At night the temperatures drop to freezing. But Abdul Raof's house from the village of Chin Kalaqh is only a ruin. His family doesn't dare to sleep there because it threatens to collapse at any time. "We live in tents," he complains. “It is very cold there. We also don't have enough water and no school for our children. They are taught in a tent. "

The village of Chin Kalaqh is located in the Zinda Jan District near the city of Herat. It is one of ten villages that are supported by us and our Afghan partner organization MPWO (Move Against Poverty of Womenization). 900 families with around 3,300 children get help so that they can survive the winter after the devastating earthquake:

 

• Food packages with 50 kilos of flour, ten kilos of rice, five kilos of beans, five liters of food oil and salt go to 300 families.
• Another 300 families are supplied with kitchen utensils, for example a small gas bottle, a stove and a 20-liter plastic barrel for storing water. Because the household items of many families are buried under the ruins.
• 300 family get hibernation packages with two ceilings, two mattresses and a tarpaulin that at least protects them from the cold.

 

"The need is immensely," says Chris Hartmann, speaker for humanitarian aid to Terre Des Hommes . "Many children have lost relatives from the earthquake, are malnourished and become sick through the cold."

So that there is no envy and argument, the project employees together with parishioners decide who receives the aid packages. Chris Hartmann: "Families in emergency accommodation, households guided by women, families with small children, older people and people with disabilities have priority."