by Ehsan Bayat | May 24, 2016 | Afghanistan, Education, Philanthropy
Headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, the international development aid organization Cordaid helps people in vulnerable regions and post-conflict zones build self-reliant, thriving communities. Cordaid was formed in 2000 by a merger of several existing Dutch relief...
by Ehsan Bayat | May 3, 2016 | Afghanistan, Education
With the goal of empowering Afghan children with the creative resources and abilities to effect social change, two Danish citizens, the former dancer David Mason and journalist Berit Mulhausen, founded the Mobile Mini-Circus for Children (MMCC) in 2002. MMCC works...
by Ehsan Bayat | Apr 26, 2016 | Afghanistan, Education
Founded in 1919 to provide hunger relief aid to children in regions recovering from World War I, the independent nonprofit Save the Children has developed into the foremost child welfare and rights organization in the world. Save the Children seeks to ensure survival,...
by Ehsan Bayat | Apr 12, 2016 | Afghanistan, Philanthropy, water
Working in some of the world’s most isolated and distressed regions, the international non-governmental organization Medair delivers emergency relief and recovery assistance to help at-risk communities survive crisis situations and secure their future well-being....
by Ehsan Bayat | Apr 5, 2016 | Afghanistan, jobs, Philanthropy
Established in 1982 and active in Afghanistan since 1987, the independent aid organization Handicap International (HI) secures the basic needs, well-being, and rights of people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations in 57 developing countries. Originally a...
by Ehsan Bayat | Mar 29, 2016 | Afghanistan, Philanthropy
After traveling to an Afghan refugee camp in Quetta, Pakistan, in the mid-‘80s and witnessing the aid efforts of the Shuhada Organization’s founder, Dr. Sima Samar, Vreni Frauenfelder teamed up with four partners to form the Help Committee Schaffhausen (HCS) in 1988....
