The province of Baghlan in northern Afghanistan was hit by a devastating flood disaster on May 10, 2024: According to official reports, there are more than 300 deaths and over a thousand injured. 3,000 houses built from clay and stones are destroyed. Agricultural area was destroyed and cattle were lost. Around 600,000 people, half of them children, are affected by the consequences of the flood and urgently need humanitarian aid. Food, cookware and protection against the cold are missing.

Terre des Hommes made the local partner organization Mapwo (movement against the poverty of women) 30,000 euros to help the victims of the flood: 150 families get a tarpaulin and three blankets so that they can protect themselves from the cold. 600 children get food packages, and 150 families are supplied with cooking utensils, including a small gas bottle. Because the flood destroyed its households.

Which families receive the relief goods is determined by the MAPWO employees, including the village communities. Homeless households guided by women, families with small children, older people and people with disabilities are preferred.

Please donate for the flood victims in Afghanistan