SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT

Aim

Help us support those in Afghanistan that are affected by this rapidly developing emergency.

To support Turquoise Mountain, please go to www.turquoisemountain.org/donate.

Update April 2022: With many thanks to all of you, we will now be concluding this Crowdfunder campaign. We are profoundly grateful to the over 6,300 supporters whose generosity has allowed us to continue our work in Afghanistan from the darkest days last August through the uncertainty of the last few months, and up to the present moment with its continuing challenges. Your support has meant an enormous amount to all of us at Turquoise Mountain – and we have exceeded our initial fundraising goal many times over with the help of so many friends, new and old. 

Update February 2022: 

In this moment of extreme difficulty for Afghanistan, we are making a real difference in the lives of thousands of Afghan families. Thank you for your support in making that possible. 

Afghanistan is plunging into an ever deeper crisis. With the combination of ongoing political upheaval, and growing famine rooted in drought and exacerbated by recent turmoil and the usual harsh winter, nearly all of the families we work with are struggling. But the communities we work with are also incredibly resilient, and with your generous support, and the hard work and dedication of our over 200 Afghan staff, we are finding ways to continue to provide much-needed services – in health, education, and food distribution.  

The current economic crisis is having a particularly devastating impact on the weaver and artisan communities with whom we work. With your support, we have been distributing emergency food supplies to the families of weavers with whom we have worked for years. This effort has focused initially on Bamiyan in Afghanistan’s central highlands, where food insecurity is particularly severe (due to roads blocked by weather, temperatures ranging from -5C to -20C, fragile supply chains, and inflation and rising prices in local markets). We have already been able to reach people during the heart of a harsh and challenging winter – and these efforts will continue over the next six months. We have so far distributed a family package consisting of food staples and blankets to weaver households in Bamiyan (all on the basis of a needs-based assessment so that we could understand exactly what families want and need). These are weavers we usually work with, and due to the current political upheaval and closure of Kabul airport, fewer new carpet orders have been able to put into production. This unfortunately results in limited salaries for weavers (who are majority women and often breadwinners). 

In addition, your generosity has allowed us to continue to run our primary schools and community health clinic – providing much needed healthcare to individuals in extreme need. 

Thank you so much again for your compassion, empathy and generosity.

Previous updates:

Thank you all so much for your support. There is still much that is uncertain in Afghanistan but it is very clear that so many communities desperately need our help. We are currently focused on emergency food and other supply distribution, healthcare services for children and families, and support for the individuals and communities for whom we are currently responsible. As we move forward we will share further details of how we spend the funds you have all so generously contributed, but for now we can only say thank you again – we are doubling our target as it is clear that further support than we had initially expected will be desperately needed. Thank you. (August 16)

Thank you so much to the many supporters who have contributed so far - we’ve been truly astonished by your generosity and are raising our target so we can support the maximum number of people in our community in Afghanistan. (August 14)

With international troop withdrawal and growing violence across the country, Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian crisis.

Turquoise Mountain has been working in Afghanistan for over 15 years, and we work with a community that includes 200 dedicated staff, over 4,000 talented artisans, hundreds of students at our vocational training institute and primary schools, and thousands of families that visit our health clinic. They are our collective family, and we want to do everything we can to help and support them.  

They need support now more than ever.  

This is a rapidly developing emergency – while individuals cannot alter the course of political events across the world, you can make a real difference in the lives of the thousands of Afghans we work with. 

We have an established network of programs and staff and can provide support swiftly and effectively – even during a crisis.  

Donations of any amount will be gratefully received.

Thank you so much for your support at this critical moment.

Donation Details:

To make a tax deductible US donation to the 501c3 Turquoise Mountain Foundation go to www.turquoisemountain.org/donate - this will still be counted towards this project!

UK donations are eligible for Gift Aid.

To make a tax deductible US donation to the 501c3 Turquoise Mountain Foundation go to www.turquoisemountain.org/donate - this will still be counted towards this project!

If you have questions about supporting this effort via a donor-advised fund, US tax-deductible contributions, or anything else, please contact [email protected].

This project successfully funded on 10th September 2021