In early 2020, when Corona Virus spread in Afghanistan and to prevent it, the Ministry of Public Health ordered the quarantine of Afghanistan’s most populous cities, including Kabul (the country’s capital), we with a group of friends, the Board of Trustees, a number of mosque elders Jame and Hosseinieh Shohada, cultural activists and youth gathered together and the initial plan of the Shohada Charity Foundation was dismantled, which was established after many consultations.

Before the establishment of the Shohada Charity Foundation, we had a series of cultural works and cross-sectional assistance for the needy in the previous years. The distribution of this series of aid made us aware of the extreme poverty of the people. We consulted with a group of friends, elders, the wealthy and benefactors to do greater and more organized work to alleviate poverty within the community. In addition, we considered it necessary to distribute these donations from a specific address and channel, which led to the birth of the Shohada Charity Foundation.

Another motivation for establishing the Shohada Charity Foundation was to distribute aid from various addresses to poor families, regardless of their level of poverty and prioritization. Because the benefactors, according to their ability, helped a number of poor people they knew or introduced without examining their living conditions. They also did not have a database of the poor to prioritize among themselves.

Therefore, their aid was distributed indiscriminately and without considering the level of needs. On the other hand, some profiteering families pretended to be poor and received various aids from various addresses, leaving the real poor. These were among the most important components of the establishment of the Shohada Charity Foundation.