World Food Programme appeals for USD 19 mn to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan
1 year, 2 months ago

World Food Programme appeals for USD 19 mn to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan

Hindustan Times  

Ana Maria Salhuana, deputy country director of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan, said it was helping survivors but it urgently needed more funding because "we are having to take this food from an already severely underfunded programme". HT Image The group said it is working to provide emergency food assistance to 100,000 people in the region. The WFP said staffers responded within hours of the first earthquakes, distributing fortified biscuits, pulses and other food items to affected families in destroyed villages. The UN body was forced earlier this year to reduce the amount of food families receive and to cut 10 million people in Afghanistan from life-saving food assistance due to a massive funding shortfall.

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More than $400 million needed for western Afghanistan to recover from October earthquake, UN says
10 months ago

More than $400 million needed for western Afghanistan to recover from October earthquake, UN says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — More than $400 million is needed for western Afghanistan to recover and rebuild after a devastating earthquake last October that killed around 2,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday. In a new U.N. report, released together with the World Bank, the European Union and the Asian Development Bank, estimated there is “an urgent need for $402.9 million to …

World Food Program appeals for $19 million to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan
1 year, 2 months ago

World Food Program appeals for $19 million to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations’ World Food Program on Wednesday appealed for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan. Ana Maria Salhuana, deputy country director of the World Food Program in Afghanistan, said it was helping survivors but it urgently needed …

UN food agency: Afghan malnutrition rates at record high
1 year, 10 months ago

UN food agency: Afghan malnutrition rates at record high

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs with half the country enduring severe hunger throughout the year, a spokesman for the World Food Program said Thursday. “Half of Afghanistan endures severe hunger throughout the year, regardless of the season, and malnutrition rates are at a record high for Afghanistan,” said Phillipe Kropf, a spokesman for the …

Pakistan floods threaten food security of Afghanistan, warns UN
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan floods threaten food security of Afghanistan, warns UN

Firstpost  

United Nations’ World Food Programme has procured over 320,000 metric tonnes in the past year to support operations in Afghanistan. The UN’s World Food Programme said much of the food aid transited through Pakistan by road - a network that has been severely affected by the worst floods in the country’s history. “We’re becoming very, very concerned about the overall …

Deadly Earthquake Devastates Afghans Already Reeling From Poverty
2 years, 6 months ago

Deadly Earthquake Devastates Afghans Already Reeling From Poverty

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING GAYAN, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s deadly earthquake this week struck one of the poorest corners of a country that has been hollowed out by increasing poverty. Overstretched aid agencies said the disaster underscored the need for the international community to rethink its financial cut-off of Afghanistan since Taliban insurgents seized the country 10 months ago. “We are basically …

Afghanistan earthquake: India stands in solidarity with the country's people, says MEA
2 years, 6 months ago

Afghanistan earthquake: India stands in solidarity with the country's people, says MEA

Firstpost  

India, as first responder, has dispatched 27 tons of emergency relief assistance in two flights for the people of Afghanistan. They consists of essential items, including tents, sleeping bags, blankets and sleeping mats, said MEA New Delhi: A day after sending relief material to earthquake-hit Afghanistan, India on Friday said it stands in solidarity with the Afghan people and remains …

India’s food response as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’
2 years, 8 months ago

India’s food response as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’

The Hindu  

Global hunger is on the rise, driven by the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic shocks, conflicts, poverty, and inequality. In his 2014 UN General Assembly address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “India’s traditional outlook sees the world as one family and that is linked to its Vedic tradition of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” — underlining its relevance not just for global peace, …

Is Afghanistan being cut off from the world?
3 years ago

Is Afghanistan being cut off from the world?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, December 14 at 19:30 GMT: Millions of people across Afghanistan are facing severe hunger nearly four months after the Taliban took power, a humanitarian crisis set to deepen with the onset of the approaching winter. The World Food Programme estimates that about 24 million people in Afghanistan – 60 percent of the country’s population – are facing “acute …

Nearly 55% of Afghan population expected to face food insecurity from Nov 2021 to Mar 2022, says UN report
3 years, 1 month ago

Nearly 55% of Afghan population expected to face food insecurity from Nov 2021 to Mar 2022, says UN report

Hindustan Times  

More than half of Afghanistan’s population is estimated to be experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity between November 2021 and March 2022, according to an United Nations report. “The country is currently facing the second drought in four years and the worst of its kind in 27 years,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in …

Afghanistan: More than half the country facing 'acute' food shortages, say UN agencies
3 years, 2 months ago

Afghanistan: More than half the country facing 'acute' food shortages, say UN agencies

Firstpost  

According to the statement issued by the World Food Programme and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, one in two Afghans faces Phase 3 ‘crisis’ or Phase 4 ’emergency’ food shortages Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghanistan is on the brink of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, UN agencies warned Monday, with more than half the country facing “acute” food shortages. …

