Turquoise Mountain Foundation (HQ)

Turquoise Mountain is a non-profit, non-governmental organization specializing in built heritage,
business development, and education in traditional arts and architecture. We seek to provide jobs, skills,
and a renewed sense of pride in communities, through heritage.

Turquoise Mountain was founded in 2006 by HRH The Prince of Wales to preserve and regenerate historic areas and communities with a rich cultural heritage and to revive traditional crafts, to create jobs, skills and a renewed sense of pride. Since 2006, Turquoise Mountain has restored 150 historic buildings, trained over 6,000 artisans, treated over 136,000 patients at our Kabul family health clinic, graduated hundreds of talented artisans, and supported and generated over $15m in international sales for artisans. Turquoise Mountain has also curated major international exhibitions around the world, from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha to the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. Turquoise Mountain has now helped build more than 50 small businesses in Afghanistan, Myanmar, and the Middle East, supporting a new generation of artisan entrepreneurs.