The UN in 🇦🇫 reiterate their commitment to #StayAndDeliver aid to millions of people in need. While some personnel has temporarily been relocated, the majority of humanitarians remain to support in line with humanitarian principles.
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“I am proud of my job and my family is proud of me too” - Tahera is one of 1,500 female front line workers to end #polio in #Afghanistan.
Despite Afghanistan being world’s largest & most severe humanitarian crisis, the 2023 appeal has received less than 5% of its requirement, making it the lowest funded aid operation globally. Without urgent resources, millions of pple risk missing out on lifesaving aid, incl. food
🗺️SHAKE MAP: seismic intensity scale (Mercalli) from today's 5.9 magnitude #earthquake.
🔴At only 10km depth, it was felt strongly in areas in red below, where damages & casualties are most likely concentrated.
🆘Life-saving search and rescue efforts are ongoing.
#Afghanistan
Time is running out before Afghan families are exposed to the harsh winter.
79% of households live in shelters that need repair; 79% do not have adequate access to heating & 56% do not have winter clothes for children.
Yet, a 77% funding gap remains: reliefweb.int/attachments/30
🔹27,000 people have been displaced following recent fighting in the district of Balkhab in Sar-e-Pul
🔹Humanitarian partners are preparing to provide food, tent and other supplies to more than 10,000 people in Balkhab and 6,000 in Bamyan
🔗unocha.org/story/daily-no
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🚨#Afghanistan #Earthquake
A 6.1 M earthquake struck in the early hours of this morning near the city of Khost in southeastern Afghanistan.
The most affected areas are in Spera District in Khost Province, and Barmala, Ziruk, Naka and Gayan districts in Paktika Province.
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With two-thirds of Afghanistan’s population now requiring life-saving aid, the safe, meaningful & unhindered participation of all female humanitarian workers is more urgently needed than ever.
🔗 2023 Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs Overview:
It is not only education that Afghan females are being shut out of but increasingly humanitarian work.
For more information on the challenges facing female Afghan aid workers, and what needs to be done to address them, see here: bit.ly/3LqZ5oM
The rights of Afghan women & girls must be respected & not rolled back.
Women have the right to directly receive aid whatever the circumstances & their needs must be understood & prioritized.
More than ever, women & girls in need of urgent aid require our support & solidarity.
Banning women aid workers has immediate life-threatening consequences for all Afghans. The ban comes at a time when over 28M people require aid to survive as the country grapples with risk of famine conditions, economic decline, entrenched poverty & a brutal winter.
#IASC
🚨Press Release: UN and Partners Launch Plans to Help 28 Million People in Acute Need in Afghanistan and the Region
📄Available in English, Pashto, Dari, Arabic, and French: reliefweb.int/report/afghani
#InvestInHumanity
#DidYouKnow ?
1. The # of people who need aid almost doubled in 1 year
2. Millions of people face food insecurity and malnutrition
3. Hundreds of thousands of people are conflict displaced
9️⃣things you need to know about the crisis in #Afghanistan:
28.3 million people in Afghanistan need life-saving aid in 2023 – that’s a 350% increase in just five years.
Economic decline, climate change, hunger and the effects of conflict have all driven needs higher and higher.
2023 Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs Overview coming soon👇
🚨Emergency Earthquake Appeal for US$110M to assist 362,000 people in already vulnerable districts hit by #AfghanistanEarthquake's wide-scale destruction.
📹"Look at this street. Look at this village. It's all destroyed."
🔗reliefweb.int/report/afghani #Afghanistan
People in #Afghanistan are in dire need.
90% of population do not have enough to eat.
78% of households have taken on debt to survive.
More than 50% require humanitarian assistance.
We must act now!
🚨Afghanistan in 2023:
• 28.3M people need aid
• 20M people face acute hunger
• 6M people - a step away from famine
• 4M children & women face acute malnutrition
• 30/34 provinces face extreme water shortages
• $4.62B is required to help 23.7M people
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Good morning from #Kabul, #Afghanistan! This week's pic of of the Minaret of Jam, a World Heritage site located in #Ghor.
