12 March 2003
State Department Supports Refugee, IDP Returnees in Afghanistan
(Support includes shelter, healthcare, food, education, and economic
assistance) (1460)
The State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
(PRM) issued a fact sheet on March 6 detailing the Bureau's $174.5
million in contributions to assist Afghan refugees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs).
According to the fact sheet, PRM has obligated a total of $175.4
million since September 2001. This assistance supports a variety of
services, such as: shelter, water and sanitation, healthcare, food and
nutrition, primary education, mine education and awareness, economic
assistance, and capacity building programs. Implementing partners for
this assistance are the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, the
International Committee of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the
International Organization for Migration, and other U.N. agencies and
non-government organizations (NGOs).
Following is the text of the Fact Sheet issued on March 6, 2003, by
the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration:
(begin fact sheet)
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
RESPONSE TO THE AFGHAN CRISIS
March 6, 2003
Afghan refugees and conflict victims have been receiving assistance
from the United States since millions fled Afghanistan in 1978.
Afghanistan has been experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis with
three years of drought overlaid on twenty years of conflict. With the
fall of the Taliban, and the creation of an interim administration to
guide the country toward a permanent broad-based government,
Afghanistan's future is looking brighter. However, much remains to be
accomplished. In the short term, extraordinary efforts still are
necessary to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of the Afghan
people.
In response to the crisis, the Bureau of Population, Refugees and
Migration (PRM) has provided resources to support Afghan refugees,
returnees, internally displaced persons, and other vulnerable persons.
The Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration has committed or
obligated a total of $175.4 million* since the beginning of the
current Afghan emergency in September 2001.
Primary implementing partners for PRM are the UN High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
societies (IFRC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM),
and other UN agencies. The Bureau of Population, Refugees and
Migration also provides funding to Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) to fill critical protection and assistance gaps in Afghanistan
and for Afghan refugees in neighboring countries.
PRM's funding in Afghanistan supports the voluntary return and
reintegration of refugees and IDPs to their homes in Afghanistan. To
this end, PRM supports critical activities in the sectors of shelter,
water and sanitation, primary, reproductive, maternal and child
healthcare, food and nutrition, primary education, mine education and
awareness, economic assistance, and capacity building.
Type of Contribution
Amount
TOTAL PRM CONTRIBUTIONS
$175.4 million*
Total PRM Contributions to IOs
$151.6 million
Total PRM Contributions to NGOs
$23.8 million
* Of this amount, $30.9 million has been obligated or committed in
Fiscal Year 2003.
PRM CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2003
Agency
Amount
Purpose
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO IOs
$27.1 million
Emergency Assistance, Return, and Reintegration Assistance
UNHCR TOTAL
$24.6 million
Support for Voluntary Return and Reintegration for Returning Refugees;
Assistance and Protection to Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, Iran, and
Central Asia
UNDP
$1.0 million
Support for the Afghan Conservation Corps pilot project, which
provides cash-for-work environmental rehabilitation activities for
returning refugees, IDPs, and demobilized fighters.
ICRC
$1.5 million
Emergency response for conflict victims in Afghanistan and neighboring
countries.
PRM CONTRIBUTIONS TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2003
Total Contributions to NGOs
$3.87 million
Emergency Assistance for Refugees and IDPs, Return and Reintegration
Assistance for Returnees
Shelter for Life
$1.35 million
Shelter and winterization assistance for returnees, IDPs, and other
vulnerable Afghans in Kabul City, Takhar and Kunduz Provinces
Community Housing Foundation
$.15 million
Emergency winterization assistance for returnee families in Kabul City
Mercy Corps
$.95 million
Sustainable Livelihoods and Facilitated Repatriation Program for
Afghan Refugees in Sistan-Baluchistan, Iran
Women for Women
$.3 million
Skills training, rights awareness, and income generation for 1,500
returnees, IDPs, and other marginalized women in Kabul province.
