Emergency cash transfers for 21 thousand flood victims in Afghanistan

After the flash floods receded, Hungarian Interchurch Aid conducted surveys to identify the most affected families and opened a field office to implement its aid programme in Baghlan. In partnership with the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the first 724 flood-affected families have received emergency cash transfers, and a further 2,276 families can expect to receive the help they need to survive in the coming days. These transfers will allow victims to buy essentials based on their individual needs.

On 10 and 11 May, floods hit the northern and northeastern provinces of Afghanistan, and a week later, Faryab and Ghor provinces. The series of natural disasters killed more than 100 people in the two worst affected districts of Baghlan and at least 84 in Faryab province alone, according to the Hungarian Interchurch Aid’s field office. While relief efforts have already begun in Baghlan province, in Faryab province, the assessment of the damage and the victims is being carried out in cooperation with several international organisations. In line with its long term objectives, the HIA is also working to provide regular support to people who have lost everything and to participate in reconstruction programmes after the immediate disaster phase has passed.