Afghanistan WASH

Forty years of war, recurrent natural disasters, chronic poverty, drought, and the COVID-19 pandemic have left 18.4 million people in Afghanistan in need of humanitarian assistance. Since the change in the administration in 2021, the situation on the ground remains extremely uncertain. Since the Taliban seized power, the overall level of violence in the country has dropped, but over 3.5 million people remain internally displaced and there is a deepening of need for a larger number of people and a severe deterioration of the situation for the most vulnerable. World Vision is working in Herat province where 35,000 families live in the project areas, with 50% being Internally Displaced People (IDPs).
Displaced households resort to digging shallow wells for water, but such sources are unsafe for drinking. In a survey conducted in 2021, 52% of households reported that their main source was unavailable for a day or longer, while 32% reported they cannot get enough water for family drinking/cooking. 45.2% of children miss school because they are fetching water.
World Vision aims to protect the most vulnerable boys and girls with the construction/rehabilitation of water and sanitation facilities in schools and communities.
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