Fridoon Hamidi

Fridoon is an Afghan development and humanitarian professional with more than 20 years of experience across international NGOs, public institutions, education, and media. 

He currently serves as Head of Global Donor Engagement Community (DEC) and Partnership at Help – Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe, where he supports donor coordination, strategic partnerships, and collaboration between headquarters and country offices. Previously, he held several leadership roles within Help – Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe, including Head of Donor Engagement & Quality Assurance, Acting Country Director, Senior Program Officer, and Senior Project Manager. Fridoon's work has focused on humanitarian programming, donor engagement, policy development, partnership building, and coordination with UN agencies and international stakeholders.

Before joining Help - Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe, Fridoon worked with public institutions in Afghanistan, including the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President of Afghanistan, where he contributed to governance, policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, and institutional coordination.

Fridoon began his professional journey in journalism in 2006 and later worked as a Reporting Officer with the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA). Alongside his professional career, he also taught English language courses for several years in Herat. He holds a Master of Business Management from Kazakh American Free University (KAFU), a Master of Arts in Political Science from Delhi University, India, and a diploma in Leadership Development. His research on vocational education and training projects in Afghanistan was published in the KAFU Academic Journal in 2024. His work is driven by a commitment to servant leadership, inclusive development, and strengthening local capacities in fragile and conflict-affected settings.