How & Why We Started
Dear Supporter,
Helping Hand Foundation was inspired by a 2009 & 2011 trip that I made to Afghanistan. I met repatriated refugee families who lived on less than $1 per day, spent winters in tents or holes dug underground, and whose villages routinely lost ten to fifteen children to the elements
every winter. As a father myself, I was overwhelmed and heartbroken to witness such suffering.
I decided, when I returned to the U.S., that I would make an effort to advocate for these people and improve their conditions.
The refugees I met did not ask for charity. They were a resilient, hard-working, and resourceful people, eager to rebuild their country and put the dark past behind them. What they asked for was access to some very basic resources, shelter and education
foremost among them, so they could work to fulfill their own dreams and hopes. Our Foundation's goal is to provide the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine. and other countries. -women, children, and refugees- with the opportunity to do just that. I know that providing them with shelter and access to education will give them a sense of control over their lives and allow them to begin rebuilding their broken country.
Please join me in this effort.
Thank you,
Wise Nadjib
Meet The Team
Wise Nadjib
President and Founder
Wise Nadjib is President and CEO of the Helping Hand Foundation (HHF), where he oversees the agency’s humanitarian relief operations in more than 11 war-affected countries and its refugee resettlement and assistance programs in over 15 United States cities.
Under Nadjib’s leadership, the HHF has expanded its ability to rapidly respond to humanitarian crises and meet the needs of an unprecedented number of people uprooted by conflict, war and disaster. The organization is implementing an ambitious global strategy to bring clear outcomes, strong evidence and systematic research to the humanitarian programs through collaborative partnerships with the public and private sectors.
From 1996 to 2013, Nadjib was the founder and CEO of BK Line, a leading manufacturer of adhesive paper products in the promotional products industry as an ASI supplier in Northern America.
Nadjib’s university business degree is from Germany graduating in 1988.
His accomplishments include being a school board member at Hughes Elementary Lake Elizabeth School as a leader and very active in his role.
Mr Nadjib became a 6th Dan Tae Kwon Do Master. He continues to teach martial arts at the elementary, high school and adult levels.
Nadjib’s parents moved from Afghanistan to Germany in 1968 to pursue their final education ambitions, where Nadjib’s growing years continued through high school and higher education. He brings a personal commitment to the HHF work. Now he lives in Los Angeles with his wife Salma Nadjib and five children.
In 2022, Mr. & Mrs. Nadjib founded the Helping Hand Foundation (HHF). HHF seeks to actively engage the public and private sectors, individuals, organizations, corporations and government ministries, as well as the international aid community in our collaborative efforts to meet the critical humanitarian needs and assist in the reconstruction of Afghanistan and other countries.
Salma Nadjib
Co-Founder
Salma is the Co-Founder of Helping Hand Foundation and wife of Wise Nadjib. Salma is a 2003 graduate from University of California Irvine and received her degree in Business Administration in 2007. From 2007 to present she works as a Senior Manager at Dunlop Property Management in Southern California.
Ahmad Fahim Ayub
IT Director
Fahim’s extensive IT experience has made him an invaluable member of the operations team at Helping Hand Foundation. Fahim has over a decade of experience in IT support, website development, e-commerce, digital marketing and hardware management. Fahim passionately helps non-profit organizations and communities with the skills he continuously develops.
Mujtaba Zemarai
Vice-president of Global Operations
Mujtaba Zemarai was born in Kabul, Afghanistan.
He graduated with a degree in Political Science and Marketing at the Political Science University of Kabul, Afghanistan. Has 7 years of work experience in administrative, financial offices, and aid organizations.
Suneta Ayub
Fundraising Director
Suneta Ayub has a degree in science and uses her knowledge in the science of medicine. Additionally, Suneta's experience and expertise in the medical field is a very valuable asset to Helping Hand Foundation.
M. B. Zemari
Director of Operations - South Asia
M. B. Zemari graduated with a degree in Journalism at the University of Kabul, Afghanistan in 1986. From 1986 to the present time he has served as media communications director in the television industry.
Murtaza Zemarai
Social Media Director
Murtaza Zemarai completed his undergraduate work at Osman Waris University, Kabul, Afghanistan. His Post-Graduate pursuit is currently at RANA University in their Computer Science Department, specializing in Information Technology.
MEET OUR ADVISORY BOARD
& CONSULTANTS
Hamed Nadjib
Advisory Board Member for Helping Hand Foundation since 2020
Hamed has been working as an aviation engineer in Germany for 22 years. Since 2020, he has been a volunteer HHF Senior Consultant for Afghanistan in the field capacity building for education.
Khaled Nasim Assir
Advisory Board Member for Helping Hand Foundation since 2020
Khaled speaks multiple languages fluently. He Graduated in Germany as a linguistics expert. He has been actively involved as an HHF foreign senior consultant.