🚨Press Release: and #humanitarian partners scale up life-saving response to crisis in #Afghanistan
and call on all donors to urgently turn pledges into reality
↘️reliefweb.int/report/afghani
Did you know that #Afghanistan is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to #ClimateCrisis? “Climate change is out of control,” warned as the Northern Hemisphere battles record #heatwaves. Here⬇️4 things you need to know about climate change in #Afghanistan
🚨In #Afghanistan, while food aid – supported by a timely and generous donor response – has averted famine, the risk remains with 6 million people a step away.
We don’t have any time to lose.
#InvestInHumanity
🔗humanitarianaction.info/article/afghan
Today, on #IWD2022, we thank all female aid workers across Afghanistan for their life-saving work despite the challenges they continue to face.
Female aid workers must be supported to access communities freely for an inclusive humanitarian response to women and girls in need.
Humanitarian needs have spiked exponentially from 6.3M people in 2019 to 28.3M people in 2023 & so did the severity. Some 6M people face emergency levels of food insecurity - a step away from famine. This is one of the world’s highest figures in absolute terms.
Amid an increasingly complex operating environment, in which Afghan women have been banned from working for national & international NGOs & the UN, funding for the #Afghanistan appeal has dried up. This comes at a time when the country is at the highest risk of famine in 25 yrs.
Women must be enabled to play a critical role in all aspects of life, including the humanitarian response. Their participation must be both respected and safeguarded. #Afghanistan
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The rights of women and girls, and of minorities in Afghanistan, are seriously under threat.
Necessary steps must be taken to ensure an inclusive humanitarian response where all aid workers, including women, are free to perform their life-saving work.
reliefweb.int/report/afghani
The ‘mahram requirement’ – that is, the reqt that Afg women traveling beyond 72km must be accompanied by a male relative – has serious & far-reaching implications for both women and men.
Read more details about its impact on humanitarian action here: bit.ly/3LqZ5oM
In 2016, a record 650,000+ people were internally displaced due to conflict in #Afghanistan, approx 38% more than in 2015. #idps
“When I grow up, I want to be…” Female staff are key to every aspect of humanitarian action in Afghanistan. They are teachers, nutrition experts, team leaders, community health workers, vaccinators, nurses, doctors & heads of organizations. unocha.org/story/women%E2
Temperatures will plummet as low as -35°C across parts of #AFG this weekend. Humanitarian partners are providing winterization support to families, incl heating, cash for fuel & warm clothes, but distributions have been severely impacted by the DFA ban on female NGO aid workers.
📺WATCH: 's reports from the ground in Kabul, #Afghanistan
🗨️"It's going to get bitterly cold here just when people are at their most vulnerable...we need to be providing humanitarian assistance before it is too late."
ℹ️ news.un.org/en/story/2021/
From yesterday's daily noon briefing: To date, nearly 390,000 people have been newly displaced by conflict across #Afghanistan, with a huge spike since May
See full briefing: unocha.org/fr/node/957076
“#COVID19 is the new frontline for Afghanistan,” said today at the border between Afghanistan and Iran
Three months ago, today a devastating earthquake struck #Afghanistan’s south-eastern region killing 1,000 people & destroying 14,000 homes.
As winter sets in, those who survived, along with the communities who lost their homes and livelihoods, more than ever need our support.
Today, on International Day for Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action, we remember both the lives lost and the lives forever changed by explosive contamination.
Since 1989, almost 57K Afghan civilians have been killed or injured by landmines & explosive remnants of war & 1/2
🇮🇹 Grazie!
💶The Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) has received EUR 10.7M (US$12M) from the Government of #Italy.
🆘Your support enables life-saving and rapid humanitarian action at a critical time for millions of Afghans.
ℹ️unocha.org/afghanistan/ab
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🚨Afghan female humanitarian workers are facing severe difficulties participating in humanitarian action across #Afghanistan.
Read more about how the Taliban takeover has negatively affected their involvement in humanitarian work in our latest report:
🔗reliefweb.int/report/afghani
Despite the extremely challenging operating environment, aid agencies in #Afghanistan are on the ground trying to deliver life-saving assistance to millions of people. NNGOs and INGOs have been – and continue to be – at the forefront of these efforts.
