Switzerland allocates CHF 1 million to support earthquake victims in Afghanistan

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Of this amount, CHF 800,000 will be paid to UN Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), two agencies already active in the region and supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Particular attention will be paid to women and children who survived the disaster.

The SDC will also finance the delivery of 300 family tents suitable for winter conditions and ten large multi-purpose tents. This emergency equipment, weighing a total of 20 tonnes, will be shipped from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Dubai and handed over to the Afghan Red Crescent Society for distribution. Switzerland's response is being coordinated by its humanitarian office in Kabul.