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Humanitarian

17 Aug

EMERGENCY Print Sale for Afghanistan

Andrew Quilty | @andrewquilty"As Kabul and regional capitals went into lockdown on March 28, men with wheelbarrows began to line the empty thoroughfares of cities, sitting on their upturned hulls. These men, who provide day labor or carry groceries for shoppers, are known as karachais. In Afghanistan, they have come to symbolize not just a health crisis, but a food and livelihood crisis. Prior to the pandemic, 83 percent of Afghans were living on or below the equivalent of $1.50 per day. When businesses were shuttered across Kabul, many families faced the choice of starving or going into debt to pay rent and buy food. This is Noor Alam, 70, from the Shomali Plain north of Kabul. He says before the lockdown he would make 100 - 150 Afghani (US$1.30 - 2.00) a day, a lower amount than most karachais because, he says, he is old and can't carry as much." - Andrew Quilty — Andrew Quilty | @andrewquilty
"As Kabul and regional capitals went into lockdown on March 28, men with wheelbarrows began to line the empty thoroughfares of cities, sitting on their upturned hulls. These men, who provide day labor or carry groceries for shoppers, are known as *karachais*. In Afghanistan, they have come to symbolize not just a health crisis, but a food and livelihood crisis. Prior to the pandemic, 83 percent of Afghans were living on or below the equivalent of $1.50 per day. When businesses were shuttered across Kabul, many families faced the choice of starving or going into debt to pay rent and buy food. This is Noor Alam, 70, from the Shomali Plain north of Kabul. He says before the lockdown he would make 100 - 150 Afghani (US$1.30 - 2.00) a day, a lower amount than most *karachais* because, he says, he is old and can't carry as much." - Andrew Quilty

Print by Solmaz Daryani | @solmazdaryani"Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and one of the least equipped to handle what’s to come. Women are among the most severely affected in Afghanistan as they rely on natural resources sensitive to changes in climate for their daily tasks, such as household water supply." - Solmaz Daryani — *Print by Solmaz Daryani |* *@solmazdaryani*
"Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and one of the least equipped to handle what’s to come. Women are among the most severely affected in Afghanistan as they rely on natural resources sensitive to changes in climate for their daily tasks, such as household water supply." - Solmaz Daryani

Award-winning photographers have donated images from their archives to a special print sale organised by ISHKAR with 100% of the profits going to @emergency.ngo hospitals in Afghanistan. Despite the extremely difficult circumstances, EMERGENCY continue providing non discriminatory healthcare in defiance of the conflict.

The prints are available at special, one-off prices for six weeks: August 4th - September 15th 2021.

Alternatively you can donate what you can through Ishkars dedicated page on EMERGENCY. Funds raised go directly to Emergency’s work in Afghanistan, not elsewhere.

See more online now!

Edition Print by Rena Effendi | @renaeffendiphotoPhotograph taken in Kabul in 2004. — **Edition Print by Rena Effendi |** **@renaeffendiphoto**
Photograph taken in Kabul in 2004.

Edition Print by Emily Garthwaite | @emilygarthwaite"Children run through the hillsides of Akre, Kurdistan Region in Iraq." - Emily Garthwaite — **Edition Print by Emily Garthwaite |** **@emilygarthwaite**
*"Children run through the hillsides of Akre, Kurdistan Region in Iraq."* - Emily Garthwaite

All profits from the print sale will go to EMERGENCY's crucial work in Afghanistan. Donations will fund specialist training of local nurses & doctors, who will go on to treat thousands of patients in need across the country. As the last international troops leave the country, this is more important than ever. The Taliban are rapidly gaining ground and the highest number of civilian casualties have been recorded from the May-to-June 2021 period since the United Nations began monitoring these casualties in 2009. Many of the civilian casualties documented in the report are people who have been treated in EMERGENCY’s wards.

“The situation has deteriorated sharply since the beginning of May. Fighting has intensified in almost all provinces of Afghanistan and we are receiving many more patients than normal.”
Marco Puntin, Country Director for EMERGENCY in Afghanistan.