97 Families Received Food Items from the Grain Banks in Laghman Province

Laghman, January 09, 2019 – Around 97 vulnerable and poor families received food items from Grain Banks in Karimabad village, Qarghaee district of Laghman province. These food items worth AFN 681,734 and were collected by seven Community Development Councils (CDCs) of the Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD/CCNPP) in the Qarghaee district.

The food items consisted of flour, cooking oil, rice, red beans, sugar, wheat, tea and salt were collected and mobilized in the Grain Banks by the assistance of Vulnerable Groups Support Sub-committees of Karimabad, Muhammad Amin Banda, Mir Zaman Banda, Qalagi Ghundagi, Kachari, Haji Khan Shirin banda and Sangiri CDCs. Some of these food items were contributed voluntarily by the local residents of aforementioned communities, while the rest were procured under the Social Inclusion Grants (SIG) disbursement process to the vulnerable communities.

The establishment of Grain Banks through the CDCs in rural communities is an initiative of the CCNPP. Using the well-being analysis tool, the Vulnerable Groups Division (VGD) of the Citizens’ Charter is consistently working in an effort to encourage the affluent and rich residents of rural communities and businesses to contribute food and non-food items to vulnerable and impoverished villagers.

The grain bank initiative aims to help the poorest and most vulnerable families that cannot afford to satisfy their families’ needs considering their weak economic condition especially during the lean season. This group of people includes the families led by widowed women, people with disability, addicts, etc that are dependent on others’ assistance.

So far 1,442 grain banks have been established with food and non-food items contribution, worth FN 1,070,630 by the villagers across the country. In total, around 12,705 families have received support from these Grain Banks so far. Further, 93 Jirabs (18.6 acres) of Agricultural land have been donated by rich individuals and families to support the grain banks for a period of three to five years in a number of provinces across the country that makes this initiative sustainable.  

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