SevenVulnerable Families Receive Food Commodities in Nangarhar Province

Kabul, May 18, 2020 –The Sada Shir Ali KhanCommunity Development Council (CDC)in Kama district of Nangarhar province has contributed food assistance worth AFN 68,000at no cost toseven families through the Grain Banks Initiative established under the Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD/CCNPP).

The relief package worth AFN 9,650 for each family included 100kg flour, 5kg sugar, 25kg red beans and 25kg chickpeasprovidedthrough the program’s Social Inclusion Grant (SIG) intervention and CDC contribution as Internal Mobilized Food by community.

The Citizens’ Charter is working with the CDCs to establish Grain Banks in villages by encouraging better-off households to donate to very poor households during the lean season and help mitigate seasonal hunger.

The Citizens’ Charter carries a detailed well-being/poverty analysis in each community to identify and target the most vulnerable households, including women headed households, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and households headed by people with disabilities.

Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD/CCNPP)

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