Afghanistan

Pashto version: UNICEF Supplies Press Release_Pashto Here Dari version: UNICEF Supplies Press Release Dari Translation Here KABUL, 23 October 2023 – More than 80 tonnes of UNICEF medical supplies arrived in Kabul yesterday, including medicines, medical equipment, as well as midwifery and surgical kits, for children, pregnant women, and families…

11-year-old Milat was just a few metres away from the wall of his neighbour’s house, when it fell on his little brother Serajuddin. A pile of rubble remained where his brother walked only seconds before. Everything around Milat happened so fast. People ran and screamed for help. In an instant, his entire village had crumbled from the impact of a 6…, Picking up the pieces, for every child, With over 1,300 lives lost, and thousands more injured and displaced, it is a tough road ahead for children like Milat. He doesn’t know if there will be a new school for him to go to. “When I grow up and become an engineer, I will rebuild our house and the whole village,” he says. Since the earthquake struck, UNICEF has been on the ground…, Coping with loss of livelihoods, The tale of loss is echoed across villages. Chahak village, some 30 kilometres from Herat city, is outside the epicentre of the first earthquake, but the aftershock stirred enough fear to force people from their homes. Many now sleep in makeshift shelters. When another earthquake struck the village, many lives were spared, as structures were…

KABUL, 12 October 2023 – Over 90 per cent of those reported killed in Afghanistan’s recent earthquakes are women and children. In Zinda Jan district alone, over 11,500 people saw their homes completely flattened. With two 6.3-magnitude quakes shaking the region over just five days, and over 1,000 people killed 1 , there are thousands more in need…

Asifa was at home when the earthquake shook her home in Zinda Jan district. She was just one of thousands who felt the 6.3-magnitude quake in western Afghanistan.  “I heard a loud noise, and at first, I thought it was an explosion. But then, almost immediately the house fell on me and my children,” recalls Asifa. She could hear the cries of…, Another uncertain future, Bibi Gul, 20, is from the same village as Asifa. She is eight months pregnant and worries where she will be when the baby comes. When her home was destroyed, Bibi Gul moved to a transit centre in Herat city. At this centre, supported by UNICEF in partnership with the Governments of Korea and Japan, and USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (…, A heartbreaking rescue mission, Around 40 kilometres from Herat city, the villages of Zinda Jan district are still reeling from the earthquake. Men dig through the rubble, trying to rescue missing people. They use shovels, hoes, and often, just their bare hands. Every few hours, there’s a quiet, solemn procession, a carefully covered neighbour or friend carried away, another…, Helping families in need, Health centres are damaged, but UNICEF set up tents to act as temporary facilities, with emergency medicines provided through funding from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. With flexible thematic funding, UNICEF is providing hundreds of blankets and 1,000 tarpaulins to help families cope with the imminent winter. Funding from the European…

UNICEF programmes in Afghanistan, On 23rd October 2022, nurse Nasiba listens to the heart of 6 month old Zabiullah, who weighs just 4kg, in the malnutrition ward at the UNICEF-supported provincial hospital in Nili, Daikundi Province, central Afghanistan. On 2 February 2022 in Afghanistan, a girl learns to read in front of a blackboard at a community-based education (CBE) center in…, UNICEF launches 2024 humanitarian appeal, UNICEF in Afghanistan aims to meet the humanitarian and basic needs of 19.4 million people in Afghanistan. READ MORE

KABUL, 8 October 2023 – At about 11:00 yesterday morning, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake and several strong aftershocks shook western Afghanistan in Herat, Badghis and Farah provinces. Some of the most affected areas are just 40 kilometres from Herat city. The full extent of the destruction is yet unknown, but initial estimates indicate that several…

Highlights 152,198 AWD with dehydration cases were reported from 333 districts since January 2023, of which 87,242 (57%) were children under the age of five and 75,747 (50%) were females. UNICEF continues to scale up health, WASH and social behaviour change interventions in response to the increase of reported acute watery diarrhoea cases. UNICEF…

Dari version:  Japan Press Release_Dari Here Pashto version:  Japan Press Release_Pashto Here KABUL, 5 September 2023 – The Government of Japan has partnered with UNICEF to construct and rehabilitate 165 primary schools across Afghanistan providing an estimated 33,000 children with a safe space to learn. The US$ 25 million project will include…

Highlights: · Across the country flooding affected over 6,000 people in July, killing at least 40 people, as well as destroying farmlands and severely impacting livelihoods. UNICEF and partners participated in interagency needs assessments and provided emergency WASH, Education, Health Nutrition and Child protection and Social Behaviour Change…

327 districts out of 421 nationwide have reported outbreaks of acute watery diarrhea. Half of the reported cases are children under five years old. Ten-month-old Adela flashes a wide smile as a doctor examines her in the inpatient department at the Wardak provincial hospital in central Afghanistan. Adela's mother, Basmina, tries to keep a notebook…

Highlights The number of people in need increased from 28.3. million in January to 29.2 million people in May, mainly due to an increase in the number of people requiring specialized protection services. During the first half of the year, UNICEF reached over 20 million people (50%) children, with essential health and nutrition services. From…

Thirty children and their parents huddle around a hand-drawn map. Little boxes represent village homes, swirled lines for roads and pathways, and a bold circle represents the health centre. Between the homes, X’s dot the paper like a treasure map. But this is no treasure map. It’s a map of which homes have toilets – or latrines – and where more of…