APRCO was founded by independent community activists in 2007. NGO received its legal registration license on 28 June 2007 from Afghan Ministry of Economy. APRCO foundations are based on an informal civil society organization which started its social services from advocacy for formal education in Herat province. NGO still draws support from volunteer services of other civil society volunteers in different fields. APRCO has been evolving since 2007. It continued to strengthen its capacities in the field of administration, financial management, monitoring and

It was quite recently that organization focused on improving and standardizing its programming and project management capacities. The main motive for this decision is the fact that organization needs to focus on those areas of its priority, which have not been well addressed due to the limited opportunities of funding available in the south East region.

APRCO developed programming guidelines to assist different departments in designing effective programs in their respective areas of interest.

APRCO has an effective monitoring and evaluation system for running activities as well as program and project implementations. As information and communication technology is closely involved in monitoring and evaluation systems, APRCO has merged them into a single unit. ICT unit manages the databases and technology used by organization and its staff. KoBo and ODK use