The Interregional Associaction of Public Organizations (IAPO) “Arraid” (“pioneering” in translation from Arabic) was founded in 1997. For 10 years of its existence the Association united on the basis of possessing relations social organizations in more than ten regions of Ukraine, and its activity is spread almost in every region of Ukraine. That is why in 2007 was registered All-Ukrainian association “Alraid”, which is “Arraid’s” successor.

“Alraid” Association is a non-profit organization involved in cultural, educational and charitable activities, providing aid for Ukrainian citizens irrespective of their religion, confession or race.

The Association’s aims are as follows:

1. teaching universal human values like goodness, compassion, humanism and justice, healthy life style and tolerance, upbringing of a moral individual;
2. arranging charitable actions, rendering social aid for the needy, tutorial;
3. activity in medical sphere;
4. educative youth work;
5. cultural and teaching activities.

No wonder that in the course of its activity the Association became not only an important organization, but also a trustworthy one in the eyes of private and public sponsors and attract considerable sponsor funds from several countries of the Middle East and some countries of the Eropean Union.