Vater sitzt mit Sohn zusammen in Decke eingehüllt im Flüchtlingscamp.

Afghanistan

20 Current projects

3.37 m. € funding in 2018

381,000 People reached in 2018

Afghanistan is one of the world’s poorest countries. The economy does not grow on its own, depending in large part on international aid. Especially rural areas face great challenges to self-sustaining growth: a lack of infrastructure, an exclusively agricultural economy and a literacy rate of only 10%. The country is the world’s largest producer of heroin, opium and cannabis. Large profit margins and a hopeless security situation – Afghanistan has been wracked by civil war since 1979 – make it difficult to introduce alternative crops.

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Graduates of Welthungerhilfe's vocational training programme in fron of their own business in Kabul

Economic Development

Training Young Entrepreneurs in Afghanistan

Shahnoz was married off early and had to give up her education. With the support of Welthungerhilfe she is now turning her life around.

Flüchtlinge in Winterkleidung warten auf die Verteilung von Haushaltsgütern

Nutrition

Hope for Refugees

In Afghanistan the Welthungerhilfe runs fundamental development work and raises authorities’ awareness for important issues.

More projects in Afghanistan

Opportunities in the Urban Labour Market

Afghanistan | 2017 – 2020 | Budget: € 2,026,630
Institutional donors: BMZ

Helping Refugees in Their Own Country

Afghanistan | 2018 – 2021 | Budget: € 2,193,556
Institutional donors: AA

Protecting Displaced People and Their Rights

Afghanistan | 2019 – 2020 | Budget: € 417,125
Institutional donors: AA

Food Security vs. Poppy Production

Afghanistan | 2019 – 2022 | Budget: € 2,000,000
Institutional donors: BMZ

Food Security – An Multinational Approach

Afghanistan | 2019 – 2022 | Budget: € 3,000,000
Institutional donors: BMZ

Creating more trust with a seal of approval

Afghanistan | 2019 – 2022 | Budget: € 3,826,843
Institutional donors: USAID

Local Organisations Get a Second Wind

Afghanistan | 2017 – 2020 | Budget: € 1,655,089
Institutional donors: BMZ

Image Campaign for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

Afghanistan | 2018 – 2021 | Budget: € 1,000,000
Institutional donors: BMZ

Empowering Women: Knowledge Is Power

Afghanistan | 2019 – 2022 | Budget: € 2,500,000
Institutional donors: BMZ

Silk Farming Skills

Afghanistan | 2019 – 2023 | Budget: € 972,886
Institutional donors: BMZ

News from Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Rank in Global Hunger Index

#108 of 119 countries

GHI value 2018 for Afghanistan

extremely alarming> 50 low< 9.9

33.8

Global Hunger Index (GHI) of Welthungerhilfe and partner calculates the nutritional situation of a country once a year. The lower the GHI value, the better the rank and the better the situation.

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35.5 million population (2019)

6.8% child mortality (2019)

29.8% of the population is undernourished.

Global Hunger Index

-8,1 Score (34.3 in 2010)

52.1 2000

43.2 2005

34.3 2010

33.8 2019