Afghanistan continues to face one of the world’s most severe malnutrition crises, with millions
of children and mothers affected every year. For five consecutive years, nearly three million
children under the age of five have suffered from acute malnutrition, a condition that threatens
their growth, development, and survival.
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According to Humanitarian Action & UNICEF reports:
● 2025 (Projected): 3.5 million children — including
o 867,308 children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
o 2,589,174 children affected by Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)
The crisis does not end with children. Maternal malnutrition remains alarmingly high, affecting
nearly one million pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) each year:
● 2025 (Projected): 1,159,346 PBW expected to suffer from acute malnutrition
Your Response:
Your Contribution to this Grand Challenge will provide nutritional support, medical care, and
food assistance that will save the daily 4/1 lives in hospital wards and provide mothers a chance
to carry healthy children.
● Therapeutic and supplementary feeding programs
● Emergency food kits and nutritional supplements
● Health screenings and medical treatment for SAM and MAM cases
● Awareness and education for mothers on nutrition and child care
Impact:
Your contribution would provide:
For mother:
For children:
● Therapeutic and supplementary feeding programs
● Emergency food kits and nutritional supplements
Any amount to this campaign is worth saving a generation that is disappearing.