Past Participants

To empower the Afghan people through building knowledge and skills development in the areas of education and health in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Relief Organization (ARO) is a non-political, non-religious, nonprofit 501(c)(3) humanitarian organization, registered in the United States and in Afghanistan (a requirement of all non governmental organizations working in Afghanistan). We bring people together in a common goal to aid our fellow man. Help Build Hope in Afghanistan!

afghans for Afghans is a humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that sends hand-knit and crocheted blankets and sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, and socks to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan.

Afghans4Tomorrow (A4T), is a non-profit 501(C)(3), non-political, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan. A4T has volunteer members across the United States and in Afghanistan. Our focus is on sustainable Education, Health, Vocational Training and Agriculture projects. See the links on the left for more information.

Founded in 2002, Afghan Friends Network (AFN) is working hard to improve the lives of women and children in Afghanistan and empower educators in a country that has been ravaged for nearly 30 years by war and political strife. An all-volunteer, grass-roots organization, AFN efficiently provides support directly to the people who need it most, setting a high standard for fiscal responsibility and program excellence. We are are tightly focused on education, an area that will have a huge impact for generations to come. All of our work is accomplished on a very limited budget. We ask your help in order to continue our work.

Our goal is to bring understanding and raise awareness as well as ensure the promotion of the Afghan Archaeological and Cultural Heritage. This goal is realized through its teaching in schools and public venues internationally, including in Afghanistan and in the Afghan and multi-cultural Bay Area community. Our work also consists in promoting and assisting in the education of the international public about the inherent value of archaeological treasures to cultural identity, and to specifically focus on the plight of Afghan people regarding the loss of their cultural heritage.

Berkeley Bamyan Education Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Our mission is to support educational institutes and create job/vocational training, literacy, English, and computer classes, especially for women. We promote higher education and provide all necessary tools and supplies for self-sufficiency to this safe, but war torn, region of Afghanistan.

We are dedicated to improving education in regions affected by war, natural disaster, poverty or other destabilizing events. Since 2003, Classrooms Across Cultures (CAC) teachers have been focusing on Afghanistan, whose educational system was in shambles following thirty years of war. It is recovering now, but needs a lot of help.

The Hayward-Ghazni Sister city relationship of friendship and good will was approved on October 6, 2006. The idea to develop a Sister-City relationship with Ghazni came from a group residents of Hayward and northern California who saw an opportunity to extend the hand of friendship to the world by developing this relationship. The group met with the Mayor of Ghazni, with a letter from the Mayor of Hayward asking Ghazni to become a Sister City. The invitation was accepted.

In 2005, the Hayward-Ghazni Sister City Formation Committee raised over $6,000 to start a Widow' Literacy Project in Ghazni. That project began in 2006. Members also traveled to Ghazni to oversee the start of the Widow's Literacy Project, and held fundraisers for essential school supplies and science teacher training in Ghazni. Contact between schools in the two cities began in 2004 when the Ghazni students and students at Hayward schools began to correspond.

International Orphan Care (IOC) is a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political, humanitarian organization incorporated in the State of California and qualified as a charitable organization under Section 501(c)3 of the US Internal Revenue Code. The federal tax identification number for IOC is 33-0547951.

Restore hope to the lives of Afghanistan's children
of war by removing them from a state of anguish,
isolation and persecution toward a future of hope,
opportunity and justice.

Omeid International will work to provide orphans
with housing,education, nutrition, healthcare, and
other fundamental necessities for their development.

The Children of War focuses on a simple model: we build or acquire schools and training facilities in locations of high need. We staff them and operate them year-round with our trusted staff. We help our students and trainees by feeding them and providing them a reliable, safe place to get an effective education or training.

Roots of Peace works to unearth dangerous landmines in war-torn countries and empowers the local communities scarred by these inhumane weapons. Working to build sustainable crops on land once too dangerous to traverse is how we transform the scars of conflict into the roots of peace.

MASTER TEACHERS BY SATELLITE FOR AFGHANISTAN (MTSA) is an independent volunteer organization with headquarters in San Francisco, California. Its parent organization is World Family Development & Education Programs, Inc. (WFDEP), a charity which has been incorporated under the California Non-Profit Corporation Law since 1991 and has had tax status under Sec. 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code since 1993. Originally focused on social and mental health work with families in California, in 2006 the Corporation Board of Directors changed its name to more accurately reflect its other charitable activities, particularly including children and families in Afghanistan.

Members of the Board of Directors of WFDEP receive no salaries or expenses as Board Members. The Board meets quarterly in person or by conference call to review the activities of its programs.

Welcome to ...a little help, a charitable organization registered in the US (IRS 501c3) and Afghanistan working to improve the lives of women and girls. We are currently working on grassroots efforts to help women and girls impacted by the continuing instability in Afghanistan. Our donation recipients so far have included schools, clinics, maternity wards, vocational classes and women in prison. The programs page provides detailed program and financial information on all these projects.

Trust in Education, TIE, is a grass-roots organization, providing educational, economic and health care assistance to villages in Afghanistan. We inform and enlist Americans to become directly involved in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. We serve as a tie between Afghan villages and American communities, and win hearts and minds in both.

The Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents the west coast premiere of The Great Game: Afghanistan, now through November 7 only.