The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi has urged the international community to help Afghan refugees and displaced communities in the neighboring countries.
“Yesterday donors pledged $2.4 billion towards humanitarian work in Afghanistan against $4.4 billion needed this year. The international community must continue to engage in Afghanistan and support its people, including those displaced and the refugees in neighboring countries”, he tweeted on Saturday.
A day earlier, a total of 41 donor countries pledged more than $2.44 billion towards the United Nations’ $4.4 billion appeals for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.
He wore on Twitter:
Yesterday donors pledged $2.4 billion towards humanitarian work in Afghanistan against $4.4 billion needed this year.
The international community must continue to engage in Afghanistan and support its people, including those displaced and the refugees in neighbouring countries. pic.twitter.com/svlLRJNs4w
— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) April 1, 2022
“Some 95 percent of people do not have enough to eat. Nine million people are at risk of famine. UNICEF estimates that a million severely malnourished children are on the verge of death, without immediate action,” he said.
Guterres called for the reopening of schools for all students in Afghanistan without discrimination.
“This humanitarian aid, like all aid from the United States, will go directly to NGOs and the United Nations,” said U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, pledging $204 million.
Ahead of the drive, Britain pledged 286 million pounds ($374 million) for Afghanistan, where six of every 10 Afghans need aid, much of it food.
