To combat malnutrition, FHI 360 is working with Afghan NGOs to train front-line health and humanitarian workers to deliver emergency nutrition services to pregnant and lactating women and their infants. So far, FHI 360 and its partners have trained more than 100 people in five workshops, with more workshops scheduled. Learn more.

CARE Afghanistan deployed three mobile health teams on June 22 to Khost and Paktika provinces, immediately following the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that is estimated to have killed between 770 and 1,000 people, left thousands more injured, and destroyed homes and livelihoods. Learn more

CARE has provided funding to the Kabul Women's Association, which has gone towards paying rent and utilities on the KWA’s building. CARE has also offered training on advocacy, recording GBV cases, and mediating complex family situations. Monthly training opportunities on different subjects are offered to each of the KWA’s 20 action groups, with CARE paying rent for venues in different districts around the city. Learn more

Between December 2021 and May 2022, CARE Afghanistan supported 61,592 people – 65 percent of them women and girls – with health services in Ghazni, Herat, Balkh, Kabul, and Khost provinces. The services include primary health care, maternal health, nutrition support, referrals to specialized facilities for gender-based violence cases, COVID education, and psychosocial support services. In addition, CARE distributed emergency medicines, medical supplies, and equipment to health facilities. Learn more

Life for Relief and Development distributed food baskets and holiday meals to families in rural villages in the Khiwa, Kama, Gooshta, and Behsood districts. Five hundred and one baskets were distributed, each containing flour, cooking oil, sugar, lentils, macaroni, and a bottle of Rooh Afza. Ramadan meals were cooked and distributed to 10 villages, benefitting 8,217 families. These projects took place between April 21-30, 2022.

As millions more in Afghanistan plunge into extreme financial distress due to mass unemployment and soaring prices, CARE is providing quick, flexible cash assistance as a lifeline to some of the most vulnerable. Afghanistan is in the grip of a catastrophic economic crisis that is forcing some to do the unimaginable, including selling their own children just to put food on the table. Economic measures imposed on Afghanistan are making it difficult for aid agencies to operate at full capacity and get help to those who need it the most. CARE has provided cash assistance to over 8,200 highly vulnerable households (more than 57,000 people) across nine provinces in Afghanistan since October 2021. Close to 4,000 households have received a one-off payment of $179, while over 4,200 households have received cash specifically for food, or through a cash-for-work program. Learn more