Abdul Halim Khan Foundation
A non-profit, non-political, non-government, voluntary and charitable organization named after the father of the First Lady of Bangladesh, Begum Rashida Khanam, and the Principal of MAHMC, Dr. Naushad Khan. The Foundation provides logistic, corporate, secretarial, managerial and administrative support to President Abdul Hamid Medical College Hospital.
501(c)(3) approved · USA
Government-approved non-profit · Bangladesh
Free medical camps served
Established with the objective of serving the local community of Kishoreganj and its adjacent upazilas — providing free medical services to those who cannot afford care, and financial assistance to students from rural areas whose parents cannot afford the cost of education.
Institutions funded by the Foundation
The Foundation believes education is a fundamental human right and a precondition for a nation’s social and economic development. It provides generous scholarships and financial aid across institutions, and exempts tuition fees for the sons and daughters of freedom fighters.
Feroza MATS & Kishoreganj Science & Medical Technology (KSMT)
These training schools help meet shortages in Bangladesh’s health workforce by producing quality medical technicians. The Foundation provides scholarships and financial aid to their students.
PAHMC medical students
Scholarships and aid go to meritorious, ultra-poor students — in one case fully exempting tuition and hostel fees plus a Tk. 2,000/month stipend. Karimganj district students who score GPA 5 in SSC receive a Tk. 3,000 scholarship each year.
Hospital & operation fee assistance
The Foundation helps poor patients in the community who cannot pay hospital and operation fees, allocating Tk. 100,000–150,000 each year for this purpose.
Social responsibility
Every person and organization should give back to society in its own capacity — work that becomes even more imperative in a country where a significant share of the population lives below the poverty line, and hospital capacity remains critically limited.
Free medical services financed by the Foundation
Health Safety Card
Red and Green “Health Safety Cards” give holders treatment at very low cost, encouraging patients — especially in rural areas — to seek care early rather than waiting until a disease becomes chronic.
Free cataract operation
Cataracts mostly affect senior members of the community and can be treated with a single operation. Camps have already served more than 200 patients, restoring their vision.
Vaginal prolapse camp
Pelvic floor dysfunction affects many women over 55, and is often concealed and left untreated in Bangladesh. PAHMC has treated around 100 patients through dedicated camps.
Club-foot camp
In partnership with Colin Macfarlane, Director of the Glancoe Foundation, twenty children with club-foot deformity were successfully treated.
Cleft lip & cleft palate
A free cleft lip operation camp was arranged for marginal communities who often lack the awareness or means to treat these highly treatable conditions.
Seminar on autism & its management
Held 15 June 2015 at PAHMC, with a keynote by Dr. Sultana Jahan (University of Missouri, USA) followed by one-to-one sessions with autistic patients, raising local awareness of the condition.
IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter
Issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on 17 August 2017, confirming Abdul Halim Khan Foundation Inc. as a tax-exempt public charity under IRC Section 501(c)(3), effective 9 January 2017.
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