The UN has organised a COVID-19 vaccination drive for Afghanistan that began this week in Kandahar, targeting people in at-risk areas, according to the UN Spokesperson, briefing journalists on Thursday. Wignaraja.Īll assistance provided will be based on impartial assessments carried out in conjunction with local community leaders and independently of authorities. This will enable people to stay and live and work on their lands and in their homes and allow them to earn an income and give them “the respect and dignity that they deserve and call for”, said Ms. Grants will also be given to micro-enterprises and a temporary basic income would be paid to the vulnerable elderly and disabled, added Kanni Wignaraja, Director of UNDP's regional bureau for the Asia Pacific. Steiner said.Ĭash in local currency will be provided directly to community groups and to Afghan workers in public works programmes, such as drought and flood control. “The country needs immediate humanitarian assistance, but we also need to keep the local economies going – this is fundamental to ensure that people still have livelihoods and feel that they have a future in their communities,” Mr. It’s designed to contribute to preventing a humanitarian catastrophe and the country’s economy from “completely crashing” by supporting the most vulnerable populations and collapsing micro-businesses in Afghanistan, the agency says.ĪBADEI will see UNDP, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations providing community level solutions which complement the urgent humanitarian interventions. The fund is part of a new programme for the country called ABADEI, which denotes community resilience. While reiterating that “humanitarian assistance saves lives”, the UN chief warned that “it will not solve the problem if the economy of Afghanistan collapses”.
Last week UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the world to take action during a "make or break" moment for the country. "Discussions over the last few weeks have focused on how we do find a way to be able to mobilise these resources in view of the economic implosion that is now unfolding and the international community's repeated commitment not to abandon the people of Afghanistan". UNDP is now in touch with other donors to mobilise resources, Mr.
“Because otherwise, we will indeed confront a scenario through this winter and into next year where millions and millions of Afghans are simply unable to stay on their land, in their homes, in their villages and survive.” Mobilizing resources “We have to step in, we have to stabilise a 'people's economy’ and in addition to saving lives, we also have to save livelihoods. “There are 38 million people who cannot be kept alive just from the outside”, he said. Germany has already pledged $58 million of the more than $660 million required over the next 12 months, UNDP chief, Achim Steiner, told journalists in Geneva. The fund will tap into donations frozen since the Taliban takeover in August. #StayAndDeliver /nHKCacdd9t- UN Development October 21, 2021 Today, we launched a new emergency initiative to support the most vulnerable populations and collapsing micro businesses in #Afghanistan The programme will provide community level solutions, complementing urgent humanitarian interventions.
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