The organisation has changed its name and objectives in light of the increasing demands from other Asian communities; a name which embraces these other communities will assist us in meeting their needs

The  Afghanistan and Central Asian Association  , is the first organisation in Britain to build strong and effective relations with Asian people.We decided to change the name of our organisation to bring other people together to make decisions, learn from each other and share their experiences. We believe that every person is born free and in law everyone is equal. 
Everybody has knowledge and a conscience which leads them to respect other people’s view, culture and beliefs. We are delighted with the establishment of the new project, so that people of Afghanistan and Asian can work together and share mutual understanding.

The Afghanistan and Asian Community Organisation will support and empower social, cultural, historical and educational needs among the Asian community at large. The “Afghan Community Organisation of London” made a massive contribution but needs to update the organisation and to integrate more people and communities from the multi-cultural society of Great Britain.

The encouragement, support and feedback of the people and positive reaction from the community make us more active and determined to widen the help we offer to our participants, and we feel the new name of the organisation reflects this. The new name and objectives will benefit everyone in our community to have access to education, employment, health and business.

The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association has a wider remit in order to meet the needs of different communities and will:

-    Create educational opportunities for more deprived people here and abroad. 
-    Organise courses in business skills and to improve employment opportunities
-    Create job searches

-    Increase English language classes
-    Increase Citizenship training courses
-    Arrange conferences and seminars
-    Organise sporting activities for everybody
-    Deliver IT training courses
-    Provide one-to -ne sessions
-    Set up drama, art and music courses
-    Run workshops in Business and Enterprise.

The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association will be a leader in the support, development and integration of immigrant communities, and in particular supporting refugees and asylum seekers.
Our organisation has achieved dramatic success in meeting the demands of our clients in:
 
Assisting new arrivals who are in sickness and distress.
Promoting the cause of human rights and providing support to victims of human rights abuses.
Promoting English language classes.
Supporting youth by providing supplementary education opportunities.
Supporting and developing individuals seeking to become  employed or self-employed. 
Helping refugees and asylum seekers to understand the Convention on Human Rights.

Motivating and raising awareness among the people by involving the community in running and managing the organisation.

Bringing people and groups together from diverse faiths, in particular Muslims and people with no faith, in our wider work. We will:

1. Educate and empower all our participants, particularly women and children, to learn more about where they come from using activities based on their heritage nations, in order to make children proud and better informed about their backgrounds.
2. Raise awareness of international development by adapting existing resources and materials to inform, engage and train participants - particularly our women’s classes – enabling them to share their knowledge more widely.
3. Gain and use new techniques and skills to train the people with whom we work so that they are proud of their heritage nations and its link to the UK.
4. Teach modern presentation and communication skills to empower and build the skills of our participants.