Kabul, Afghanistan—February 5, 2019—The Bayat Foundation (www.bayatfoundation.org), Afghanistan’s largest, private, non-profit Health, Education and Social Development Organization, announced the successful conclusion of its 12^th Annual Winter Aid Program, which from January 13^th to January 25^th 2019, distributed 156,384 pre-packaged meals, winter jackets and warm winter clothing to at-risk families living in Kabul and the surrounding regions.

Every year, The Bayat Foundation’s Winter Aid Program provides emergency Food and Winter Clothing to thousands of Afghans. The program is a vital part of the Foundation’s family assistance initiatives, which provide Afghan families and children, with meals, clothing, school supplies and other basic necessities.  The pre-packaged meal kits the Foundation provides to families and children in need contain pre-packaged, shelf stable, easily prepared meals that are fortified with proteins, vitamins and other essential nutrients.

Throughout the 2019 Winter Aid Campaign, Dr. Ehsan Bayat, Chairman of The Bayat and Co-Founder of The Bayat Foundation, led a dedicated team of Foundation staff and volunteers from local Mosques and other organizations, to ensure that the food assistance reached the largest possible number of families, children and displaced persons.

In addition to distributing the meal kits, Bayat Foundation staff  provided instructions, on how to prepare the meals, so that each meal kit provided the highest nutritional value to the families and others who received the food assistance.

Working intensely throughout the January 13^th– January 15^th period, The Bayat Foundation distributed food and clothing to people in need at the following locations:

1. Omer Faruq Mosque (13^th District):   21, 600 pre-packaged meals and clothing distributed to District residents.
2. Baqirulolum Mosque (6^th District): 21,600 pre-packaged meals and clothing distributed to District residents.
3. Mullah Ghulam Mosque (1^st District): 26,784 pre-packaged meals and clothing distributed to District residents.
4. Nabi Akram Mosque (6^th District): 21,600 pre-packaged meals and clothing distributed to District residents.
5. Disabled Association (1^st District): 21,600 pre-packaged meals and warm clothing distributed to District residents.
6. Khalid Bin Walid Mosque (5^th District): 21,600 pre-packaged meals and warm clothing distributed to District residents.
7. Hazrat Yunus Mosque (5^th District): 21,600 pre-packaged meals and warm clothing distributed to District residents.

“We want to provide every family, every child—every person in need—with the warm clothing and healthy nutritious meals which are absolutely critical to surviving Afghanistan’s winter season,” said Dr. Ehsan Bayat, Co-Founder of The Bayat Foundation. “The Bayat Foundation will continue to provide Food, Clothing, Education and Healthcare to Afghans; these are the very basic necessities of life that we all need to live, to grow and build a successful future.”