Afghanistan: Record 22.8 million people to face starvation
3 years, 2 months ago

Afghanistan: Record 22.8 million people to face starvation

India TV News  

More than half of the population of Afghanistan, or a record 22.8 million people, will face acute food insecurity from November, according to the latest report issued on Monday by the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster of Afghanistan, co-led by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the UN World Food Programme. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report has found …

‘Children going to die’: UN warns of ‘acute’ Afghan food crisis
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Children going to die’: UN warns of ‘acute’ Afghan food crisis

Al Jazeera  

UN says more than half of Afghanistan’s 39 million population is facing acute food insecurity and ‘marching to starvation’. The World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley told Reuters news agency that 22.8 million people – more than half of Afghanistan’s 39 million population – were facing acute food insecurity and “marching to starvation” compared with 14 million just two …

635,000 people uprooted from their homes in Afghanistan this year, says UN
3 years, 3 months ago

635,000 people uprooted from their homes in Afghanistan this year, says UN

Firstpost  

The World Food Programme will distribute food rations for the lean months of October to January of next year in the country New York: UN humanitarians has said that 635,000 people in Afghanistan were routed from their homes this year because of violence, with more than 12,000 recently displaced to Kabul, mainly from Panjshir Province. The world organisation and its …

6,35,000 people displaced in Afghanistan this year: UN
3 years, 3 months ago

6,35,000 people displaced in Afghanistan this year: UN

India TV News  

UN humanitarians has said that 6,35,000 people in Afghanistan were routed from their homes this year because of violence, with more than 12,000 recently displaced to Kabul, mainly from Panjshir Province. The office said the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration handed out relief to more than 9,300 people displaced by the violence in Kunar Province. The …

Infographic: Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis
3 years, 3 months ago

Infographic: Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

Al Jazeera  

One in three Afghans is going hungry and more than half a million people have been displaced by conflict since January. The Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, but its stunning military sweep of the capital Kabul came after months of deadly fighting across the country, leaving hundreds dead and more than half a million people internally displaced since …

Hunger spreading in Afghanistan: UN food agency
3 years, 4 months ago

Hunger spreading in Afghanistan: UN food agency

The Hindu  

The UN food agency says it has been able to negotiate access with the Taliban to distribute aid in one provincial capital in Afghanistan but hasn't been able to resume food deliveries to three other provincial capitals it supplies. The World Food Program, headquartered in Rome, has said that some 14 million people are facing severe hunger in the nation …

One in three Afghans at risk of severe or acute hunger: UN World Food Programme
3 years, 4 months ago

One in three Afghans at risk of severe or acute hunger: UN World Food Programme

India Today  

The combined effects of war and drought linked to global warming have put one-third of Afghanistan's population -- 14 million people -- at risk of severe or acute hunger, the UN World Food Programme warned. "2021 is an extraordinarily difficult year for Afghanistan," WFP representative and country director Mary-Ellen McGroarty told AFP in a telephone interview from Kabul. Warning of …

Food agency warns of hunger in Afghan conflict
3 years, 4 months ago

Food agency warns of hunger in Afghan conflict

India TV News  

The head of the UN food agency in Afghanistan has said that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding with 14 million people facing severe hunger following the Taliban takeover of the country. Mary Ellen McGroarty, the World Food Program's country director, said in a video briefing to UN correspondents from Kabul on Wednesday that the conflict in Afghanistan, the nation's second …

Over 40% of crops lost: Food agency warns of hunger in Afghan conflict
3 years, 4 months ago

Over 40% of crops lost: Food agency warns of hunger in Afghan conflict

India Today  

The head of the UN food agency in Afghanistan has said that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding with 14 million people facing severe hunger following the Taliban takeover of the country. Mary Ellen McGroarty, the World Food Program's country director, said in a video briefing to UN correspondents from Kabul on Wednesday that the conflict in Afghanistan, the nation's second …

UN world food programme warns of growing hunger crisis in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

UN world food programme warns of growing hunger crisis in Afghanistan

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations World Food Programme has warned that people in Afghanistan are facing hunger crisis, news agency ANI reported quoting Voice of America. A United Nations assessment of the food security and nutrition situation in Afghanistan finds that one in three Afghans face acute food insecurity, the VOA report said. An estimated 14 million people in the war-torn nation …

United Nations highlights hunger issues in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

United Nations highlights hunger issues in Afghanistan

Live Mint  

The United Nations World Food Programme has warned that Afghan people are facing hunger in the war-torn country. A United Nations assessment of the food security and nutrition situation in Afghanistan finds one in three Afghans face acute food insecurity. Because of the dire situation, the World Food Program said that malnutrition levels are soaring, and some 2 million children …

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