Our History

Friends of Serve Afghanistan (FOS) was established as a non-profit corporation in the state of Michigan, USA, on July 1, 2021, ID number 802688055. It was exempted from federal income tax as a 501(c)(3) July 6, 2022, effective July 1, 2021. Its Employe ID number is 87-1490678.

The purpose of the corporation/501c3 is to: "…provide support for programs of assistance designed to bring hope to poor and marginalized Afghans by building inclusive sustainable communities through community development and empowering people with disabilities."

We support the work of Serve Afghanistan in Afghanistan.

Serve Afghanistan was initially established in 1972 in response to a famine in Ghor Province, Afghanistan. It disbanded after one and a half years, when the immediate needs were met.

Serve Afghanistan was re-established in 1980, originally working with Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Since the early 1990s, after the Soviet occupation had ended, Serve Afghanistan returned to Afghanistan and it started a school for the deaf (now successfully handed over to the Afghan Government).

It was during this time that Serve Afghanistan also began projects for people with disabilities, community development, literacy, civil engineering and environment.

Serve Afghanistan is currently working in 10 projects in 5 main sectors which are Inclusive Education for disabled children, Livelihood, Community Health, Mother Tongue Literacy and Disaster Management.

Serve Afghanistan is involved in providing relief to the families who are poor or families affected by disasters.

If you would like to find out more about the ongoing work of Serve Afghanistan or if you want to support this work, please get in touch.