Hunger Crisis

Urgent Need for Aid and Action

Afghanistan faces overlapping challenges that have deepened the humanitarian crisis:

1/2

of all children under 5 need treatment for acute malnutrition

1/3

of Afghanistan’s population are still experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity

30%

cost increase for a basic food basket

Medair’s Response: Targeted Support for the Most Vulnerable

Treatment for Malnutrition

We provide life-saving outpatient treatment for severe and moderate acute malnutrition.

Healthy feeding practices are promoted among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and caregivers of malnourished children.

A child during registration for malnutrition in a Health and Nutrition center, in Southern Afghanistan

Health and Nutrition Clinics

Medair operates health and nutrition clinics in areas affected by displacement and natural disasters, focusing on remote regions to ensure access.

Sami weighted half the weight of a child of his age before being treated in a Medair Nutrition clinic

Cash Assistance for Food Security

We provide cash assistance to vulnerable families, allowing them to purchase nutritious food and in so doing, address immediate needs.

“Before Medair came, we had no food, no water, no seeds, no tools,”

“We were starving and desperate. After receiving cash and training from Medair, we were able to buy what we needed, and I started farming again.” Testimonial from Zainab

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60 CHF buys 6-weeks of treatment for a malnourished child

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An Afghan child eating a therapeutic food designed to treat acute malnutrition

About Medair

Medair has been responding to the effects of crisis in Afghanistan since 1996. While the country remains in crisis today, we do not lose hope for a peaceful and flourishing future for the people of Afghanistan.
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