A two-week December 2006, fundraising campaign — "Let's Keep Afghanistan Warm For The Winter" — organized by the Bayat Foundation and run from December 11 to December 20, 2006, raised $131,000 dollars from the international community for the Afghan people. That amount was matched dollar for dollar by the Bayat Foundation, to total more than $262,000, with an additional $40,000 in out-of-pocket expenses for transportation of personnel and delivery of products was paid for by the Foundation.
Included among the aid distributed to provinces across the country were winter aid packages that included tents, blankets, flour, oil, coal, winter caps, hooded sweatshirts, and — in certain places — medical intervention. In all, the 15 provinces which received various levels of aid were:
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300 families in Badakshan
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350 families in Faryab
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1,200 families in Bamyan
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400 families in Daikondi
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400 families in Uruzgan
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1,000 families in Herat
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250 families in Ghor
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410 families in Farah
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1,500 families in Badghis
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210 families in Barik Ab-Parwan
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100 families in Taliqan
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400 families in Panjwaee Khandahar
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174 families in Kabul
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150 families in Shindand district in Herat
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150 families in Daman district in Khandahar
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Rough terrain, bad road and winter weather conditions in Afghanistan made delivering the materials to some of these provinces extremely difficult. For example, it took about 28 days to get the products delivered from Kabul to Daikondi province.
Bayat Foundation would like to thank everyone who contributed and made these donations possible.
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