Church World Service
$.12 million
Program to support health services to Afghan refugees in Mansehra,
Pakistan and returnees in Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Save the Children
$1.02 million
Program to support assistance in health, education, and administrative
services to Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
PRM CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2002
(Plus contributions to UNHCR, ICRC, and other IOs following September
11, 2001)
Agency
Amount
Purpose
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO IOs
$124.5 million
Contingency Planning, Emergency Assistance, Return, and Reintegration
Assistance
UNHCR TOTAL
$67.3 million
Emergency Response to Afghan Refugees and IDPs; Support for Voluntary
Repatriation and Reintegration for Returning Refugees
ICRC TOTAL
$24.5 million
Emergency Response for Conflict Victims in Afghanistan and neighboring
countries
IFRC TOTAL
$5.0 million
Emergency Assistance to Afghans in Afghanistan, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Iran
IOM TOTAL
$7.8 million
Emergency Assistance, Logistics, Assistance to IDPs and Returning
Refugees in Afghanistan; Internal Transportation Network for Returning
Refugees and IDPs
OCHA TOTAL
$3.6 million
Inter-Agency Coordination in Pakistan and Afghanistan
UNDP TOTAL
$0.66 million
Support for the Project Management Information System in Afghanistan
(ProMIS) and the Donor Assistance Database
UNFPA TOTAL
$0.6 million
Safe Motherhood Program for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan
UNICEF TOTAL
$8.0 million
Emergency Health, Education, Water/Sanitation Assistance to Afghan
Refugees and IDPs; Support for UNICEF's Back-to-School Program for
Returning Afghan Refugees
WFP TOTAL
$6.0 million
Logistics, Food Mgmt & Supply in Afghanistan and Pakistan
WHO TOTAL
$1.0 million
Support for the Provision of Basic Health Services for Returning
Refugees
P
PRM CONTRIBUTIONS TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2002
Agency
Amount
Purpose
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO NGOs
$20.0 million
Emergency Assistance for Refugees and IDPs, Return and Reintegration
Assistance for Returnees
Aga Khan Foundation
$.5 million
Shelter assistance and construction training for returnees and IDPs in
six regions in Baghlan and Bamian provinces
Catholic Relief Service
$1.2 million
Support for multifaceted reintegration project for returnees to Hirat
and Kandahar provinces
Church World Service
$.17 million
Program to support health services to refugees in Mansehra, Pakistan
and Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Church World Service
$.68 million
Supports income generation project targeting female returnees in Kabul
Community Housing Foundation
$2.16 million
Program to address the humanitarian needs of extremely vulnerable
Afghan returning refugees and IDPs to Bamian and Kabul provinces
International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
$0.52 million
Program to Identify and Coordinate Social Service Delivery to
Vulnerable Urban Afghans in Peshawar and Quetta, Pakistan
ICMC
$.86 million
Support for project identifying and providing care to extremely
vulnerable individuals (returnees, IDPs) in Kandahar and Hirat
provinces, Afghanistan
Int'l Medical Corps (IMC)
$1.2 million
Support for project providing healthcare, primary education,
non-formal education, and micro-credit for Afghan refugees in Haripur
and Baluchistan, Pakistan
IMC
$.68 million
Support for basic health services with an emphasis on maternal and
child health in refugee camps in NWFP, Pakistan for old caseload
population; training of healthcare workers
IMC
$1.6 million
Rehabilitation of clinics in 3 provinces in eastern Afghanistan;
training of healthcare workers
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
$2.5 million
Support for multifaceted reintegration project for returnees in
southern , central, and western Afghanistan
IRC
$.37 million
Healthcare and drought response project for old and new caseload
refugees in NWFP, Pakistan
IRC
$.9 million
Continued support for Afghan refugee girls in primary and secondary
schools in refugee camps in NWFP, Pakistan; health education for girls
and their parents; teacher training
IRC
$.23 million
Support to maintain operational capacity inside Afghanistan
MCI
$0.16 million
Support to Maintain Operational Capacity Inside Afghanistan
MCI
$0.38 million
Program to Support Health Services and Capacity-Building for
Vulnerable Afghan Refugees in Quetta, Pakistan
MCI
$1.5 million
Assistance to stabilize at-risk communities and facilitate potential
returns to Helmand Province, Afghanistan
MCI
$2.0 million
Support for program providing healthcare, microcredit, and drought
relief to refugees in camps and urban settings in Baluchistan,
Pakistan
Plan International
$.53 million
Establishment of mobile clinics and training facilities for new
caseload refugees in Chaman-area camps, Pakistan
Save the Children - US
$1.83 million
Program to support assistance in health, education, and administrative
services to Afghan refugees in Haripur and Baluchistan, Pakistan
(end fact sheet)
(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
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