18 million people in need of urgent life saving support. so, this is just to survive. prior to the 15th of august, we ve been out meeting people who were living in open fields, who didn t have anything to shelter them, who didn t know where their next meal was coming from, who didn t have access to water, basic sanitation, basic medicines. it s getting even worse now. winter will be coming in, and you still have people living like that outdoors. and all of that will feed into instability in this country, which no one particularly wants. we did hear interestingly and significantly from the european commission president when she said that this is humanitarian aid, it will be channelled through international agencies that are operating on the ground. it is separate to development aid that was also coming into afghanistan prior to the 15th of august and being channelled through the government and through government agencies on the ground.
financial crisis from turning into a humanitarian catastrophe. european commission president ursula von der leyen promised that the eu would deliver a support package of more than $1 billion to afghanistan. the un says things are getting worse due to increased conflict, the pandemic and a persistent drought. over 18 million afghans are now in need of humanitarian assistance. that includes more than 9.5 million children. one in two kids younger than five years old are now facing acute malnutrition. here is the bbc s yogita limaye. as the un secretary general is warning in very strong words this is a make or break moment for this country. if the global community does not act quickly, the world will pay the price for it. 18 million people in need of urgent life saving support. so, this is aid just to survive. prior to august 15, we ve been out meeting people who were living in open fields, who didn t have anything
of urgent life saving support. so, this is aid just to survive. prior to august 15, we ve been out meeting people who were living in open fields, who didn t have anything to shelter them, who didn t know where their next meal was coming from, who didn t have access to water, basic sanitation, basic medicines. it s getting even worse now. winter will be coming in and you still have people living like that outdoors. and all of that will feed into instability in this country, which no one particularly wants. we did hear interestingly, and significantly, from the european commission president when she said this is humanitarian aid, it will be channelled through international agencies that are operating on the ground. it is separate to development aid that was also coming in to afghanistan prior to august 15 and being channelled through the government and through government agencies on the ground. so, she has made that separation very clear, trying to say that
if the global community does not act quickly, the world will pay the price for it. 18 million people in need of urgent life saving support. so, this is just to survive. prior to the 15th of august, we ve been out meeting people who were living in open fields, who didn t have anything to shelter them, who didn t know where their next meal was coming from, who didn t have access to water, basic sanitation, basic medicines. it s getting even worse now. winter will be coming in, and you still have people living like that outdoors. and all of that will feed into instability in this country, which no one particularly wants. we did hear interestingly and significantly from the european commission president when she said that this is humanitarian aid, it will be channelled through international agencies that are operating on the ground. it is separate to development aid that was also coming into afghanistan prior to the 15th of august and being channelled through the government and through gov
0verall, nearly 30% of the country is facing crisis levels of food insecurity. the bbc s yogita limaye is in kabul for us and has more on how devestating the conditions inside afghanistan are and how crucial foreign aid will be to helping save lives. as the un secretary general is warning in very strong words this is a make or break moment for this country if the global community does not act quickly the world will pay the price for it. 18 million people in need of urgent life saving support. so this is a just to survive. prior to the 15th of august we ve been out meeting people who were living in open fields, who didn t have anything to shelter them, didn t know with the next meal was coming from, didn t have access to water, basic sanitation, basic medicine it s getting even worse now. winter will be coming in and you still have people living like that outdoors. all of that will feed into instability in this country which no one particularly wants.