| Reporting Organization: | Action Against Hunger Canada |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 1,000,000 |
| Timeframe: | March 30, 2015 - March 31, 2016 |
| Status: | Completion |
| Contact Information: | Unspecified |
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| Afghanistan - $ 1,000,000.00 (100.00%) | |
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March 2015 – The UN estimates that 7.4 million people in Afghanistan are currently in need of humanitarian assistance. Malnutrition and food insecurity levels are especially worrying with 1.2 million children acutely malnourished and 2.2 million Afghans are considered to be severely food insecure. Access to basic health services a major concern. As a result of the internal conflict and natural disasters, 140,000 Afghans were newly displaced in 2014. In addition, 225,000 additional Pakistani refugees entered Afghanistan’s eastern provinces. With DFATD’s support, Action Against Hunger is providing direct nutrition assistance, technical to the national health system to deliver nutrition assistance and water, sanitation and hygiene assistance to malnourished children under the age of five and pregnant and lactating mothers.
| Gender and age: | Under-5 children Adult women |
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| Descriptors: | Refugees Internally displaced people (IDP) |
| Total Direct Population: | Unspecified |
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Return to topThe expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved care and feeding practices for pregnant and lactating women and children under the age of five; (2) improved nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women and children under the age of five; and (3) improved access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.
