Support for Afghanistan
About
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is unfolding, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced in their own country. This humanitarian emergency is exacerbating an existing food crisis. 20 million people in Afghanistan are facing food shortages, including millions of children who are at risk of malnutrition. We will expand our long-standing programming and provide food, water, hygiene kits, and counseling support. A gift will enable us to support relief efforts like this around the world.
Need
There has been an escalation of tensions in the country, which has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes - according to UNHCR, roughly 80 percent of the displaced people in Afghanistan are women and children. We know that in these conflicts, displacement puts the most vulnerable people in society at further risk of harm. In their displacement, they face increased exposure to Covid-19, escalating food prices, and risk of gender-based violence.
Long term impact
ActionAid's response is community-driven and rights-based, which means your donation today invests in change that lasts. ActionAid's support provides both short-term crisis response as well as long-term resilience building.
About the Organization
ActionAid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. Together, we tackle the symptoms of unequal power - poverty, hunger, gender-based violence, climate change, conflict, and disaster - and challenge the ideologies, legal systems, and social norms that lie underneath. Our vision of the world is one in which every person enjoys the right to a life of dignity, freedom from poverty and all forms of oppression. With your support, we can make that vision a reality. Recently, we've seen existing inequalities exacerbated by the onset of the global pandemic, more frequent humanitarian emergencies, climate disasters, racial injustice, and government policies that put profit over people. ActionAid USA's longstanding history emphasizes the intersectionality of these issues, and now more than ever, makes the case for doubling down on dismantling the systems of injustice and inequality that keep people marginalized. Your support is critical for the future of the communities with whom we work. It helps shape our advocacy, influences how quickly we can mobilize in the face of an emergency, and grows the number of voices who will speak truth to power.
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GlobalGiving Categories:
- Disaster Response
- Food Security
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