40 Destitute Families Receive Food Assistance in Kandahar

Kabul, May 19, 2020 –FiveCommunity Development Councils (CDCs)in Panjwaee district of Kandaharprovince have contributed food commodities worth AFN 340,000at no cost to40 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 for each family included flour, cooking oil, red beans, lentils, sugar and salt providedthrough 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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