Aid organisations like World Vision appreciate the offer
of Hercules planes to assist with aid in Afghanistan,
Minister in charge of aid, Matt Robson says.
Today World
Vision contacted him to show their appreciation, and
highlight the huge need for assistance in the distribution
of food and relief aid.
World Vision is working very
closely with the United Nation’s World Food Programme in
North West Afghanistan, delivering food aid to over 500,000
people, with a budget of nearly $10 million.
“I met with
an aid worker yesterday who has been working in Northern
Afghanistan for nine years with all sorts of organisations.
She has just finished an assignment with Unicef,” says Matt
Robson.
“She paints a grim picture of life in Afghanistan.
A quarter of all children die under the age of five. 30% of
women die in childbirth.
“In the north there has been no
secondary or tertiary education for twenty
years.
“Although Kabul and other cities will be central
locations in terms of the delivery of aid and assistence,
she stressed the need not to neglect the rural
areas.
“Rural areas in particular have been decimated. The
trees have gone, used for firewood long ago. Animal
diseases, including anthrax, are rife
“Afghan children
have been traumatised. Many have seen a sibling, a parent or
a member of their family die of preventable causes.
“The
reality is, the Afghan people have been living at ground
zero for decades. Now we have the opportunity to help them
re-build.
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