Nov 2021-Feb 2023
TACKLING THE AFGHAN FOOD CRISIS
© 2013 Paul Hageman
2020-2023
MEDAIR
Medair is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to relieving human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. It has been active in Afghanistan for 25 years. Since 2020 we’ve been regularly funding its relief in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Somalia and Ukraine.
CHALLENGE
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ACTION
We funded Medair to provide health, nutrition and food security support to vulnerable Afghans living in the Central Highlands and southern regions of the country.
Three mobile teams screened and treated acute malnutrition among children under five and pregnant or breastfeeding women.
IMPACT
AFGHANS SCREENED FOR ACUTE MALNUTRITION
CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN OR WOMEN BREAST FEEDING TREATED FOR MALNUTRITION
19 Jun 2023
Every Refugee has a Story
To mark this World Refugee Day, we invite you to read and recognise the personal stories of those who have been forced to flee their homes and homelands. Our partners collected and shared them with us. Our shared humanity urges us to listen.
14 Jul 2022
THOUSANDS IN SOMALIA FACE ACUTE MALNUTRITION AS RAINS FAIL
The worst drought in decades is ravaging the Horn of Africa, destroying crops and driving the cost of local food out of reach of many. Medair is scaling up its response, delivering critical health, water and nutrition aid.
26 Mar 2022
Ukraine Emergency
How Medair and Médecins Sans Frontières are providing desperately needed humanitarian assistance to refugees and internally displaced people.
12 Jan 2022
Helping Afghans at home and away
With the Taliban takeover, the situation for the Afghan population continues to deteriorate. As winter approaches, rural communities will soon be isolated. We’re supporting three humanitarian organisations to ensure Afghans can access their basic needs inside and outside their homeland.
27 Sep 2021
Fighting famine in southern madagscar
Madagascar is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years; Medair is providing emergency relief to the most affected.
27 Sep 2021
SUPPORTING MASS-VACCINATION IN LEBANON
Medair is going to vaccinate around 90,000 people living in Saida, in South Lebanon
25 Jan 2021
Putting refugees on the map
Medair was the first organisation to deploy Geographic Information System technology to map refugee settlement locations in Lebanon, enabling timely coordination of on-the-ground assistance across various aid agencies.
11 Jan 2021
Why we need data science
Our new series #Driven by Data will explore how data analytics is helping fix some of the world’s most pressing issues, improving the way development actors identify problems and design tailor-made interventions to address them.
