«Basic services in Afghanistan are collapsing. Food aid and other life-saving relief supplies are running out, ”said OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke in Geneva on Tuesday.
The Afghanistan conference at ministerial level is to take place in Geneva on Monday (13 September) in the presence of UN Secretary General António Guterres. The UN is not only hoping for support from donor countries, but also wants to once again demand free access for aid workers in the country that has been controlled by the militant Islamist Taliban for a few weeks.
Aid organizations want to use the money to save almost eleven million people from hunger and ensure their survival. According to Laerke, more than a million children and women suffer from acute malnutrition. The money will also be used to maintain medical services, water supplies and sanitation. Protective measures for children and women, emergency shelters and educational projects for children are also to be financed.