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IDPs Assisted In Kabul
18 Mar 2008 11:03:00 GMT
 Source: Dorcas Aid International - Netherlands
C. Langejan-Candelin

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Many IDPs live in tents and need blankets and food.
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-"It breaks you heart when you see the skinny children running around on their bare feet in the cold" says a representative of ORA Afghanistan.

Dorcas Aid International and ORA Afghanistan are in a joint operation assisting 3,000 IDPs in Kabul this week and one month forward. ORA Afghanistan, that implements the project, works together with the local authorities in order to assure that the truly needy people receive food and blankets and that double efforts are avoided.

-"Pakistan and Iran are closing a lot of their refugee-camps and so many IDPs have no other choice than to return to their country of origin, Afghanistan. Here the government sometimes makes a plot of land available - outside the city - for the refugee families. But that's all. The IDPs have no food, no electricity, no drinking water and no shelter. Many of them come to Kabul in search for food, a job, a future. Often they end up living in basic tents. You can understand the circumstances are even more difficult now when it's winter and the temperature can drop to -20 C. In addition, this is the worst winter in decades!" says a representative of ORA Afghanistan.

The relief items are purchased in Kabul in order to keep the transport costs low and also stimulate the local economy. Staple food prices have increased 100 % in global markets and by over 60 % in Afghan markets in the past 12 months, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported.

Dorcas Aid International and ORA the Netherlands recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of jointly serving the suffering people in the world better.




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