Aid for Afghanistan

When the earthquake occurred, four of SwS’s partner NGOs were already active in Afghanistan: Save the Children, Medair, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Terre des Hommes (Tdh). They are currently focusing their work on providing access to basic health services, ensuring maternal and child health, and providing access to safe drinking water and food. After the temblor, the NGOs immediately set about assessing the needs of the affected communities and began implementing emergency aid measures. As an example, MSF’s teams set up five medical tents at Herat regional hospital, which made it possible to treat up to 80 patients in the critical initial hours following the earthquake.

When the Taliban regime took power in 2021, Swiss Solidarity began its work to support the people of Afghanistan. Since then, the country’s economic situation has languished and the entire Afghan population is facing a severe food crisis. Despite the already dire situation they faced before this latest disaster, those who have survived now also have to deal with the quake’s catastrophic consequences.