The Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) Afghanistan Crisis Appeal has raised £50m since its launch last December.
DEC's Afghanistan Crisis Appeal raised £9.5m in its first 24 hours and now includes £10m of money matched by the UK government.
Currently, 18.9 million people in Afghanistan – nearly half the population – are estimated to remain acutely food insecure, while 3.9 million children are acutely malnourished.
“People in Afghanistan suffered a terrible winter and spring with millions struggling to feed their families,” said Salah Saeed, chief executive of DEC.
“Donations to the DEC Afghanistan Crisis Appeal have helped provide a lifeline to hundreds of thousands of those most in need, providing food or the money to buy it. The funds are also helping provide specialist treatment for children and mothers suffering acute malnutrition.
“They've also provided much-needed medical care to at least 100,000 people who had nowhere else to go when they fell ill. Thank you so much to everyone who donated to this appeal. You have made a huge difference to so many people caught up in a crisis far beyond their control and desperately in need of help.”
DEC brings together 15 UK aid charities to raise funds quickly, and 13 of the DEC’s 15 members are responding in Afghanistan, either directly or through national affiliates or trusted local partners and will receive funds from this appeal.
The UK government agreed to double the British public’s own donations to the DEC appeal up to £10m to ensure that DEC member charities working on the ground can reach even more people in need.
DEC does not set targets for appeals and does not have a set end date for the appeal but are keeping it under review.
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