Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: Drops of Change – How access to safe water is making a difference in women’s life.
Published on 29 September 2023 | News"I remember the day I opened the tap in my garden [...]. From that day on, I no longer had to beg my neighbour for water or worry about how to ration water for my family. That mental pressure was suddenly gone.”Read more -
Afghanistan : Women have a key role in the health system
Published on 2 April 2023 | NewsChantal Autotte-Bouchard is a public health and tropical medicine nurse. She has been involved in various humanitarian crisis contexts, notably in sub-Saharan Africa, Haiti and India, before joining Première Urgence Internationale as Health Advisor at the organisation's headquarters. Back from a visit to Afghanistan, she shares her experience with us.Read more -
CHRONICLES FROM THE FIELD – Special issue #5
Published on 15 March 2023 | Publications
Discover the unprecedented operation in Afghanistan with the shipment of 98 tons of medicines, medical equipment and nutritional inputs, which will help nearly 500,000 people. You will also find the development of a program to preserve the Palestinian heritage, as well as our emergency interventions against malnutrition in the Central African... -
PRESS RELEASE: WE NEED WOMEN!
Published on 8 March 2023 | PressAlthough women represent almost half of humanity, they are still struggling to take their rightful place, and particularly in contexts facing severe humanitarian crisis.Read more -
Faced with a humanitarian emergency, Première Urgence Internationale charters a plane full of medicines to Afghanistan
Published on 13 January 2023 | NewsNearly 100 tons of medicines and medical equipment have been sent by plane to Kabul mid-December in a country where there is a shortage of medicines and where the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.Read more -
Première Urgence Internationale strongly condemns the decision to ban women from working for NGOs in Afghanistan
Published on 27 December 2022 | NewsKabul, 27/12/22 : Première Urgence Internationale is appalled by the recent decision of the authorities of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to ban women from working for national and international aid organizations.Read more -
CHRONICLES FROM THE FIELD – Special issue #4
Published on 6 October 2022 | Publications
Discover our emergency interventions in Afghanistan, a country where the needs were already great and where the health system collapsed following the arrival in power a year ago of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. You will also find our actions in Myanmar/Burma where a distribution of menstrual panties took place on the occasion of the World... -
In Afghanistan, “the humanitarian community cannot be the only actor providing aid to the population”
Published on 8 August 2022 | NewsMore than half of Afghans need humanitarian aid in a country where the health system collapsed a year ago after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) came to power. A change in governance that has also changed the working conditions of NGOs on the ground. Interview with Justyna Bajer, head of mission of Première Urgence Internationale in Kabul.Read more -
Earthquake in Afghanistan: Première Urgence Internationale dispatches rapid assistance to Afghans
Published on 12 July 2022 | NewsMore than a thousand people died and nearly 3,000 were injured in Afghanistan after the earthquake that struck the south-east of the country on Wednesday 22 June. Here is a look back at Première Urgence Internationale's intervention on the ground.Read more -
‟I wanted to go to Afghanistan”
Published on 25 January 2022 | HR newsManasi is a 31 years old women working for Première Urgence Internationale as Deputy Field Coordinator dedicated to Programs for the Afghanistan mission. During a conversation she had with Jeanne HUTIN, HR Officer based at the headquarters of the organization, she explained how this experience in Afghanistan has been meaningful both personally and professionally.Read more
