Dastarkhwan-e-Meli Program Progress in Rural Communities of Afghanistan

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in negative economic impacts on the lives of people, especially the poor & daily wage-earners. The Government of Afghanistan has initiated a relief response program – called Dastarkhwan-e Meli that would be implemented in cities & villages throughout Afghanistan. The Dastakhwan-e Meli Program is planned to be implemented in two phases.

The first phase of Dastarkhwan-e-Meli Program worth USD 86 million has already been launched in 13 thousand communities related to 123 districts across all 34 provinces of the country under the coverage of Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD/CCNPP). As planned and set out, 1.67 million households in the rural areas will receive relief packages, valued at AFN 4,000 per household, in the first phase of Dastarkhwan-e-Meli.

As such, as of January 30, 2021, more than 350 thousand households in 2,660communities of 115 districts in 34 provinces of Afghanistan have received relief packages totaling more than AFN 1.42 billion.

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