Afghanistan Projects
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The Foundation currently relies on an indigenous non-government organization, the Welfare Association for Development of Afghanistan (WADAN), to provide critical advice and oversee its work. To learn more about WADAN, please use the link below:
Welfare Association for Development of Afghanistan
Current Projects
In the United States, the Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation supports a number of male and female Afghan exchange students.
The Foundation partially funds the food, fuel, and clothing needs of fifty orphans in Wardak and staff members charged with educating, nurturing and protecting these victims of conflict. Currently the Foundation is replacing a deep water well for the orphanage. Past donations purchased arable land in Baghlan to supply food and a flock of sheep to lay the groundwork for economic self sufficiency for the orphanage.
WADAN will continue to advise the Foundation on the best way to support its Logar school and those villagers who were killed and injured in the July attack. It recently provided financial support for those families who lost children or were made destitute as a result of a 2009 July bombing.
The Foundation is serving as a conduit for funds for one of its Afghan exchange student who is raising funds to supply tricycles to disabled victims of landmine or bombing attacks.
The Foundation will act as a conduit of funds and a source of support for an Afghan exchange student who is raising funds for a projected school library in Bamyan province. The Shuhada Organization will direct all aspects of the project.
In both Afghanistan and the United States, our hope is to contribute to a new generation of citizens and leaders capable of devising solutions to complex problems.
Past Projects
The Foundation provided technical assistance to SOLA. It is now a corporation and has completed its application for 501c3 status in the United States. SOLA provides vocational and educational support services to returning Afghan exchange students and those who wish to come to the US for educational opportunities.
The Foundation acted as a conduit for funds for The Afghan Women’s Writing Project which is aimed at allowing Afghan women to have a direct voice in the world, not filtered through male relatives or members of the media.
The Foundation was contacted by physicians and other medical staff serving in the US military at Bagram who treated Razia, a young child who was seriously injured during a conflict between insurgents and US troops. The Foundation transferred all donations to those responsible for her care according to instructions it received.
During the summer of 2009 the Foundation joined with other US non-profits and individuals to raise funds for earthquake victims in Nangahar. Those funds were distributed by WADAN, the Foundation's Afghanistan indigenous non-governmental organization that guides its work and accounts for its expenditures.
The Foundation constructed a 26 room K-8 school in the province of Logar. The school was conveyed to the government of Afghanistan and dedicated in April 2006. Last year the Foundation funded the construction of two bathrooms for staff members, a septic system and piped water to the interior of the building.
During the spring of 2006, it also completed second smaller project: a well, reservoir and water distribution system in a village in Kunar. Former Afghanistan Deputy Interior Minister, Shamahmood Miakhel, supervised both projects.