you can help with eliminating the
crisis in Afghanistan
Afghans are fleeing to Pakistan, Iran and other ex-soviet nations. Twenty thousand refugees line the border of Pakistan. The U.N. believes as many as one million Afghans may try to cross the Pakistan border.
Harsh winter conditions are less than six weeks away.
Food for the Hungry's response:
Goals:
To help 350,000 most vulnerable people inside Afghanistan make it through winter.
To provide 30,000 of the most vulnerable refugees and internally displaced in and around Afghanistan with winter clothing, shoes and blankets.
To send experienced relief personnel to the region to work and train others.
Actions:
Food for the Hungry International Relief Office staff are currently in Pakistan and Tajikistan developing relief plans and establishing partnerships.
Food for the Hungry is shipping containers of clothes, shoes and food to Tajikistan, to help Tajiks and Afghan refugees near the border.
Food for the Hungry is organizing long-term relief plans, that include providing farmers with necessary tools and seeds for possible spring planting, to help Afghans rebuild their lives after the war.
What can one person do:
Pray for churches, families and leaders of all countries responding or affected by the war on terrorism.
Give a financial contribution.
Go to the Food for the Hungry web site at www.fh.org for more information.