More than halfway through the year, the Afghanistan HRP is only 40% funded at $1.8 billion of the $4.4 billion required, impacting partners’ ability to provide full aid packages.
Funding is urgently required to meet gaps, and as winter approaches.
#StayAndDeliver #AFGweareonit
Good morning from #Kabul, #Afghanistan! This week's pic is of the stunning Timur Shah Mausoleum, one of Kabul's oldest historic sites.
“It is difficult to overestimate the gravity of the situation in Afghanistan.
It is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world today.
Two-thirds of the population – 28 million – need humanitarian assistance this year to survive.”
Read the statement➡️bit.ly/3pa0atZ
Welcoming adoption by the UNSC of a humanitarian exception in the UN sanctions regime applicable in Afghanistan.
This milestone decision will enable urgently needed humanitarian action to save lives and livelihoods.
Read 's full statement
reliefweb.int/report/afghani
Due to decades of war, #Afghanistan has one of the highest levels of explosive ordnance contamination in the world.
In 2023, some $18.3M is needed for survey, explosive ordnance disposal, landmine clearance, risk edu. & survivor support to assist 1.4M of the 4.9M pple in need.
In #Afghanistan, more than 700 children were killed & injured as a result of landmines, explosive remnants of war & improvised explosive devices in 2022. This is an average of two children every day.
#ACTtoProtect #MineActionCannotWait
#POCWEEK2023
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If girls cannot access education or are limited in their educational trajectory, their ability to access healthcare, public services, employment and economic opportunities will be severely impacted, both now and in the future.
#InternationalGirlsinICTDay
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
Good morning from #Kabul, #Afghanistan! This week's pic is of Mes Aynak, an ancient Buddhist complex in Logar. (Pic: Simon Norfolk).
Women aid workers in #Afg. access populations that their male colleagues cannot reach & are critical to safeguarding the communities we serve. They save lives. Their participation in aid delivery is not negotiable & must continue.
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Good morning from #Kabul, #Afghanistan! This week's pic is from #Nimroz, one of the country's most remote provinces (by @orianezereh).
This winter in #Afghanistan was harsh & cold ❄️🌨️ with many families struggling to survive these difficult months.
From October 2019 to March 2020, distributed 2⃣1⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ tons of #food and disbursed💲1⃣.6⃣ M to help 1⃣.5⃣ M ♀️ & ♂, girls & boys get through winter.
Read statement from strongly condemning yesterday's heinous attack on in Baghlan, northern Afghanistan.
Heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased and wishes for a speedy and full recovery to the injured.
humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.huma
Thank you🙏Sweden 🇸🇪
Sweden’s very generous contribution to the #Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund constitutes the first donor support received in 2023. It enables continuation of live-saving assistance, for all people of Afghanistan, and those needing it most.
#InvestInHumanity
“We are dead and yet alive” laments one young female Afghan aid worker following the recent announcements by the de-facto authorities banning women from attending university & working for NGOs.
Read more about the devastating impact of decrees here; bit.ly/3vSShcu
Kubra, 45, who was displaced with her family of five due to the drought now lives in a newly-built house in Bamyan after receiving shelter support.
Humanitarians are scaling up efforts to provide much-needed assistance to families in need like Kubra’s ahead of harsh winter.
Yesterday's 6.5 magnitude earthquake in #Badakhshan Province has killed 5 people, injured 58 more & damaged or destroyed around 665 houses across Badakhshan, Bamyan, Panjshir, Parwan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Samangan & Takhar provinces. 1/2
“It is unconscionable for civilians to be targeted indiscriminately as they go about their daily business, gathering for prayers, going to school or the market, or on their way to work." Said
🚨HC statement on today’s attack in Kabul
🔗reliefweb.int/report/afghani
Funding for the Afghanistan appeal is drying up putting millions of lives at risk. Already, the food basket has had to be cut to half due to insufficient resources. If funding is not urgently secured, millions of Afghans will be staring down the barrel of famine, disease & death.
📣PRESS: Humanitarian Coordinator Concludes Mission to Earthquake-Affected Areas
🗨️“Yesterday’s visit reaffirmed to me both the extreme suffering of people in #Afghanistan and their tremendous resolve in the face of great adversity.”
