by Ehsan Bayat | Jun 29, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bayat Foundation
Between October 2014 and January 2015, Doctors Without Borders established a new maternity center at a hospital in Dasht-e-Barchi, an underserved area of Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul. The new center offers free neonatal intensive care and contains a “kangaroo...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jun 27, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bayat Foundation, Education
A few years ago, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) launched a unique program to promote literacy among Afghan women. Afghanistan continues to have one of the lowest female literacy rates in the world. To combat this, the AIL program used mobile phone text...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jun 25, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bayat Foundation
The Bayat Foundation is dedicated to assisting the people of Afghanistan as they continue to rebuild their economy and forge a better future for their country. One of the organization’s primary concerns is healthcare and women’s issues. Over the years, the Bayat...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jun 23, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bayat Foundation
Founded in 2006 at the request of the Prince of Wales and the president of Afghanistan, Turquoise Mountain has trained new generations of Afghan artisans in an effort to revitalize the nation’s cultural heritage and empower a new class of skilled workers. Turquoise...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jun 10, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bayat Foundation, Education
Children in Crisis, an organization that champions youth education and children’s rights, has worked in Afghanistan for nearly two decades to increase access to local schools and meet the basic needs of young Afghans in five provinces. One of the organization’s major...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jun 10, 2015 | Afghanistan, Bayat Foundation, Education
In 2006, the Kabul-based nonprofit Turquoise Mountain was established at the request of Prince Charles of the UK and former Afghan president Hamid Karzai. The organization aims to create jobs in the country, assist individuals in developing marketable skills, and...
