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UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation CIO).
About Suraya Foundation
A UK charity with a long-term humanitarian commitment.
Suraya Foundation is a Foundation CIO focused on the relief of poverty in Afghanistan through provision for children, with a proposed five-year social-protection programme developed through responsible partnership.
Chairman
Leadership
Lord Davidh Salem
Chairman, Suraya Foundation
Lord Davidh Salem has approximately 15 years' entrepreneurial experience establishing and developing organisations and projects. He studied Law in the UK and completed an MSc in Strategic Business Management. His experience and interests include fintech, money and payment applications, and Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs).
His stated motivation is to apply entrepreneurship, law, strategy and financial-technology experience to a long-term humanitarian contribution.
“Start modestly, work quickly but responsibly, measure everything, and allow evidence to determine how the programme develops.”
Institutional identity
Registration
UK Registered Charity No. 1194751, registered 9 June 2021.
Core focus
Relief of poverty in Afghanistan through provision for children, within the registered purpose.
Responsible collaboration