Thank you to the donors of this distribution.
Quick background:
Due to climate change Afghanistan has been experiencing very harsh weather that has resulted in heavy storms, flash floods and severe weather events.
On the 15th of July 2024, Nangarhar province in Afghanistan was hit with heavy storms, this resulted in flash floods across the province, the severe weather event resulted in 45 people being killed and 300 injured.
Majority of the injuries and casualties were in the Sheikh Misry district in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar Province.
Due to decades of conflict Afghanistan is one of the least prepared countries when it comes to responding to extreme climate events.
Timeframe/Date: 15th July 2024 – 30th July 2024
Families standing next to their demolished homes in Sheikh Misry Camp, Jalalabad, Nangarhar province – Revive Afghanistan NZ
Solution:
Revive Afghanistan NZ is a registered charity based out of Auckland, New Zealand, we are always raising funds through our Emergency Relief campaign, funds are allocated to an Emergency Relief fund, this is utilised for our emergency relief efforts.
What was Revive Afghanistans response to Flood relief?
We visited the families impacted by these recent flash floods, while conducting our surveys and discussing with families, we saw the situation was very dire, families lost almost everything in this floods, most their household items being washed away, other households were either damaged or destroyed.
Families had lost family members and when we were asking what was needed, they advised that first priority was food, then shelter and access to power so they could charge devices to see in the dark and to at least keep cool in the extreme heat that Nangarhar province was experiencing.
With shelters costing over $200 per family, we decided the best route to take was provide our “Emergency Relief Food Packs”, initially these packs were going to include the food items that would support a family in need, however we decided instead of trying to reach more people in this case, we would add in our “Emergency Solar packs“ for the families in need too.
Emergency Relief Packs included:
1) Emergency Food Packs
Food packs included items to give families access to food that would cover a family for 1 month up to 2 months
Packs included the following items:
- Large Flour (50KG)
- High quality Medium Rice
- Oil
- Sugar
- Tea
- Lentils
- Beans
- Salt
2) Emergency Solar Packs
Solar packs gave families access to a source of power, these solar panels can power lights, can charge other items in a household and even provide a source of cooling for the extreme hot weather.
Packs included the following items:
- Large Solar Panel with cabling
- Battery
The situation was very dire.
One family we visited, the young girl mentioned how they had guests at their home for their newborn, and they were all in the room, the young kids were by the door watching the large storm, and due to the heavy rain the whole roof collapsed on all the guests, the newborn and their family members, they lost 13 family members in that one room alone.
We met countless families who had similar stories.
Afghan girl in Sheikh Misry, Jalalabad, Nangarhar Revive Afghanistan NZ
Our Distribution details:
We distributed these Emergency Relief packs to 10 families that were most in need. We visited each family individually to drop off their support packs.
Details of costs during this time
Cost of a Food package: 5000 Afghani (125 NZD)
Cost of a Solar Pack : 5700 Afghani (140 NZD)
Total for an Emergency Relief Pack: 10,700 Afghani (265 NZD)
Main Donor details:
This distribution was only possible with the support of two separate Afghan Student associations located in California, United States of America.
They had raised funds through their efforts in different cultural events and other initiatives to help the people of Afghanistan, they raised their funds separately and we decided at Revive Afghanistan to put these funds together and allocate it to the Flood Relief efforts here in Nangarhar.
Our generous donors and their contributions:
– UC DAVIS Afghan Student Association: $720 USD
– UCSB Afghan Student Association: $911 USD
Total together: $1631 USD ($2,616 NZD)
Revive Afghanistan NZ recognises and appreciates the support and effort put in by all the board members of the Afghan student associations, all of their donors and all their supporters who took part in the events to raise funds for the less fortunate of Afghanistan.
BIG thank you to the University of California, Santa Barbara Afghan Student Association and also to the University of California, Davis Afghan Student Association.
Going forward
We need your help to support families in need when in comes to Emergency Relief, with our Emergency relief fund, you can donate at any time to families in need, this way when earthquakes or floods occur we have a fund available to quickly respond with emergency relief efforts.
If you’d like to donate to Revive Afghanistans Emergency relief efforts please, visit our donate page and select the project you’d like to donate to.
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How Revive Afghanistan helped in Emergency Relief Efforts 2024
How Afghan Student Associations from California made a difference in Afghanistan.
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