PARTNERS

The Children of War (TCOW) is a non-profit organization whose mission focuses on education and empowerment. It provides underprivileged children, young adults, and families in Afghanistan with primary education, nutritious food, and valuable job skills through schools and training programs it operates across the country. These schools follow the curriculum set by the Afghan Ministry of Education.

HRF is grateful for its ongoing partnership with The Children of War, with whom we have been collaborating since 2014. Our latest initiative, the Homaira Rahman Elementary School in Bamyan, Afghanistan, currently serves 150 students, including orphaned boys and girls. In addition, HRF and TCOW have worked together on several impactful projects over the years, including the bread distribution project, the Ramadan Iftar meal program, and various humanitarian &  emergency aid efforts—all aimed at supporting vulnerable communities and combating food insecurity across Afghanistan.

Orphans & Widows Association/Dareecha-e-Noor (OWA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding the most disadvantaged women and orphaned children in Afghanistan. In 2010, HRF established a Learning Center at the OWA school in Kabul. This multi-purpose facility contains a library and computer lab. It provides a space for collaborative and individual study for underserved primary school-aged boys and girls learning English and basic computer skills.

From 2013 to 2021 HRF and OWA jointly funded and operated the Homaira Rahman School, a supplemental school situated in Kabul’s Parwan 3 district. Until its closure the Homaira Rahman School sought to provide a quality education to 100 at risk boys and girls in grades 1-6 and also to nurture their social and emotional well being and resilience.

With the closing of the Homaira Rahman School in Kabul, HRF and OWA will focus solely on the Learning Center and support and amplify each other’s efforts there to boost children’s education and empowerment.