UN agency responsible for children, UNICEF, is seeking support for over 10 million children in conflict-hit Afghanistan.
According to UNICEF, “Over 10 million children need urgent help in Afghanistan.”
In a post sighted by African Entertainment on its official Facebook page, UNICEF says “As families deal with the double burden of COVID-19 and conflict, UNICEF is on the ground, scaling up lifesaving water, food and medical care.”
Earlier in a statement on its website, UNICEF says it was “continuing to work with partners to support children and their families across the country.
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It added that “Recent developments in Afghanistan have taken a heavy toll on the country’s children and their families. The long-running humanitarian crisis has become a triple crisis: the recent escalation in conflict, a third wave of COVID-19, and drought. Since the end of May, the number of people internally displaced because of conflict and in need of immediate humanitarian aid more than doubled, reaching 550,000.”