KABUL: The Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) and Solidarités International have signed a cooperation agreement worth US$957,764 to provide cash assistance, water, sanitation and hygiene services, and shelter to families affected by natural and man-made disasters.
ANDMA’s press office said Director General Mullah Nooruddin Turabi signed the deal in a meeting with Clementine Gorrin, head of Solidarités International. Turabi stressed that aid should reach vulnerable people promptly, equitably and according to need, while the organisation pledged transparent project delivery.
Under the agreement, multi-purpose cash assistance will go to 800 families, emergency water, sanitation and hygiene services to 2,500 families, and emergency shelter—including tents, shelter kits and winter supplies—to another 300 families. Support will respond to natural disasters, climate events, armed conflict, earthquakes, displacement and cholera outbreaks in Kabul, Kapisa, Parwan, Logar, Paktia, Helmand, Kandahar, Farah, Nimroz, Herat, Nangarhar and Laghman, with other provinces covered if capacity allows.