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UNDP Afghanistan on the recent earthquake in Paktika and Khost Provinces

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GOODBYE, ROCKY ROAD

This 2 km long road is a lifeline for 3,000 families, mostly internally displaced and returnees from the recent security instabilities. It connects Chaharmisra, Bellah, and Perawor Khas villages to the Behsod Bazar, and Jalalabad city.

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UNDP Afghanistan teams up with six partners to support up to 2.7 million Afghans in need with USD 64M

UNDP, with a consortium of six partners- Aga Khan Foundation, CARE, Danish Refugee Council, Islamic Relief, Norwegian Church Aid, and Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, signed a partnership of USD 64M to support up to 2.7 million Afghans in need. Half of the direct beneficiaries are women.

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UNDP announces the single most significant agreement under ABADEI with Islamic Relief

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Islamic Relief Worldwide today announced a new partnership to boost food production, inject cash into the local economy and support female entrepreneurs in some of the poorest areas of Afghanistan.

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And a canal runs through it
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And a Canal runs through it

Sayed Qayom Pacha is an elder of Zangoyee village. He remembers 30 years back when people used to drink from the canal. “Freshwater flowed throughout the year,” he said, “but for the past 20 years, it has been full of dirt, and we are sick of the stench.”

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Cookstoves reduce asthma and poverty in bamyan

“I have to sit beside the stove for hours to cook the food. Our traditional stoves are not efficient,” explains Khadija, a housewife and mother of six from Afghanistan’s central Bamiyan, where mountainous villages face long winters and struggle to stay warm and cook hot food. “The stove wastes a lot of wood, and the smoke gives us asthma; I have it too.”

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United Nations Development Prorgamme (UNDP) and the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF)

NGOs and CSOs Capacity Support Project in Afghanistan

The NGOs and CSOs will be selected based on their operational and programmatic capacity and aspirations for quick outreach, engagement, and design of interventions to enhance access to essential services and support to jobs and livelihoods for vulnerable communities and marginalized population groups in Afghanistan, including persons with disabilities.

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ABADEI Programme

The substantial projects of UNDP Afghanistan, spanning a broad spectrum of cash for work, unconditional cash transfer, rehabilitation of infrastructure, supporting women enterprise and the private sector, agriculture, water, health, education, energy, and social cohesion, is under the giant umbrella of ABADEI. This UNDP crisis response initiative for Afghanistan aims to provide the most vulnerable Afghans with the means to survive and contribute to their community.  <read more>

" UNDP has more than 50 years of experience in economic revival and supporting fragile livelihoods "

- Abdallah AlDardari, UNDP Afghanistan, Resident Representative

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United Nations Transitional Engagement Framework (TEF) for Afghanistan

The August 2021 power shift in Afghanistan has created the need for a transitional strategy for the United Nations (UN) to address the deepening political and social-economic instability.

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Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan 2022
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Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan 2022

We go into 2022 with unprecedented levels of need amongst ordinary women, men and children of Afghanistan. 24.4 million people are in humanitarian need – more than half the population.

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Afghanistan: Humanitarian Needs Overview (2022)
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Afghanistan: Humanitarian Needs Overview (2022)

Following 40 years of war and an already dire situation of increasing hunger, economic decline, price rises in food and other essential needs, and rising poverty over the past several years, over 2021 the people of Afghanistan faced intensified conflict, the withdrawal of international forces and then the takeover of the country by the Taliban in August.

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UNDP, as a matter of practice, does not charge any application, processing or training fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

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About Afghanistan

40.8

Total population in millions

41 %

Population aged 0 - 14

35 %

Population aged 10 - 24

57 %

Population aged 15 - 64

0.511

HD Index

169

HDI rank