Afghan business student in Dubai shows charity begins at home

An Afghan student in Dubai who has always been motivated by the thought of serving his country has taken it upon himself to extend a helping hand to hundreds of people displaced by conflict back home.

Zubair Massoud, 24, a business student at the American University in Dubai, will be heading back to Afghanistan with bigger goals than merely graduating and finding a job.

Massoud was looking at different ways to serve his country until he finally decided to open his own charity organisation in Afghanistan focused on helping war victims and their families.

Massoud says that, amid an escalation of clashes between the Taliban and the Afghan National Army (ANA) in the last few months, thousands of people have been forced to leave their villages and homes to find somewhere safe to stay. Many end up in the capital, Kabul, where they take refuge in camps, with almost all of them lacking basic needs.

“Two months ago, clashes between the Taliban and the ANA reached a peak and thousands of people were forced to leave their homes. They had no food or money, many had to go begging for someone to help them, and this is when I finally decided to open the charity organisation in Kabul called Zubair Massoud Foundation,” he says.

Original article by Mary Achkhanian

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Afghan business student in Dubai shows charity begins at home