Save Poor Afghan Families From Starving

Summary

Poor Afghans in Afghanistan with no jobs, food or homes face starvation in the winter and after natural disasters or being displaced. Provide emergency packets to support families. progress report read updates from the field

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	£9 - Provides one emergency packet for a family of four for one month
	£18 - Provides emergency packets for 2 families or 8 people for one month
	£37 - Provides emergency packets for 4 families or 16 people for one month
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Millions of poor Afghans are in danger of starving during the winters or after natural disasters or displacement because of the lack of food. The situation is acute because they do not have jobs, food or homes elsewhere. The poorest Afghans have no electricity or money for fuel and food. The Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) will distribute emergency packets to poor families. $15 will buy an emergency packet for a family of four for a month.

Activities

As funds come in, AIL staff will make packages of food and fuel and deliver them to the neediest families. Packages will be delivered to the poorest families in different sections of Kabul and Herat.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £16,734
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £2,355
Total Funding Goal: £19,089

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Emergency packets will give life and hope to 10,000 poor Afghans living in Kabul and Herat so that they can continue their struggle for self sufficiency.

Project Message

For many Afghans, life is very harsh. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have no home, job, food or fuel. Many are near starvation. Our package will give them food or heat...and hope for the future.
- Prof. Sakena Yacoobi, AIL Executive Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sakena Yacoobi,
Founder & Executive Director
Creating Hope International
P.O. Box 1058
Dearborn, MI 48124
United States
(313) 278-5806
Email:

Project Sponsor

Marketplace 2005

Organisation

Afghan Institute of Learning
Afghan Institute of Learning
c/o CHI, PO Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
http://www.creatinghope.org/ail

Learn more about Afghan Institute of Learning and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Afghanistan and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Afghanistan, read the Human Development Report on Afghanistan or the Wikipedia entry for Afghanistan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 12, 2012.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 19, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Winter Months Are Upon Us

By Toc Dunlap - Executive Director, Creating Hope International, December 22, 2011 12:33 AM

In September, the staff of the Afghan Institute of Learning in Herat was asked to help the orphans at the Khaja Abdula Ansari Orphanage. This request came from the head of social work and affairs. After determining that their nutritional needs were being met by the orphanage, the staff traveled to the orphanage and distributed clothing to 197 orphans made up of 117 females and 80 males.

January, February and March are the worst months for those in Afghanistan who are poor and hungry. AIL is currently working with local village elders to identify where the most help is needed during the cold winter months. Further distributions of food to individual recipients will be happening soon.

Thank you for all of your 2011 donations. We hope we can depend on you in the coming year.

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