Afghanistan


The people of Afghanistan are on the brink of starvation. A recent draught has left 2.5 million people without food. Who would have thought that in the 21st century, in order to survive, people would resort to fulfilling their hunger through eating grass? The facts are frightening:

- A whole generation has seen nothing but war since 1979

- More than 2.5 million refugees are living in camps on the borders of Pakistan

- More than 1 million internally displaced living as refugees in their own homeland

- A quarter of all children die before the age of 5

- More than half the population lives on less than 50p a day

- Nearly three-quarters of the population cannot read or write

 

Human Appeal International in Afghanistan


Since the early 90s Human Appeal have sent hundreds of thousands of pounds to help aid the Afghan refugees by providing them with food, shelter and medical aid.

The most recent project carried out by Human Appeal was the sponsoring of a hospital in Kalat in the province of Kabul (140 km North of Khandahar).

We built, developed sponsored a large hospital in order to provide much needed support for the local residents. This was the only hospital of it's kind in Kalat, treating over 200 visitors a day, and providing the essential services for combating diseases, treating the sick and, most importantly, carrying out life saving operations.

In total this hospital cost £100,000, a small price to pay for over a hundred thousand people living safe in the knowledge that they will benefit from substantial health care.