Food Security Afghanistan Project #54746

Food/Winter Packs for families in Afghanistan

by International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation

Food/Winter Packs for families in Afghanistan

Project Report | Apr 19, 2024
Helping Afghan Families in Afghanistan

By Salima Biglary | Programs and Partnerships Coordinator

Recent developments in Afghanistan have brought about significant changes in the lives of women across various sectors. The landscape for women and girls, whose rights were previously constrained, particularly in education, has undergone a transformative shift. The dominance of the prevailing administration has precipitated crises, particularly economic and political, exacerbating existing challenges such as unemployment and financial instability. In response, efforts have been mobilized to address these pressing issues.

A Community Center was established in Mazar-i Sharif by an organization closely monitoring Afghan developments. The center aims to tackle emerging challenges by offering educational support and vocational training to empower the local populace. Various programs have been initiated, ranging from tailoring and carpet weaving to carpentry and literacy, alongside instruction in foreign languages and computer skills. Notably, a significant focus has been on empowering women and girls, who constitute a vital demographic in these initiatives.

Through initiatives like tailoring training, generously supported by international partners, approximately a hundred women have gained valuable skills to reintegrate into society and contribute to their families' livelihoods. Similarly, participants in carpet weaving training, alongside tailoring, are poised to become a new workforce, offering hope for economic stability in the future.

Recognizing the plight of men impacted by economic hardships, the center also offers carpentry training. Participants, like one individual whose family relied solely on his father's income, express gratitude for the opportunity to support their families post-training.

The Community Center aims to positively impact hundreds of individuals in its vicinity through its comprehensive training programs. The success of these endeavors relies heavily on continued support from generous donors, essential for extending assistance to those in need globally.

Links:

Vocational Training Support for Women at the Afghanistan

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Dec 27, 2023
Afghanistan Emergency Response

By Salima Biglary | Programs and Partnerships Coordinatoor

Sep 14, 2023
IBC continues to provide support to Afghan Familie

By Salima Biglary | Programs and Partnerships Officer

IBC continues to provide support to the region where humanitarian relief efforts have almost come to a halt.

In its latest report, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) revealed that 34 million Afghans are living in poverty, and due to the security crisis in the country, humanitarian relief efforts have rapidly declined. Particularly, the region has become even more disadvantaged as the Taliban regime has banned the employment of women personnel in civil society organizations.

The crisis and ongoing internal conflict that followed the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 have resulted in significant infrastructure problems and internal displacement.

Last week IBC completed the distribution of food supplies to 350 needy families in Kunduz, the province with the highest number of internally displaced persons in Afghanistan, in cooperation with the Rural Rehabilitation and Development Directorate, with the support of the Canadian relief organization IDRF.

The combination of the internal conflict, drought, and the freezing of Afghanistan's external financial resources has led to a severe humanitarian crisis in the country. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) specifically emphasized that the number of people living below the poverty line accounts for 85 percent of the country's population, and called for at least $4.6 billion in aid to be raised for Afghanistan in 2023.

The International Blue Crescent Foundation, along with the support of all its international donors, has been continuing its work in the region since the early days of the crisis and will continue to develop humanitarian aid projects for the people of Afghanistan in the coming days.

Links:

https://ibc.org.tr/EN/1599/85-percent-of-the-population-in-afghanistan-is-living-below-the-poverty-line

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