Dr. Ehsan Bayat – Economic and Social Development in Afghanistan
Dr. Ehsan Bayat is an Afghan American humanitarian who has earned multiple awards for his philanthropic work in Afghanistan. The Afghan American Chamber of Commerce honored him with the National Human Rights Award for Afghanistan. Dr. Ehsan Bayat is also a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award from the Friends of the South Asian American Communities.… Continue Reading
Turkish and Afghan Firms Set to Activate Afghanistan’s Gas Sector
A newly formed consortium of Afghan and Turkish companies is set to kick-start Afghanistan’s next phase of economic growth by transforming the country’s gas sector. In June 2014, three leading companies joined forces to submit a bid for natural gas exploration,...
Rabia Balkhi – A Legend Honored Today
Supported by its generous donors, the Bayat Foundation has assisted Afghanistan in restoring its social service infrastructure through the construction of schools and orphanages and the provision of vital mobile medical clinics. The foundation counts the restoration...
Fatima Bayat Hospital Expands Hours
Fatima Bayat Hospital, built in 2011 by the Bayat Foundation and located in the south of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, has expanded its hours. The facility, which has seen a 200 percent increase in monthly maternity visits, now will provide 24-hour care, seven days...
Satellite Agreement Another Step in Growing Afghan Telecom
In January of this year, the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT) and European satellite operations company Eutelsat Communications announced a multi-year deal that will reposition a satellite for use by Afghanistan’s burgeoning...
Foundation Seeks to Fight Illiteracy in Afghanistan
The Bayat Foundation, a nonprofit organization established through the generosity of Afghan Wireless Communication Company founder Ehsan Bayat, works to increase the number and quality of hospitals, schools, and other social service institutions in Afghanistan. Among...
Bayat Foundation Leads Afghan Food Drive during Ramadan
The Bayat Foundation works to renovate and construct educational and medical facilities for all of Afghanistan’s people, as well as to provide opportunities for learning and safe havens for the country’s refugees and orphaned children. The foundation and its donors...
