- l ater al ▁and ▁multi - l ater al ▁institutions ▁and ▁trust s ▁and ▁found ations . ▁Rec ent ▁supp or ters ▁include ▁the ▁F MO , ▁S ida , ▁ ▁Johnson ▁& ▁Johnson ▁Corpor ate ▁Cit iz ens hip ▁Trust , ▁N ationale ▁Post code ▁L oter ij ▁and ▁Vo xt ra ▁( ph il anth rop ic ▁foundation ▁based ▁in ▁Os lo , ▁Norway ). ▁Hand ▁in ▁Hand ▁Afghan istan ▁also ▁received ▁a ▁US ▁$ 1 . 1 6 ▁million ▁( € 8 4 0 ▁K ) ▁grant ▁from ▁the ▁European ▁Union . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Hand ▁in ▁Hand ▁Afghan istan ▁was ▁set ▁up ▁with ▁Se ema ▁Gh ani ▁as ▁chair . ▁On ▁ 1 9 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Gh ani ▁gave ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁the ▁BBC ▁about ▁the ▁economic ▁challeng es ▁facing ▁Afghan istan ▁and ▁how ▁job ▁creation ▁will ▁help ▁solve ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁challeng es . ▁She ▁also ▁gave ▁an ▁interview ▁to ▁For bes ▁magazine ▁regarding ▁the ▁positive ▁effect ▁of ▁micro - bus iness es ▁on ▁Afghan istan . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Hand ▁in ▁Hand ▁has ▁organ ised ▁an ▁annual ▁Social ▁Enter prise ▁Program ▁( SE P ). ▁The ▁course ▁show cases ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁social ▁entrepr ene urs ▁in ▁reducing ▁pover ty . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Hand ▁in ▁Hand ▁International ' s ▁board ▁of ▁trust ees ▁included ▁Per cy ▁Bar ne vik ▁( H on or ary