ISLAMABAD (AP) — Almost 100,000 children in Afghanistan are in dire need of support, three months after earthquakes devastated the country's west, the U.N. children’s agency said Monday.
The majority of those dead in the quakes in Zinda Jan and Injil districts were women and children, and 21,000 homes were destroyed, UNICEF said in a statement.
“The atmosphere in these villages is thick with suffering even 100 days after the earthquakes in western Afghanistan when families lost absolutely everything," said Fran Equiza, UNICEF representative in Afghanistan.
Schools and health centers, which children depend upon, are damaged beyond repair, or destroyed completely,” he added.
Daniel Timme, head of communications for UNICEF in Afghanistan, said schools, homes, health facilities and water systems were destroyed.
Persons:
Fran Equiza, Equiza, ” Equiza, Daniel Timme, It’s, Timme, Riazat Butt
Organizations:
UNICEF, Associated Press
Locations:
ISLAMABAD, Afghanistan, Herat, Islamabad