Senior Communication Adviser, HR officer and HR manager. She also got many training to improve her skill in the field of working like Research Methodology, Psycho-social Counseling, Telephone Counseling for Family Support Helpline, Social Research Program, Gender Academy Course and Peace Building Program.
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She also attends in many workshops related to her field of working and education, Now she is working as HR manager with ACDEO.