SERVE Afghanistan

SERVE Afghanistan (Serving Emergency Relief and Vocational Enterprise) is a Christian charity registered in UK which works in Afghanistan carrying out community development, education and training projects, particularly for Afghans with disabilities.[1]

It was founded in 1972 to help victims of a famine in Ghor in Afghanistan and it was formally registered in 1980 as SERVE. In 2005 the charity transferred all assets to the newly formed charity SERVE Afghanistan.[1]

SERVE Afghanistan is primarily funded by grants from other international charities, and in 2007 had an income of $2.2 million. The largest funders were TEAR UK, TEAR Australia and Kindernothilfe.[1]

Gayle Williams was a member of this group in 2008 when she was murdered in Afghanistan.[2][3]

References
  1. SERVE Afghanistan, Charity Commission, charity number 1105086
  2. UK charity worker killed in Kabul, BBC, 21 October 2008, retrieved 2008-10-23
  3. Charity shuts office after murder, BBC, 21 October 2008, retrieved 2008-10-23
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