The Bayat Foundation has been a longtime supporter of the Ayenda Learning Center in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, providing funding for things like a new generator and training programs for female students. Founded in 2009, the Ayenda Learning Center provides education and vocational training to 200 orphans who previously lacked access to education. It is located in the impoverished province of Bamiyan. The Bayat Foundation founder oversaw construction of the center's building for free, financed through private donations, in order to bring much-needed support to children in the area.

1. Bayat Foundation Provides Long-Term
Support to Afghan Learning Center
By Afghan Wireless

2. The Bayat
Foundation has
been a longtime
supporter of the
Ayenda Learning
Center.
Bayat Foundation

3. The foundation has
helped to fund
everything from a new
generator for the
center’s computer lab
to a training program
for female high school
and university
students.
Bayat Foundation

4. Founded in 2009, the
Ayenda Learning
Center provides
education and
vocational training to
200 orphans who
previously did not
have access to an
education.
Bayat Foundation

5. The center is located
in Bamiyan, a historic
and picturesque, yet
impoverished Afghan
province.
Ayenda Learning Center

6. Ehsan Bayat, an
engineer and founder
of the Bayat
Foundation, oversaw
the construction of
the two-story building
for free.
Ayenda Learning Center

7. The project was
financed through
private donations
from American
businesses and
individuals.
Ayenda Learning Center

8. Shamim Jawad, the
founder of the Ayenda
Foundation, said on the
opening day of the school
that it would bring much-
needed care and
attention to the children
of Bamiyan, which was
once a center of science
and spirituality in
Afghanistan.
Ayenda Learning Center

9. He added that he hoped
the future would
encourage “peace,
prosperity, and further
opportunities for
education” to the
children of Bamiyan, as
well as Afghanistan as a
whole.
Ayenda Learning Center