Bamyan Foundation

03/17/2026

Only today until matching funds runs out, donate $50 and get matched 50% by GlobalGiving to support Bamyan Foundation's underground schools for girls in Afghanistan. 1,181 girls have benefited from our programs (see our reports associated with the project👇). Help our underground schools and brave teachers continue making education accessible for girls who are otherwise banned from schools. Please donate using the link below.

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/supporting-girls-education-in-afghanistan/

03/15/2026

Please mark you calendar for March 17, 2026.
Little by Little is a four-day crowdfunding campaign from March 17-20 designed to help GlobalGiving nonprofit partners cultivate and energize a robust network of small-dollar donors. All of the three Bamyan Foundation projects are eligible to participate (see link👇). The power of crowdfunding is in our crowd!

All eligible donations up to $50 per unique donor per organization will be matched at 50% during the campaign until funds run out.


https://www.globalgiving.org/donate/47200/bamyan-foundation/

12/02/2025

It’s !
From now until midnight tonight, the more money we raise, the more Bamyan Foundation will get of the of $500,000 in incentive funds from GlobalGiving. Donations of up to $1,000 per donor are double matched as follows: 100% from GlobalGiving’s Safer World Fund and further proportionally matched from the incentive Fund while matching funds remain.

As you may already know, girls and women are banned from schools and universities in Afghanistan by Taliban. With your help, we can continue operating our underground schools for girls in Afghanistan and keep their hopes and dreams alive. Join this global wave of generosity by giving today: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/supporting-girls-education-in-afghanistan/

Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, girls have faced unprecedented barriers to accessing education. Overall, girls' education in Afghanistan is uncertain, unprotected, and highly at-risk on a daily basis, with the context varying dramatically in the marginalized communities...

12/01/2025

Bamyan Foundation issues a statement on the horrific attack on National Guard Service Members in Washington D.C.

09/11/2025

Friends,
Beginning today, your donation of up to $1,000 USD per donor to support Bamyan Foundation's fundraiser 👇will be matched 100% by the generosity of GlobalGiving's Safer World Matching Campaign. The funds raised will support our underground schools for girls in Afghanistan during the next academic year. Safer World Fund was created by a group of family and friends who lost loved ones during the September 11 terrorist attacks. The fund promotes education, healthcare and economic opportunity, especially for women and girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Thanks to the generous matching, a gift of 100 becomes $200 and a donation of $1,000 becomes $2,000. Any amount will have a huge impact.


Please consider making a donation using the link below:

In the blink of an eye, four long years have passed since the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan. These years could have been filled with graduation ceremonies, opportunities, and light, but instead, a shadow of darkness has spread so deeply that, for many, the denial of girls’ education no ...

09/09/2025

Please mark your calendar for September 11, 2025, 9:00 AM ET. Bamyan Foundation is participating in GlobalGiving's Safer World matching campaign to support girls’ education in Afghanistan. 8 vetted organizations are participating and donations up to $1000 USD will be matched 100%. We will provide more updates soon.

07/16/2025

Girls must not be denied an education. Please support Bamyan Foundation's fundraiser to support girl's education at a remote village in Afghanistan. Donations ($100 - $1000) will be matched by GlobalGiving while matching funds remain.

In Afghanistan, behind closed doors and silent walls, girls over sixth grade are being denied the right to learn, to dream, and to shape their own futures. Since the return of the Taliban regime, access to education for girls has been severely restricted, especially beyond primary school. What was o...

07/16/2025

We are also fundraising for the Afghan families stranded at the Afghan-Iran border under the scorching heat. Please consider supporting Bamyan Foundation's fundraiser👇. Donations ($100-$1000) will be matched by GlobalGiving.

Dear friends, These days, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding along Afghanistan’s western borders. The Iranian government is deporting thousands of Afghan families who fled to Iran for safety after the collapse of the Afghan government and the return of the Taliban. The deportations have intensifie...

07/16/2025

Today we are fundraising for three great causes in Afghanistan. Here is one of them.

Please consider supporting our campaign to build a water dam at a remote village in Afghanistan. Your donations ($100-$1,000) to Bamyan Foundation's fundraiser👇 will be matched by the generosity of GlobalGiving's July Bonus day.

Representatives: Engineer Ali Madad Madadi (USA and Canada) Asef Ahmadi (Europe) Ali Rasoli (Australia) Mubarak Moqadas (New Zealand) In Bom (pseudonym) in central Afghanistan, severe drought fueled by climate change has turned fields once lush with wheat and orchards heavy with fruit into barren, c...

12/09/2024

Our Bamyan Foundation colleague and community member Zareen Taj is helping organize a series of workshops in January for women to equip them with critical digital literacy & storytelling skills to voice their unique narratives and stories. Hazara women face higher risks and vulnerability in Afghanistan due to the intersectional factors of gender, race and religion. While all Afghans go through an incredibly difficult time in Afghanistan today, the unique narratives of Hazara women must not be subsumed with the broader and mainstream stories from Afghanistan.
Please consider supporting this crucial initiative. Donations will be matched 50% by GlobalGiving while matching funds remain.

Hazara Women of Afghanistan Share Digital Stories is a groundbreaking hybrid digital empowerment program for refugees/evacuees in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and Malmö, Sweden. Launching in January 2025, it provides Hazara women with digital literacy and storytelling skills, fostering col...

12/03/2024

It’s GivingTuesday

From now until 11:59 PM ET, the more you give, the more we get in bonus funds from GlobalGiving. Help Bamyan Foundation raise $20,000 to support 150 girls in our underground schools in Afghanistan.
Join this global wave of generosity by giving today:

Following their takeover of Kabul, The Taliban embarked on a policy of gender apartheid by banning girls (grades 7-12) and women from schools, universities and employment in Afghanistan. Denying education for girls and women will have dire consequences as they would eventually be excluded from all w...

11/22/2024

Congratulations to our former student Nila Ibrahimi, who was awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize recently! Nila has been a vocal advocate for Afghan women and girls, and has founded Her Story along with her brother Murtaza to provide a voice for other girls from Afghanistan.

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters and creativity of our educators and community leaders on the ground, Bamyan Foundation continues to make education accessible for girls in Afghanistan. Even after Taliban's ban, we were among the first organizations to find a way to provide quality education for girls through our underground schools and especially designed programs.

Nila winning the prestigious award and singing her powerful protest song "Boro bakhair ba maktab" , at the award ceremony brings an enormous amount of joy and meaning to our work at the Foundation.

17-year-old Nila Ibrahimi has won the International Children’s Peace Prize for her work in advocating for Afghan girls