Campaigns

Giving Tuesday is December 3rd 2024 and aligns with Friends of Afghanistan’s Year-End Season of Giving Campaign. FoA, your RPCV Alumni organization, depends on your membership renewals and generous donations to empower our continuing outreach to the people of our Peace Corps host nation, Afghanistan. You can make an online donation using the links on this page or look for the return mailing envelope included with your print copy of Afghan Connections in your mailbox.

Champions of the Golden Valley!

Friends of Afghanistan (FoA) has recently launched a $5K matching funds campaign, a significant step in our mission to expand awareness of the Peace Corps Third Goal Pledge. This initiative, led by our fellow officer and cultural adviser, Baktash Ahadi, leverages the power of filmmaking to double the impact of your contribution. Every
dollar you donate will be matched, effectively doubling the impact of your support. By supporting this campaign, you are helping FoA and playing a crucial role in a large-scale
National Peace Corps Association-wide initiative to promote our Third Goal commitment to foster intercultural understanding, interpersonal friendship, and world peace.

Dear FoA Member and All Friends of Afghanistan, שָׁלוֹם, سلام, мир,

With Giving Tuesday nearing and your end-of-year charitable priorities in mind, please ensure that your RPCV organization, Friends of Afghanistan (FoA,) is among your considerations as we approach the Holidays and the New Year. However robust or modest, your contribution gives us direct reach into Kabul, Mazar, Jalalabad, Herat, and rural and provincial Afghanistan.

As you read this plea, America is ending our twenty-year mission in Afghanistan. We RPCVs and other Friends of Afghanistan know that the children and grandchildren of our former colleagues and students will become Taliban targets and pay a steep price following our departure. We sincerely ask that you support our SIV-2021 initiative and help us bring eligible SIV awardees to safety in the United States. 

Friends of Afghanistan, EIN: 46-4928009, is a recognized 501 c (3) Charity.  Your donation may qualify as a tax deduction under IRS rules. 

 You may also direct all other donation or fund transfers to FoA's Treasurer at the following address: 

FoA c/o Terry Dougherty

 4415 Piazza Circle

 Fort Wayne IN 46804
 

The famine in Afghanistan is continuing to spread nationwide and put millions of people at risk of starvation. Donations to this fund will be used to supply famine relief through Friends of Afghanistan NGO partners in Afghanistan.

Since the fall of the Afghan Government to the Taliban, FoA officers and members have served as coordinators of refugee advisory and support groups around America. We have also continued our coordination with partner organizations in Afghanistan. Our ambitious 2022 assistance programs in the US and Afghanistan are on pace to equal our outstanding efforts of the past two years assisting individuals, families, and small Afghan communities. This year our efforts will save lives.