Bayat Foundation once again distributed winter aid packages of food and non-food items to dozens of needy families in the western area of Kabul.

The packages include flour, rice, cooking oil and warm clothes.

Foundation officials said that the purpose of providing aid is to address the needs of families who are facing extreme hardship, including poverty and hunger during the winter season.

“Foundation aid distribution which we have started for winter, we had previously distributed in Ghazni, Ghor and Kunduz provinces. In the same way, today we are in Kabul city and distributing winter aid to needy families.

“The list of these people was already prepared by the Bayat Foundation team, for whom food items including flour, cooking oil, rice and also non-food items including clothes, socks and blankets are distributed, and our assistance will be distributed to the needy and to migrants in other provinces as well,” said Haji Mohammad Ismail, deputy head of Bayat Foundation.

The needy families who have benefited from the assistance expressed their gratitude for the Bayat Foundation’s donations and said they need more help.

“I am a widow, they helped me, may God help them, and I am very grateful to Bayat Foundation,” said one of the aid recipients.

“I am very grateful for the help of Bayat Foundation,” said another aid recipient.

The coordinator of charities in the west of Kabul also welcomed the donations and said it is so important for these types of initiatives especially at this time of year.

“I am grateful that every year Bayat Foundation takes the hands of the poor Afghans, widows, and orphans, especially during the cold season of winter,” said Mohammad Hadi Hani, the coordinator of charities in west of Kabul.

Bayat Foundation helps the needy every winter and those affected by natural disasters. Officials of the foundation in the west zone say that winter relief packages are distributed in other provinces as well.