Cash and Food Distribution for Vulnerable Households under Severe Food Crisis (Afghanistan)

Afghanistan is experiencing a severe food crisis, and 15.8 million people are estimated to be facing emergency levels of food insecurity (Dec. 2023, UNOCHA).

REALs delivers cash and food assistance for vulnerable households who don’t have the means to get enough food.
 
Under the food crisis, especially families headed by women are facing severe situation since women have little chance to work and cannot earn enough income to buy nutritious food. People in need are put under difficult situations due to the food crisis.

Cash assistance enables people to meet their most prioritized need in a dignified manner, so REALs mainly delivers cash, but in a case a family doesn’t have access to a market, we provide food assistance instead.

From September 2023 to May 2024, REALs delivered cash/food assistance to 13,470 people (2,235 households) for three consecutive months.