Iraq

Millions of people who have had to flee their homes in Iraq still need humanitarian assistance.
We’ve been providing humanitarian support in the conflict-scarred country for 25 years.
Communities remain constantly at risk of hunger for a range of reasons, including recurring droughts, seasonal flooding, a lack of infrastructure and limited access to markets. These issues are particularly pressing for vulnerable populations in remote regions.
Millions of Afghans depend on external humanitarian assistance for their daily survival. An estimated four million Afghan refugees live in Pakistan and Iran – a situation that has become more complicated over the past decade with Western military intervention and infighting among armed groups.
Afghanistan has a population of 37 million.
Afghanistan is 170th out of 189 countries in the Human Development Index.
More than 40% of Afghan children under five suffer from malnutrition.
Our team in Afghanistan is recognised for its expertise in health and nutrition.
Action Against Hunger’s programmes include:
We helped almost 325,000 people through our programmes in 2019.
We have 338 staff based in Kabul, Ghor, Helmand and Bagdhis.
We started working in Afghanistan in 1995.
Emergency activities are ongoing, including providing personal protective equipment to health workers and carrying out regular disinfection in our treatment centres.
We’re continuing our health and nutrition programmes through mobile clinics, therapeutic feeding units and rapid response units in Helmand, Ghor, Daykundi and Kabul provinces – all affected by coronavirus and alarming rates of malnutrition. We treated over 10,000 malnourished children between March and July 2020.
Our teams have also raised awareness about the virus with handwashing promotion sessions, radio messages and by encouraging communities to seek help from health facilities.
Millions of people who have had to flee their homes in Iraq still need humanitarian assistance.
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