UNICEF: 1.1 million Afghan children under 5 are at risk of severe malnutrition.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that 1.1 million Afghan children under the age of five are at risk of severe malnutrition.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that 1.1 million Afghan children under the age of five are at risk of severe malnutrition this year, almost double the number released in 2018.
The people of Afghanistan are not only grappling with the economic crisis, but the country is experiencing the worst drought in decades.
According to reports, almost half of Afghanistan’s 38 million people were living in poverty by the end of 2021, while this figure is expected to reach 97% of the country’s population by mid-2022.
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, UN relief agencies have only been able to reach 38 percent of Afghanistan’s population for relief, but warn that the figure will drop to 8 percent in the next six months, with only 601 million. $ 4.4 billion has been provided from Afghanistan to help Afghanistan.
On the other hand, a non-profit organization based in Britain says that about 10 million children in Afghanistan are struggling with hunger.
Save the Children says in a report that some 9.6 million children in Afghanistan are unable to provide a sustained daily supply of food as a result of the Ukraine war and the continuing drought.
In the report, the organization called for immediate food aid to save the lives of Afghan children, but added that aid alone was not the answer to “the country’s worst hunger crisis.”
“Despite significant food deliveries in recent months, 19.7 million children and adults, who make up about 50 percent of the population, are still hungry and in need of immediate assistance to survive,” the report said.
Save the Children says 20,000 people have been starved in the country in the past two to three months alone.