Fact Sheet
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Washington, DC
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 3 years of drought overlaid on 20 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 $168 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.
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Type of Contribution
|
Amount
|
| TOTAL PRM CONTRIBUTIONS |
$168 million*
|
| Total PRM Contributions to IOs |
$146.5 million
|
| Total PRM Contributions to NGOs |
$21.5 million
|
* Of this amount, $23.5 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
|
$22.0 million
| Emergency Assistance, Return, and Reintegration Assistance |
|
UNHCR TOTAL
|
$21.0 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 |
PRM CONTRIBUTIONS TO NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2003
|
Agency
|
Amount
|
Purpose
|
|
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO
NGOs
|
$1.5 million
| Emergency winterization assistance for returning refugees |
|
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
|
$1.5 million
| Emergency winterization assistance for returnee families in Kabul City |
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 |
PRM CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2002
|
Agency
|
Amount
|
Purpose
|
|
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO
NGOs
|
$2.0 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 |