UN teams have been providing communities with access to water and sanitation, as well as protection services in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, stressed that while the UN remains “determined to deliver”, more funding is needed to reach millions who depend on aid to survive. He reported that more than half the population of children under five years are suffering from extreme malnutrition, and more than a third of citizens are not getting enough to eat.
