Afghanistan

Quick Facts

Population: 42.2 million
People in Need: 23.7 million
People Facing Hunger: 12.5 million

Our Impact

People Helped Last Year: 194,479
Our Team: 654 employees
Program Start: 1980

The State of Hunger in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s humanitarian situation is characterized by an economic crisis, decades of war, and frequent climate disasters, including floods, earthquakes, and drought – all exacerbated by a large humanitarian funding and operational gap. More than half of Afghanistan’s population is estimated to need lifesaving assistance.

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How We're Helping in Afghanistan

We continue to reach the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities through integrated mobile health and nutrition teams, therapeutic feeding units (TFUs), and health centers. We provide primary health care and treatment of acute malnutrition for children under five years and pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Our integrated food and nutrition security approach included cash for food and work, food baskets, agricultural and livestock packages, greenhouse construction, and food vouchers for children discharged from the TFUs. These programs ensure households can maintain livelihoods and healthy food consumption in the long term.

In addition, four women-friendly spaces were integrated into health facilities, and a hotline providing mental health and psychosocial support to men and women suffering psychological distress was established. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene services were also implemented within health facilities.

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A child eats Plumpy'Nut, a peanut paste used to treat malnutrition.

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People Received Cash-for-Food Assistance

A nurse treats a two-year-old boy suffering from malnutrition and pneumonia at an Action Against Hunger Therapeutic Feeding Unit in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Children Under Five Received Healthcare Consultations

A mother in the waiting room at a health clinic in Parwan province.

Health Facilities Supported by Our Programs

Mahnaz washes her dishes outside her home compound in Duykondi Province, Afghanistan. Action Against Hunger works in this area to manage feeding programs and provide mobile health and nutrition support.

A mother learns about post-natal care during a medical consultation. (Parwan province, October 2020)

A mother walks away from her home with the help of a cane. Her daughter crouches behind her.

Mahnaz holds her youngest daughter, 13-month-old Maimana, in their home in Duykondi Province, Afghanistan. Action Against Hunger works in this area to manage feeding programs and provide mobile health and nutrition support.

We do not have enough food...Pregnant women here face the risk of death, and they face many other risks. They do a lot of work, and they have no choice because there is no one else to work. In the future, I hope my children grow up, study, and help people.”

— Nadia, Afghan mother

Afghanistan: Voices of Mothers

In Daykundi province, Afghanistan, our ten mobile clinics and two therapeutic feeding units travel to hard-to-reach communities to provide lifesaving nutrition and health services.

We support people displaced from their homes by drought, earthquakes, or conflict with cash transfers, helping them to buy what they need to survive.

Over the long term, we aim to provide sustainable support by helping communities learn to prevent, identify, and reduce hunger.

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