Ahel أهل

We believe in the power of the people to lead collective action to achieve change sought.

Ahel supports community groups and organizations that lead collective action to bring about change for freedom, justice and protection of human rights.

Through accompanying, training and teaching, we introduce and coach leaders in **community organizing, ** shared distributed leadership and ** collective action so as to win their campaigns and build their people’s power.

The word Ahel in Arabic means a family that is not necessarily blood related. It is mentioned in a verse in the Quran twice, each time with a different meaning: the first time it means “most deserving” and the second time it means “most capable”. Ahel believes that the people of the cause or the constituency of a place are the most deserving and the most capable of bringing about the change sought. It believes that the people themselves have to lead their collective action and advocacy and be their own organized voice