Afghanistan: seeing families through the harsh winter

11-11-2008 Photo Collection

The worst drought in a decade, soaring food prices and relentless insecurity could force thousands of Afghans from their homes this winter in search of food and work. The ICRC and Afghan Red Crescent Society are working hard to meet the needs of 280,000 people in the northern and north-western provinces.

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An Afghan Red Crescent volunteer directs a beneficiary during a food distribution in Kunduz province.

"Our volunteers are doing an extraordinary job. They find it very rewarding to be able to help people and relieve some of their own anxiety about the approach of winter," says Fatima Gailani, the president of the Afghan Red Crescent Society.

In 2007 the Afghan Red Crescent provided food and other assistance to more than 500,000 families, and health services to around one million individuals. The organization carries out its work in all provinces of the country.

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