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Girls at a classroom in a settlement for returnees

A man fills jerry cans with clean water from a UNICEF water truck in the centre of Chora District.

“When the water truck arrives, we celebrate like Eid”

On the road with UNICEF, bringing water to drought-afflicted villages in Afghanistan’s Southern Region

Tahira is a 28-year-old teacher and mother of two sons. On her rooftop in Daikundi Province, she holds her three-year-old son, Armin. In March 2022, Tahira received a one-month emergency cash support payment of $100 - or about 9,000 Afghani - as part of UNICEF's efforts to support teachers awaiting school reopening in Afghanistan.

Waiting for a lifeline

To support the careers of educators like Tahira, UNICEF provided emergency cash support to 194,000 public-school teachers in Afghanistan

Safa, 7 months old, is suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Her parents have brought her for treatment at the nutrition department in Mirza Mohammad Khan Comprehensive Health Center (CHC), Kandahar City. Safa is now in her third visit to the CHC, with her mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measuring 10 cm, an improvement from 9 cm during her last visit.

Flattening a green floor for her daughter’s future

A mother fights for Safa’s life at a UNICEF-supported nutrition clinic in Afghanistan

In Jalalabad Afghanistan, Nuria's family stands next to their new borehole, built as part of the town's water supply system with support from UNICEF.

Safe drinking water for returnees in remote Afghanistan

No matter how high the mountain, UNICEF provides essential services for families like Nuria’s

Kamina sits with her 5 children inside their family home at Qala-e Abdul Ali informal settlement for internally displaced persons in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Less time collecting water, more time with the family

A new UNICEF-supported solar system brings water to Kamina’s doorstep

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Life after the earthquakes in Badghis

A family's story of survival in Afghanistan

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An Afghan girl shows the purple ink mark on her finger, indicating she has been vaccinated against polio during an immunization campaign in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.

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