Severe drought is creating a food crisis and causing large scale displacement. Hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable are being pushed out of their areas of origin to seek emergency assistance.
Over half the population, 25 million, are living in poverty. Families are spending almost three quarters of their income on food alone, with millions on the edge of famine, lacking the money to buy food. Around 4 million children are now acutely malnourished.
Internally displaced families are putting children at risk to get by, including resorting to early marriage. Desperation is pushing families to marry off their girl children to receive a “bride price” and to reduce the number of mouths to feed.
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Nadia is 18 months old. She's known hunger all her life. Her family's crops died due to the drought in Afghanistan, and without enough food Nadia's loving mum was so hungry she couldn’t produce enough breastmilk to feed her.
When Nadia stopped growing, her grandma Dawlat knew she needed help. But the local health clinic had closed due to conflict. Then, thanks to your kindness, a Mobile Health and Nutrition Clinic visited the area. Dawlat took Nadia for an urgent check-up and she was diagnosed as acutely malnourished. Thankfully, Nadia received treatment to help her gain weight, before it was too late.
In Afghanistan right now, half of all kids under age 5 are at risk of dying from hunger. They urgently need food, access to health care, support to recover from malnutrition and more.
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