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Herat Women Shelter
 The project was established in 2003 by UNHCR on temporary basis for at risk women returning to Heart from neighboring Iran. VWO took over this responsibility and maintained the facility for three months with the financial assistance of UNHCR. In order to provide more and better services to these at-risk women, UNHCR and VWO made a joint effort to secure funds for this particular project and finally the Embassy of Denmark, Kabul provided funds in October, 2005. The project was established on strong footings and the very first ever shelter for at-risk women was put in place in Afghanistan. The project is currently funded by US Department of State through US Embassy, Kabul for a period of Six calendar months. VWO is making efforts to secure long term (5 years) funding for the project for sustainability.
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Badghis Women Shelter
 Badghis shelter project has been established in Qalai Naw city at two separate buildings as Shelter and Shelter office as Family Counseling Centre (FCC) since October. 2009. This project is funded by U.S. Department of State under a Federal Assistance Award through US Embassy in Kabul, for twenty months. The Shelter project provides accommodation, food, living facilities, legal and psychosocial counseling, legal support, vocational training to at risk women and victims of human trafficking. Efforts are then made to find durable solutions to resolve their cases and reintegrate them safely as a common member of Afghan society. A Coordination and Cooperation Committee (CCC) also is established to facilitate resolution of complicated cases and prevent human trafficking. The project has significantly benefited at-risk women and victims of human trafficking and as such needs to be established on long term basis.
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Family Conflict Resolution Center
 The family conflict resolution centre is an integral part of the above mentioned Herat shelter project and is established in the main office of VWO. The main objective of the project is to reduce the violence against women through family counseling and protect women and girls from abuse by resolving petty issues at the very beginning. The project is funded by State dept-US Embassy, Kabul for Six calendar months. The family counseling center provides legal and psychosocial counseling, legal support and has a prominent coordination and collaboration with relevant government and non-government stakeholders in the region. The project enjoys a good reputation among the society and other stakeholders as it provides services to more than 100 families every month.
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Drug Addicted Adolescents Treatment & Rehabilitation Center
 The Drug Addicted Adolescent Treatment Centre (DAATC) in Herat is funded by International Narcotics & Law Enforcement through the Colombo Plan in collaboration with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan The project started in March 2010 and has a contractual period of twelve calendar months. This clinic has the capacity of 50 clients which admits male adolescents between 9 to 17 years of age. The clients go through a comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation phases each comprising of three months and are provided with literacy classes, vocational training and entertainment facilities as well. The project is designed to have two batches of 50 clients each and as such caters for the treatment and rehabilitation of 100 drug addicted adolescents.
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Drug Addicted Women Treatment & Rehabilitation Center
 The Drug Addicted Women Treatment Centre in Farah is funded by International Narcotics & Law Enforcement through the Colombo Plan in collaboration with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan. The project started providing services from May 2010 and will end in April 2011. This center has been located in Farah city and has the capacity of 20 clients at a time. The clients go through a comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation phases, each comprising of three months and are provided with literacy classes, vocational training and entertainment facilities as well.
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Drug Addicted Children Treatment & Rehabilitation Center
 The Drug Addicted Children Treatment Centre in Farah is funded by International Narcotics & Law Enforcement through the Colombo Plan in collaboration with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics, Government of Afghanistan. The project started providing services from May 2010 and will end in April 2011. This center has been located in Farah city and has the capacity of 15 clients at a time. The clients go through a comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation phases, each comprising of three months and are provided with literacy classes, vocational training and entertainment facilities as well.
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WASH/GAGP
 WASH or Water and Sanitation Hygienic project is funded by Japanese Embassy, Kabul under their GAGP program. The project activities were started in November, 2009 and will be completed within the contractual period of eleven calendar months. The project is designed to provide hygiene education and sanitation awareness to the rural communities. It also caters for the construction of Eco-Sanitary toilets in the target villages. VWO plans to extend the project to cover the remaining districts of this province in near future.
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