UNICEF Afghanistan
Better nutrition for children requires nutrition services delivered alongside water, sanitation and hygiene services, because together they achieve more for the children and families they serve.
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Feroza has been a nutrition nurse at Kisaw District Hospital in Daikundi for eight years. For the 30,000 people living in surrounding districts, this hospital is a lifeline. But for years, it had n...
Karima became a midwife because the night she was born, her mother only had a neighbour to help her. The labour lasted two nights. 13 years later, along with her team she delivers up to 40 babies a...
Zarghuna is one of 30 teachers in Herat delivering a new approach to learning. Trained by UNICEF under the Teacher Development and Support programme, she is part of LEAP, a pilot initiative helping...
ARD TV Kunar Earthquake Response Report.
Winter in Nuristan is beautiful, but for many families it’s a struggle to survive. Food is scarce, and malnutrition leaves children vulnerable to cold-related illnesses like pneumonia.
UNICEF is on...
Thousands of families remain displaced as winter sets in, with many homes damaged or destroyed. Night temperatures are already dropping below freezing and an estimated 270,000 children are now at s...
At the camp clinic in #eastern Afghanistan, children, are screened for malnutrition and receive routine vaccinations. For many displaced families, this is their only access to essential health serv...
Lutfullah, a social worker supporting Afghan children at a child-friendly space.
#ForEveryChild, play.
3 months since #earthquake in Eastern #Afghanistan
killed almost 2,000. Survivors like 11-year-old Sana still need support.
She attends a UNICEF Afghanistan-supported temporary learning space (TLS...
Meet Bughdadai, who lost family members when a devastating earthquake struck eastern #Afghanistan on 31 August. Only her daughter Sakina survived.
UNICEF Afghanistan is supporting families like h...
In 2025, UNICEF Afghanistan with support from the World Bank South Asia established 70 early childhood development centers, benefiting 20,000 children and strengthening the bond between mothers and...
On November 6, in Samangan, Senior Emergency Officer Charles Nzuki
met families affected by the #earthquake in northern #afghanistan.
UNICEF Afghanistan continues delivering life-saving support ...
Every day, Nurse Yagana sees almost 40 malnourished children.
#Afghanistan’s nutrition crisis is among the world’s worst: 3.5 million children acutely malnourished, 1 million severely wasted. With ...
Since the very first day after the earthquake, Nazeerullah Adil community engagement and feedback centre's facilitator has been working with UNICEF and partners to support affected children and fam...
In an emergency, timing is everything.
When devastating earthquakes hit eastern Afghanistan a month ago, support from EU Humanitarian Aid enabled UNICEF to deliver emergency aid to affected familie...
Crises like Afghanistan’s recent earthquake take a deep psychological toll—especially on children. So, we’re setting up child friendly spaces to help children heal and providing mental health suppo...
it’s almost been a month since a powerful earthquake struck Kunar and Nangarhar provinces on 31 August. We continue to scale our response. With support from European Union Civil Protection and Huma...
Meet Aliya, a social worker in Nangarhar, eastern Afghanistan. In a country where the formal child protection system is still developing, Aliya and her fellow social workers—supported by UNICEF and...
From a classroom in Kunduz, northern #Afghanistan, UNICEF's Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban on why education matters for girls, as UNICEF continues to advocate so that girls can continue thei...