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This Ramadan, join WISE in feeding the fasting throughout Afghanistan. Your donations are qualified as tax-exempt and zakat-eligible. We will be providing food packages that consist of flour, oil, beans, sugar, tea, and salt for families in need throughout the next few weeks.

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲:
As part of The Nourishment Campaign, OneAfghanistan, WISEAfghanistan, and our partner organizations are excited to present our See a Child, Help a Child Challenge!
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Malnutrition in Afghanistan has doubled since August 2021 (UNICEF) and is currently at an all-time high. Our mission through this campaign is to provide Vitamin A/Folic Acid supplements, funding for maternity clinics, and food for the children and pregnant women of Afghanistan. 
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𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲:
1. 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺
2. 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘔𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺
3. 𝘛𝘢𝘨 @𝘖𝘯𝘦𝘈𝘧𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯
4.𝘛𝘢𝘨 3 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 ($3 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 1 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦!)
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We’ve included the link to our campaign below and in our bio. Do your part - let’s make a difference, together🇦🇫🤲🏻
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𝗴𝗼𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗡𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻

We at WISE would like to extend Ramadan wishes for all of our Muslim following. We pray it’s a time of reflection and growth for you.

In the spirit of Ramadan, has launched a campaign in conjunction with WISE and . The goal is to provide relief during the ongoing humanitarian crisis in these 4 areas:
1) Vitamin A supplements for undernourished Afghan children, to prevent blindness and mortality due to infection.
2) Folic Acid supplements for pregnant Afghan women, which reduces the risk of birth defects in newborns by over 70%.
3) Funding for female healthcare workers within 10 maternity clinics across the cities of Kabul, Kandahar, and Nangarhar.
4) Food packages that consist of rice, flour, oil, beans, and more.

It’s a critical time in Afghanistn and any amount truly can save lives. For many, this Ramadan means not having anything to break fast with, so please keep the most vulnerable in your prayers and thoughts.

Link to GoFundMe:
tinyurl.com/8dvnr8yt

Today marks 100 days since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the collapse of the former U.S.-backed government. The country is in a full-blown economic and humanitarian crisis as a result of the suspension of foreign aid, the freezing of Afghan government assets and international sanctions on the Taliban. It has been a difficult time for our team members, our students, and our beneficiaries.

With winter approaching, the famine will only worsen. The demand for maternal health services are at an all time and many of our partner health facilities have either shut down or are risk of collapsing due to no funding, supplies, or employees.

We have received many heartfelt messages from all of you and will update you on our ongoing and upcoming activities to help alleviate the humanitairan crisis. At this time we are doing food distributions to feed those at risk of starvation. We have provided food packages to over 250 families so far and our goal is to provide to an additional 3000 families - allowing us to provide a one month supply of food for up to 25,000 people.

We are organizing an emergency bread distribution to address the current situation in parts of Afghanistan, where people have been displaced. Thanks to private donations, we were able to start distributing this week and we would like to open this opportunity for our online community.

If you’d like to help alleviate the pain of these families, please consider a donation to -afghanistan (PayPal). A contribution of $300 can feed 1,000 people.

WISE staff on the ground are reporting that the Taliban are forcing people out of their homes in some parts of Afghanistan and now are left without food and clothing.
According to the U.N., 270,000 have been displaced this year, in addition to the 4 million previously displaced.

Many of you have been asking how you can support our initiatives to provide health and education access for women and girls in Afghanistan. We have one very easy way that will not cost you anything. For those of you that use Amazon, you can register WISE as your Amazon Smile charity. For every purchase you make on Amazon, .5% of the purchase amount will go to WISE with no additional cost to you. Make sure to use the link tinyurl.com/wiseafg before placing your order.

This past month we administered high-dosage Vitamin A supplements to 16,400 children in Kandahar province.

Medical students from Malalay University in Kandahar bravely administered these doses to children in Taliban-controlled regions despite a measles outbreak.

According to Save the Children, the pandemic has exacerbated the rate of childhood malnutrition in the past year due to a breakdown in supply lines and lockdown measures. Thank you to Salaam Nutritionals for their generous donation of the vitamin A supplements.