About 90% of the population of Afghanistan, including children, are on the verge of poverty. According to Interfax, this was announced by the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Fran Ekisa at a press briefing in New York.
According to him, in 2023, 2.3 million children may face malnutrition, while 175 thousand of them need treatment for life-threatening conditions associated with lack of food.
“Speaking of this country in deep crisis, struggling with a humanitarian catastrophe, natural disasters related to climate change, and egregious violations of human rights, many people forget that there is a children’s rights crisis in Afghanistan. And this crisis is only getting worse,” Ekisa said.
According to him, 140,000 pregnant women and nursing mothers will face malnutrition this year.
In addition, due to the overflow of weapons in Afghanistan between January and March this year alone, 134 children were killed or maimed by explosive devices, he noted.
Ekisa added that only 22% of the requested funds have been allocated to the implementation of UNICEF humanitarian projects to support the children of Afghanistan.
“We call on the international community to come together and help us alleviate the suffering of children, women and families in Afghanistan,” he concluded.
Source: Rosbalt
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