WELCOME TO RAQIM FOUNDATION

The Raqim Foundation works to alleviate poverty in Afghanistan. Our aim is to help empower the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan - destitute families, orphans, natural disaster victims - by partnering with local and international NGOs in creating impact projects; and by providing financial assistance, technical assistance and support to grass roots groups, as well as dedicated individuals that are directly involved in implementing community-based development and relief projects.

About Us

Raqim Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, works to alleviate poverty in Afghanistan. Our aim is to help empower the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan by partnering with local and international NGOs in creating impact projects, and by providing financial assistance, technical assistance and support to grass roots groups, as well as dedicated individuals that are directly involved in implementing community-based development and relief projects..

Significance of the Raqim Name

Raqim Foundation is named to honor Mirza Mohammad Hassan Raqim, a poet and a statesman, who was a member of the first democratic movement in Afghanistan aiming to establish a constitutional monarchy in the country during the rein of Amir Habibulah Khan in nearly 1900s. He was jailed for speaking out against the absolute monarchy. He died Continue to read...