UN Food Agency Renews Appeal for Donations to War-torn Afghanistan
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Facing a shortfall of more than a third in requested aid for Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has renewed its urgent appeal to donors to come up with “critical” additional funding to finance its activities for the rest of the year. “Without new donations, WFP will be forced to cancel plans to pre-position 40,000 tons of food ahead of Afghanistan’s winter months,” United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing in Kabul, the capital, Monday.
“This will leave many of the most remote and food insecure communities in northern, north-eastern, central, western and southern provinces without assistance until spring,” he added, noting that WFP needs $25 million to make up for a shortfall of 39,000 tons out of a total requirement of 110,000 tons until the end of the year.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that the adult literacy program it launched earlier this year in western Afghanistan is now being expanded into the three eastern provinces of Nuristan, Kunar and Nangarhar. Over 5,600 women will benefit from literacy classes across the three provinces. To date over 27,000 people have already enrolled and it is hoped that the program will reach over 160,000 adults across Afghanistan this year, the majority of them women.
With adult literacy rates estimated at just 43 percent, and just 14 per cent for women, the “program is vital for improving social and economic circumstances for thousands of families,” Mr. Edwards said. There are an estimated 8 million illiterate adults in Afghanistan. The joint programme has set itself the goal of increasing literacy levels by 50 per cent over the next three years.
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Charity News Online
Facing a shortfall of more than a third in requested aid for Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has renewed its urgent appeal to donors to come up with “critical” additional funding to finance its activities for the rest of the year. “Without new donations, WFP will be forced to cancel plans to pre-position 40,000 tons of food ahead of Afghanistan’s winter months,” United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing in Kabul, the capital, Monday.
“This will leave many of the most remote and food insecure communities in northern, north-eastern, central, western and southern provinces without assistance until spring,” he added, noting that WFP needs $25 million to make up for a shortfall of 39,000 tons out of a total requirement of 110,000 tons until the end of the year.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that the adult literacy program it launched earlier this year in western Afghanistan is now being expanded into the three eastern provinces of Nuristan, Kunar and Nangarhar. Over 5,600 women will benefit from literacy classes across the three provinces. To date over 27,000 people have already enrolled and it is hoped that the program will reach over 160,000 adults across Afghanistan this year, the majority of them women.
With adult literacy rates estimated at just 43 percent, and just 14 per cent for women, the “program is vital for improving social and economic circumstances for thousands of families,” Mr. Edwards said. There are an estimated 8 million illiterate adults in Afghanistan. The joint programme has set itself the goal of increasing literacy levels by 50 per cent over the next three years.
United Nations, Afghanistan, donation, fundraising
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