After Afghanistan’s Panjshir Province was hit by deadly avalanches in early March, the Bayat Foundation responded with financial assistance for Afghans.

1. Bayat Foundation Aids Panjshir
Residents after Deadly
Avalanche
By Afghan Wireless

2. The Bayat Foundation
● The Bayat Foundation, which was founded
by Ehsan and Fatema Bayat in 2005, has
worked with more than 200 projects that
have helped Afghans in need.

3. ● After Afghanistan’s Panjshir Province was
hit by deadly avalanches in early March, the
Bayat Foundation responded with financial
assistance for Afghans.
● In addition, the foundation offered local
residents help in establishing
communication.
Avalanches in Panjshir Province

4. Consequences
● While avalanches are a regular occurrence in
north Afghanistan, Panjshir Province had not
experienced one of this magnitude in nearly 30
years.
● Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reported that
almost 300 people died as a result of snow and
flooding, with avalanches reaching as high as 130
feet.
● Most of the fatalities were in the Panjshir
Valley, where people became trapped in the
snow.

5. ● The Bayat Foundation donated $100,000 to
provide immediate relief to people affected
by the avalanche in Panjshir Province,
which is about 60 miles north of Kabul.
● Ehsan Bayat’s telecommunications
company, Afghan Wireless Communication
Company, also sent mobile base stations
and networking equipment to open
communication with people in remote
villages where snow blocked the roads.
The Bayat Foundation’s
Donations