humanitarian issues and aid
Regional, Asia, Afghanistan, Society and Culture, Humanitarian Issues and Aid
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- The Academy for Educational Development provides information on a project that offers basic school and hygiene supplies to individual children. Includes opportunity for online donations.
- Management Science for Health informs on the project and activities in the country, offers press information and links.
- The UNHCR will have to stop its programs for returning refugees because donor countries don't keep their promises.
- Database covering all issues connected with the situation of Afghan refugees.
- The organisation works in the areas of primary education, health and emergency relief. Offers annual reports, information on current projects and a newsletter. With country profile, slide show, and online donations.
- MSNBC presents an article by Preston Mendenhall, who traveled through Afghanistan in May 2001. Displaced by war, Afghans are now fleeing a 2-year drought.
- Uzbekistan agrees to re-open a bridge on its border with Afghanistan, making it possible to speed up vital aid deliveries to refugees.
- Organizations are using creativity to bring supplies to remote areas, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
- The bill authorizes education and health care assistance for Afghan women and children living in their home country and those living elsewhere as refugees.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees describes the refugee situation in Afghanistan and UNHCR operations in the country.
- Offers information on ongoing projects, background papers and documentation of the crisis in 2001.
- News on relief, development, social, economic and political affairs, by the Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
- The Times of India: As many as 100,000 children will die in Afghanistan this winter if sufficient aid does not reach them over the next few weeks, the Unicef representative for Afghanistan says.
- An article by David Finkel about the plight of refugees who have abandoned their homes after 22 years of war and a drought. Photographs and slide show.
- The site offers information on the situation in the country and on Care projects, news and stories.
- Latest major documents on the humanitarian crisis.
- AWEC runs health and education projects in Kabul and in refugee camps in Pakistan. Presentation of past and present projects and donor information.
- TIE develops village to village programs in Afghanistan, which support business and economic development programs and schools for children.
- Non-governmental, non-profit organization committed to the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan with special emphasis on the empowerment of women and children. News and annual reports.
- Organization dedicated to the restoration and continuing development of the country. Mission statement, donor information and contact address.
- Appeals, press releases, videos, and donations.
- Information on the Afghan Red Crescent Society, report on the country assistance strategy, appeals and reports, news.
- AHDS provides basic health services with a focus on women and children. Profile of the organisation, reports on activities and funding and detailed information on current and past projects.
- Written by a logistician working for Médecins Sans Frontières in northern Afghanistan shortly after the fall of the Taliban, the diary offers personal impressions and a large collection of photos.
- Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières provides news, press releases, multimedia and activity report.
- A member-based non-governmental organization working with assistance programs within health, education and rural development sectors in rural parts of Afghanistan.
- News about the plight of Afghan refugees.
- The Observer reports that refugees will die of hunger if bombing is not stopped in the next few days. 2 million risk starvation this winter.
- Ayaz Ahmed Khan reports that thousands of refugees in camps died from starvation and freezing in winter 2000-2001.
- The United Nations Children's Fund reports on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Overview, reports, news, press releases, photo essay, donations.
- The work of this Swiss children's aid organization within Afghanistan. The humanitarian situation, donations, projects, reports and news.
- The Red Cross describes its activities in the war-torn country. News, annual report.
- Information on the organisation and its work in Afghanistan. With news, reports, press releases, video clip and map.
- AMCR is a registered charity based in the UK, which supports clinics and other projects. Principles, projects, patrons and trustees.
- Short information on the program and contact address.
- The Department for International Development (DFID) is the UK Government department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty. Their site includes reports on the situation in Afghanistan and the assistance contributed by DFID.
- Resources available for those who want to help the people of Afghanistan.
- HAWCA is an organisation of Afghan women aiming to enhance the well-being of Afghan women and children.
- Basharat Peer interviews refugees in India.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) believes that as many as 1.5 million more people may flee Afghanistan, most of them heading for Pakistan and Iran, countries that have closed their borders. Background information, map, and related ar
- PARSA is a non-government organization working directly with needy people in Kabul. Information on projects and newsletter.
- Umbrella group set up by British NGOs, providing information on the situation in Afghanistan for international aid agencies working in the country. A briefing pack and monthly reviews are offered for download.
- Humanitarian organization working to establish hospitals and schools for Afghan women and children refugees in Pakistan. Site provides background information on the plight of Afghan refugees.
- Information on the situation in Afghanistan for children, material for parents and teachers. News and links.
- The Christian relief and development organisation presents information on the situation in the country and reports about its work.
- Detailed information on a hospital project led by the Committee for the Promotion of Medical and Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan (CPHA).
- The impact of the September 11 attacks on refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the Afghanistan region. Background information and recommendations.
- Information on the situation in the country, programme overview, and key documents documenting the reconstruction efforts. Includes a slide show, donor assistance database and job opportunities.
- Four relief and development agencies (Food for the Hungry, World Concern, Northwest Medical Teams, Central Asia Development Agency) work together to help Afghan refugees. Links, press releases and fact sheet.
- Provides information on the projects of the Caritas confederation in the country.
- The humanitarian organization, founded in 1995 in Kabul, offers mission statement, fact sheet, a list of past projects and contact addresses in the country.
- AIMS is a joint venture between UNOCHA and UNDP, and dedicated to facilitating coordination of the assistance organisations working in Afghanistan by providing tools and services in the field of information management. They offer up-to-date information on
- Afghanistan is again facing devastation as the United States plans a substantial military action. Includes current and past news articles, photo gallery, interviews, map, timeline from 1919 to 1998, section on bin Laden, and links.
- The Swiss-based international humanitarian aid agency offers a brief report on its program. Accepts online donations.
- Information on the Afghanistan programs of the IRC, with news and image gallery.
- The resurgence of rival warlords is stopping relief supplies reaching desperate communities in remote northern mountain settlements.
- Commentary by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, an Iranian film-maker who has produced two feature films on Afghanistan, on the reasons for the high mortality and emigration rates. Photo essay by Ali Khaligh.
- The IMC is working in Afghanistan since 1984.
- DACAAR is a consortium of three Danish NGOs: MS-Danish Association for International Development, Danish People's Relief Organisation and The Danish Refugee Council. It was established to provide support to Afghan refugees.
- Officials worry that a large repatriation may overwhelm Afghanistan. The Washington Post gives the figures and the concerns.
- Report on the Ashiana project that gives thousands of street-working youngsters a safe place to relax and have fun.
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