A staggering 95% of people in Afghanistan do not have enough food to eat. The grave humanitarian crisis across the country has pushed 3.5 million children into acute malnutrition.

Mass child starvation looms as a result of poverty, conflict, drought, and economic decline. Health systems have nearly collapsed, and livelihoods have been destroyed after four decades of instability. Afghanistan — already fragile, with the world’s highest number of people facing emergency food insecurity before the war in Ukraine — is threatened as global prices of staple foods, fuel, and fertilizer increase. Lower spending power means less food, so for the organizations like the World Food Programme, which supports one-fifth of Afghanistan’s population, less food is available to assist the millions of hungry people.

World Vision has been working for more than 21 years in Afghanistan, and we remain committed and determined to stay and deliver in Afghanistan and make a difference for children, families, and communities.