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In Mazar, the U-Reporter community working with UNICEF shared school bags with students in primary school. The bags are filled with school supplies. This activity took place in response to the U-Report poll on World Children’s Day in Afghanistan where students said they don’t have school supplies in their communities.

Press release

05 December 2022

UNICEF and UNOPS collaborate to collect feedback from communities in Afghanistan through U-Report

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Statement

30 November 2022

UNICEF statement on the death of children in an explosion at Madrasa Al Jihad in Aybak city, Samangan Province, Afghanistan

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A health worker prepares an injection for vaccination

Press release

19 October 2022

The Government of Japan contributes $5.5 million to strengthen health systems and vaccine delivery across Afghanistan

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On 13th June 2022, eleven year old Sadaf Samadi (centre) holds a bar of soap at the UNICEF-supported Fatah Girls School in Herat, Afghanistan.

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13 September 2022

The United Kingdom contributes GBP 24 million to provide emergency support to children and women in Afghanistan

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Press release

15 August 2022

Depriving girls of secondary education translates to a loss of at least US$500 million for Afghan economy in last 12 months

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UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Mohamed Ayoya

Statement

14 August 2022

Message from the UNICEF Afghanistan Representative: We see you; we hear you; we’re staying here with you

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Rana, a 12-month-old baby girl, is checked by the mobile health and nutrition team in Deh Sabz District, Kabul, Afghanistan. She has been suffering from severe acute malnutrition but is recovering well after receiving therapeutic food.

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03 August 2022

Government of Germany, through KfW, contributes €20 million to ensure better nutrition of children and women in Afghanistan

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Mina Amiri, a psychosocial counsellor, speaks to a child at the UNICEF and EU-supported Gazargah Transit Centre in Herat, Afghanistan.

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03 July 2022

European Union provides additional €25 million for polio vaccines and €15 million for child protection in Afghanistan

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Children receives routine vaccines in Nawabad Health Facilities in Herat a western province of Afghanistan. UNICEF provide and support the routine vaccines for children in Afghanistan.

Press release

19 May 2022

Japan contributes US$ 10.4 million to UNICEF Afghanistan for administration of essential vaccines

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On 12 February 2022 in southern Afghanistan, a child gets his upper arm circumference measured with a MUAC (Mid-upper arm circumference) tape, as part of a malnutrition screening at a UNICEF-supported health facility in the Kandahar province.

Press release

17 May 2022

World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children - UNICEF

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Statement

Schools should be havens of peace, learning and protection.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on attacks against schools in Kabul, Afghanistan

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Statement

02 April 2022

Five children killed by an explosive remnant of war in Afghanistan

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A young boy at Al Shaheed AbdulAhad Khan orphanage in Afghanistan.

Statement

20 March 2022

Statement by Dr. Mohamed Ag Ayoya, Representative, UNICEF Afghanistan, on the death of four children due to the detonation of an explosive remnant of war

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Press release

17 March 2022

U-Report Afghanistan reaches one million milestone

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