General data

ACF France's Mission

Launch date: 1995
Local staff : 223
Expatriates : 8

Location of interventions

• KABOUL
• SAMANGAN
• GHOR
• DAY KUNDILUANDA

Types of intervention

• Nutrition and health
• Food security and livelihood
• Water, sanitation and hygiene

Country key figures

Beneficiaries : 225 774 (2009)

Population: 29 million inhabitants (2010)
Life expectancy : 44.6 years (2010)
Human Development Indicator : 155/169
GDP/inhabitant : 486 US $ (2009)

Context

Despite almost nine years of international investment and support to the Afghan government, the country’s indicators continue to rank near the bottom of the world list. The majority of the population is vulnerable and increasingly so as the conflict has worsened throughout the course of 2009/10, creating new waves of displacement and / or suffering for people already living in precarious circumstances.

The longstanding effects of drought (despite good harvest in 2009 and in 2010), continued impact from flooding, and inaccessibility to food (particularly during winter months) caused food insecurity, especially in remote areas and for the most vulnerable segments of the population.

Towards this situation, it has been decided not to initiate interventions in new provinces and to continue to strengthen the programme in the current ACF areas of operation: in rural areas to reduce vulnerability for population and in urban areas to improve access to essential services.

ACF in Afghanistan

Kabul

Water, sanitation and hygiene

• Improvement of sanitary conditions : Construction of latrines and demonstration latrines
• Distribution of latrines kits
• Hygiene promotion sessions
• Installation of water committees to look after the management and long-term viability of constructions / rehabilitations
  
  

Report to download "Reduction of the vulnerability of population living in underserved peri-urban areas of Kabul City, Afghanistan"

Province of Dai Kund, Ghor and Samangan

Food security

• To decrease vulnerability for people living in remote and vulnerable rural areas and to increase people’s response capacity in cases of natural crisis.

Water, sanitation and hygiene

• Improvement of access to clean water and sanitary constructions : Construction and rehabilitation of wells, stand points, latrines and the setting up of water committees to manage these constructions

• Hygiene promotion sessions.

Food Aid

• Improvement of access to food and  increasing household  production  : food distribution, “Cash for work” and “food for work”
• Distribution of fertilizers and seeds to improve diversification, distribution tools
• Rebuilding of livestock
• Optimisation/ rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructures

Funding

Financements

• ACF
• CIAA
• ECHO ( European Union)
• UNICEF
• Europaid
• SIDA (swedish cooperation)