UNICEF: Hundreds of children die as temperatures continue to drop in Afghanistan

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stated that due to a combination of the bitterly cold weather this winter and illnesses, hundreds of children have passed away this January, as per its official Twitter account.

The tweet brings up that UNICEF has provided “6000 winter clothes kits to children and more than 14,000 households with cash transfers to buy essentials for winter” within these past few weeks.

Mawlawi Abdullah Mohammadi, an official of the State Ministry for Disaster Management, stated that in the past month “in twenty-four provinces of the nation, more than 180 people have died, more than 30 people have been injured, more than 150 homes have been entirely or partially damaged, and 83,000 livestock have perished.

Shirazi-affiliated centers in Afghanistan have distributed tons of firewood and coal to families to help them cope with the dropping temperatures.

These humanitarian activities are based on directives of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi.