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Photo of Khaled Hosseini sitting with elderly Afghan in white headscarf holdign a child with two other children sitting near.  Photo credit is UNHCR.

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MEET OUR GRANTEES

​Our grantees provide essential humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.  They give shelter, healthcare, education, and economic opportunities to families, focusing on women and children.  

Photo of young Afghan girl in white headscarf writing on a chalk board. Photo credit is UNICEF.

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U.S. FUND FOR UNICEF

TKHF provides support for  UNICEF's "Let us Learn" program focusing on Accelerated Learning Centers providing education to almost 3,000 students.

Photo of Afghan woman in long red paisley head scarf waling in front of tent with children behind her. Photo Credit is UNHCR.

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UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER ON REFUGEES

Since 2008 TKHF has provided over $1 million to UNHCR to build shelters in Afghanistan for the homeless and repatriation grants for those returnees resettling in Afghanistan after living for years as refugees in other countries.  TKHF has provided homes for over 3,200 men, women and children.

Photo os Afghan girl holding pen and writing in notebook.  Photo Credit is AWWP.

AWWP (C) ELLIE KEALEY

AFGHAN WOMEN'S WRITING PROGRAM

Writing workshops allow women the opportunity to express themselves in ways not previously available to them.  The program carries the voices of Afghanistan's women to the world with poems and essays published in an online magazine and read by thousands of people around the world. 

Photo of female doctor holding and feeding a newborn Afghan baby.  Photo credit is EUSA.

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EMERGENCY USA

EMERGENCY is an international medical charity that runs the Anabah Maternity Centre in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley. It is the only specialized and free maternity facility in the area and provides life-saving obstetric and gynecological care to women, alongside training local staff. Over 60,000 babies have been born at the Maternity Centre.

Photo of elderly lady in brown headscarf sitting in field picking vegetables.  Photo Credit is GPFA.

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GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AFGHANISTAN

Programs focus on working 

with rural Afghans to create farm businesses that alleviate poverty, build sustainable livelihoods, and renew the environment. Afghan women have the opportunity to learn the entrepreneurial skills necessary to create farm businesses and build sustainable livelihoods.

Photo of several Afghan girls in headscarves holding books outside.  Photo credit is AWEC.

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GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN

Global Fund for Women's 

programs focus on gender equality and human rights for women and girls around the globe. In Afghanistan, the Afghan Women's Education Center worked to provide 

education to children and literacy to women.  Literacy broadens the lives of women and affords them opportunities previously unavailable to them.

Photo of Afghan woman doctor administering medicine to a baby held in mother's arms.  Photo credit is AMOR.

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ALLIANCE FOR MEDICAL OUTREACH AND RELIEF

Established in 2009, Afshar Hospital is a 100 bed facility that helps deliver almost 2,000 babies in a year. Their six community clinics provide vital interventional and preventative healthcare to areas undeserved or remotely located.  One district's clinics provide care for almost 3,000 patients annually.

Photo of two young Afghan girls in green headscarves at school.  Photo credit RRHF/Karen Wong.

RRHF (C) KAREN WONG

RAZIA'S RAY OF HOPE FOUNDATION

The Zabuli Education Center 

provides K-12 education to over 600 girls in the district of Deh'Subz, Afghanistan.   The center is uniquely situated within walking distance of seven villages affording free quality education to girls ranging in ages from 4 to 22 years old.   

Photo of several young Afghan boys and girls standing outside near an adult. Photo credit is WAW/Leslie Knott.

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WOMEN FOR AFGHAN WOMEN

With a focus on human rights and as an advocate for women in Afghanistan, it operates a wide array of programs from family guidance centers to women's shelters and halfway houses.  Its Children's Support Centers provide education, healthcare, psychological counseling, and a safe home for children of women imprisoned in Afghanistan.

Photo of several young Afghan girls and women in colorful headscarves standing outside. Photo credit is CIC.

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CHILDREN IN CRISIS

Working in Afghanistan since 1997, Children in Crisis has been rebuilding Afghanistan's education system to provide all children the opportunity to go to school.  Their accelerated learning centers allow children to catch-up on missed education. The intensive program provides  students the full six years of a primary education in half the time.

Photo of two young Afghan girls sitting at desk in school.  Photo credit is TIE.

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TRUST IN EDUCATION

They support classes in 10 villages educating more than 1,000 students.  They also provide scholarships to help sponsor the education of children who previously worked on the streets selling water or other small items in an attempt to help support their families.  Through this sponsorship they are able to get the children off the streets and into the classroom.

Photo of Afghan newborn in Embrace thermal swaddle at hospital. Photo Credit Embrace.

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EMBRACE

Embrace provides infant warmers in conjunction with educational programs that address the root cause of neonatal hypothermia in Afghanistan.  In 2015 Embrace became a program of Thrive Networks.

Photo of several Afghan children at preschool sitting at desks. Photo credit is GoodWeave/U.Roberto Romano.

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GOODWEAVE

GoodWeave is working diligently to end child labor in the handmade rug industry. In Afghanistan this translates to the opening and operation of an early education program in Balk province where there are large numbers of weavers. The center affords children the opportunity to receive an education, learn life skills including hygiene and receive sometimes the only hot meal they will have for the day.  

Photo of Afghan doctor in headscarf speaking to Afghan mother holding newborn with oxygen.  Photo credit is Kate Stegeman/MSF.

(c) Kate Stegeman / MSF

MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES/ DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (MSF)

MSF has been in Khost since 2012 and its Khost Maternity Hospital delivers 23,000 babies every year.  Its 83-bed hospital handles approximately 50% of all deliveries in the province.

Photo of three young Afghan girls in white headscarves standing outside. Photo credit AFN/Humaira Ghilzai.

AFN (C) Humaira Ghilzai

AFGHAN FRIENDS NETWORK

The Khurasan Learning Center provides supplementary education to girls in grades 7-12 in math, physics, chemistry and English. The center has approximately 400 girls enrolled in its programs in Ghazni province.

Close up photo of young Afghan girl in white headscarf at school.  Photo credit is Afghan Connection.

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AFGHAN CONNECTION

Since 2002, Afghan Connection has funded 46 school constructions and renovated 83 schools in Afghanistan, providing education for approximately 75,000 students.  TKHF supports its Community Based Education Program in Takhar Province.

Photo of young Afghan girl in headscarf learning to use prosthetics.  Photo credit is LAMIA

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THE LAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION (LAMIA)

Since 2008, Lamia has been providing aid to Afghanistan ranging from the delivery and distribution of over 3.5M lbs of humanitarian aid to educational projects.  TKHF helps support Lamia's work with amputee children.  Lamia works with two organizations to help provide custom made and fitted prosthetics to children in Afghanistan.  

Photo of three young Afghan girls in white headscarves at school.  Photo credit is MSD.

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MORNING STAR DEVELOPMENT

In 2002, Morning Star Development opened the Tangi Saidan Community Center to serve the rural community south of Kabul.  The community center provides a wide range of services from healthcare and education to social interaction and a sports center. TKHF helps fund its healthcare initiatives.  The center sees roughly 29,000 patients a year.

A MESSAGE FROM KHALED

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