Giving Compass' Take:

• Global Citizen details the scope of the hunger crisis in Afghanistan, where violence and one of the worst droughts in the country's history have left 10 million people at risk of food insecurity.

• How can international aid groups and policymakers help? This piece reports on substantial money committed by the UK to assist relief efforts, but much more is still needed.

• Here's how social enterprises can help build peace in Afghanistan.

Between now and February, it’s expected that 10.6 million people — almost half the total rural population of Afghanistan — will be under threat from serious food insecurity in the country, according to a new study from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

The report concluded that the “major livelihood crisis” was caused primarily by “severe drought,” but acknowledged that years of conflict and instability has made the problem far worse.

The IPC therefore published a list of recommendations urging the international community to step up to ease the humanitarian disaster. And Britain heeded the call [recently] with a new commitment to help hundreds of thousands of Afghans access lifesaving support.

Read the full article about Afghanistan's worsening food crisis by James Hitchings-Hales at Global Citizen.