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↘️reliefweb.int/report/afghani
With adequate funding, humanitarian partners can reduce large-scale hunger, prevent disease outbreaks & reduce the chances of women dying giving birth. The price of doing nothing has never been higher.
Timely funding is needed to support people in need.
In just three years, the proportion of Afghans estimated to be living in extreme poverty has risen from 47% to a staggering 97%.
Declining incomes, rising prices and the recent liquidity crisis have all contributed to this ignominious figure.
We must act now.
#EndPoverty
Humanitarian actors are providing vital assistance to flood-affected families in seven districts in Maidan Wardak Province after heavy rains killed 30 people & injured 25 more on 23 July. Some 400 houses were also destroyed & 600 partially damaged in the flooding. ½
“If you educate a woman, you educate the nation.” says Aisha,* a female humanitarian aid worker from Afghanistan.
Read full story here:⬇️
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Today on #WorldHealthDay and every other day, Dr. Nasir is fighting to stem the #COVID19 outbreak in Afghanistan
Show your support to 🇦🇫 health workers by sharing:
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🇬🇧Thank you to the people of the UK and for an additional GBP 10M (USD 13.8M) to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF).
🆘Two allocations last month going to health clinics, winterization responses, and to humanitarian airbridge.
#InvestInHumanity
Afghan families are living on a knife edge, struggling to put food on the table.
Between 2019 & 2022, their average debt increased sixfold from $114 to $687.
We cannot afford to look the other way. We must stand with them & continue to dig deep on their behalf.
🚨More than half of the population in #Afghanistan requires humanitarian assistance to survive.
In 2022, humanitarians requested $4.4 billion to help 22 million people, but 9 months after the world's largest annual country appeal was launched, the HRP is only 43% funded.
Providing critical humanitarian aid to #Afghan people, women staff are at the forefront of efforts to find solutions for Afghans affected by four decades of conflict & persecution, including millions of refugees and internally displaced people.
#UNHCR #Afghanistan
Afghanistan remains one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with over two-thirds of its population requiring humanitarian assistance. In 2023, humanitarian partners aim to reach 22.3M people with a revised budget of $3.2 billion.
An estimated 15% of the population of Afghanistan is living with a disability.
They are disproportionately affected by crises & face more barriers in accessing aid & services.
Disability-inclusive humanitarian action is a priority at every level of the response in Afghanistan.
546,000 people have left their homes this year due to fighting in Afghanistan.
See latest snapshot of population movements (January - July 2021):
humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.huma
Climate change is reducing access to water across #Afghanistan. The proportion of households experiencing water shortages rose from 48% in 2021 to 60% in 2022. In 2023, some $479.4M is needed to accelerate change and solve the water & sanitation crisis.
#ActNow #ClimateAction
Update: 580,000 Afghans internally displaced due to conflict this year, the highest number on record. #Afghanistan bit.ly/2eUXZ95
In 2023, aid agencies stand ready to continue delivering life-saving assistance to millions of needy Afghans. The international community must stand firm with the population at this time and maintain funding levels to prevent further deterioration.
🚨The #Afghanistan #Humanitarian #Fund has launched largest ever Reserve Allocation of US$107M for winter assistance.
❄️Thanks to donors, partners will deliver urgent aid including home repairs, blankets, warm clothing, & heating before the harsh #winter sets in.
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Today is International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. This day affirms the UN's commitment to protect the rights of children as guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
#SayNotoChildLabourAndChildMarriage
Read more here:➡️bit.ly/3oLRXfD
Thank you🙏Italy 🇮🇹 !
for your generous contribution of EUR 5 million (US$ 5.3 million) to the #Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) in 2022.
Your support helped millions of people in dire need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.
Humanitarian action in #Afghanistan is facing substantial critical funding gaps of US $1.3 bil. Already, food assistance has been cut from 13 mil ppl to 5 mil ppl & 262 health facilities have discontinued services.
Many more activities are affected ➡️ bit.ly/44MZZ7W
🚨Since 1 September 2021, humanitarian partners in #Afghanistan have reached:
🔹8.9M people with food assistance
🔹201K children with treatment for acute malnutrition
🔹1.4M people with healthcare
🔹110K people with winterization assistance
↘️reliefweb.int/report/afghani
The and NGOs are committed to staying and delivering humanitarian aid to millions of people in need in #Afghanistan🇦🇫
Read the full statement from humanitarian actors:
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With Afghanistan facing its 3rd consecutive year of drought, 2nd year of severe economic hardship, consequences of decades of war & recurrent natural disasters, humanitarian aid remains the last lifeline for much of the population. $4.62bn is needed to assist 23.7M pple in 2023.
🚨Humanitarians in Afghanistan are in a race against time to deliver life-saving aid to crisis-affected people ahead of winter.
🗨️"We are witnessing a new depth of destitution as the drought and the economic crisis drives up food and fuel prices." -
🚨Press Release: Team of Humanitarian Experts Concludes Mission to Afghanistan and Calls for Support to Life-Saving Humanitarian Action
🗨️"Every single day we delay means lives lost."
↘️reliefweb.int/report/afghani
The #Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund would like to thank its donors in 2022 for their timely and generous support, contributing $284M and enabling aid agencies to deliver strictly prioritized life-saving assistance & to scale up response in critically underserved locations.
Bitterly cold weather in #Afghanistan has reportedly killed thousands of livestock across the eastern, western and northern regions.
Lost livelihoods & assets further endanger Afghan families at a time when 21.2 mil ppl urgently need continued food & agricultural support.
Vulnerable popns in need of aid in Afghanistan incl poverty stricken & female headed households, IDPs, returnees, refugees & natural-disaster affected communities.
To meet their needs it is vital the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan is adequately funded.
#AfghanistanCannotWait
Despite a challenging environment, partners are ready to scale up aid in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. With timely & generous donor support, partners reached 26.1M people with some form of aid in 2022. This year, $4.6B is required to assist 23.7M people.
No country can afford to exclude half of its population from contributing to society. #IASC #Afghanistan
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In Afghanistan, 300,000 people have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict this year.
OCHA's calls for urgent support as he met newly displaced people in Kandahar during a week-long visit to the country ⤵️
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➡️Humanitarians resumed their activities in the south
➡️19,383 people affected by conflict and floods received aid in the east
➡️4,620 IDPs in need of aid, severe drought reported in the west
Read the #Afghanistan Weekly Humanitarian Update:
↘️bit.ly/3D1GVoV
A #drought has gripped two thirds of #Afghanistan.
More than 2M people are at risk of becoming severely food insecure, 20K people have already migrated to urban centres.
Find in-depth coverage in the latest #Humanitarian Bulletin: goo.gl/yS7uCU
“ I wish for a world where everyone has choices and equal rights,” says Gloria Lazic, the Head of OCHA Afghanistan’s Central Region sub-office.
Read full story here: 📷
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The world must not abandon the people of Afghanistan at this precarious moment. They have already endured so much; it would be unconscionable to impose further harm on them by depriving them of an essential humanitarian lifeline.
Read more➡️bit.ly/3MJaJhp
🔢In the last 4 months of 2021, the UN and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan reached:
🔹9.4M people with food assistance
🔹1.6M people w/ health care
🔹276K children w/ treatment for acute malnutrition
🔹353K people w/ winterization aid
↘️reliefweb.int/report/afghani
🗣️“My message for the world and for rich countries is that they hear the voices of our people because of how the situation is and our people are really suffering so much.” -Mahmoud, 19 yrs old
↘️Afghan voices & stories in our latest Humanitarian Bulletin: bit.ly/3HDYD3q
🚨In 2023, over 28M people – two-thirds of the population - will need humanitarian & protection assistance.
This is an⬆️of 16% on 2022, meaning that Afghanistan remains one of the world’s largest & most severe humanitarian crises.
More: humanitarianaction.info/article/afghan
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"Eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan were killed today while carrying out their life-saving work.
The extends its deepest condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of these courageous health workers."
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🗨️“humanitarian action has been absolutely essential in keeping the Afghan people alive, maintaining basic services, and shoring up the economy at a time when no alternatives have been available.”-
🚨Read more in HC's statement:
🔗reliefweb.int/report/afghani
