Afghanistan

Afghanistan Food Voucher Programme
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Published on 9 March 2011
  • This Afghan girl can smile -- her family counts among those in Jalalabad receiving WFP food vouchers. The programme has been a boost for local shopkeepers as well.
  • People wait to receive their vouchers. The project focuses on supporting the poorest, most vulnerable families, prioritizing those headed by widows and the disabled.
  • The WFP food voucher programme offers these Afghan women what many of us take for granted -- the ability to choose what to eat.
  • Afghan families receive these WFP food vouchers, worth the equivalent of about $25 a month.
  • A Jalalabad woman receives her first food voucher. WFP began distributing the vouchers to families in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad following a successful pilot phase in Kabul.
  • WFP Staff Members Verify The ID And Ration Cards Of Voucher Recipients And Enter The Information Into A Database.
  • Khumar, a widow and mother of nine, tells a Jalalabad shopkeeper what she wants to buy with her WFP voucher. Feeding her family has been tough since her husband died two years ago, but Khumar says the recent rise of food prices has made it even harder.
  • These women now enter Jalalabad's stores as customers, not beggars. WFP plans to extend its voucher programme elsewhere in Afghanistan, reaching a planned 30,000 beneficiaries in 2011.
  • Several women have loaded their food purchases into a tuk-tuk to make the journey home together, saving on transportation costs. Shopkeepers say they like the programme, which has brought them new customers who previously could not afford to buy food.
This Afghan girl can smile -- her family counts among those in Jalalabad receiving WFP food vouchers. The programme has been a boost for local shopkeepers as well.
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This Afghan girl can smile -- her family counts among those in Jalalabad receiving WFP food vouchers. The programme has been a boost for local shopkeepers as well.

Afghanistan Food Voucher 9

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People wait to receive their vouchers. The project focuses on supporting the poorest, most vulnerable families, prioritizing those headed by widows and the disabled.
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People wait to receive their vouchers. The project focuses on supporting the poorest, most vulnerable families, prioritizing those headed by widows and the disabled.

Afghanistan Food Vouchers 1

Copyright: WFP/Challiss McDonough

The WFP food voucher programme offers these Afghan women what many of us take for granted -- the ability to choose what to eat.
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The WFP food voucher programme offers these Afghan women what many of us take for granted -- the ability to choose what to eat.

Afghanistan Food Vouchers 3

Copyright: WFP/Challiss McDonough

Afghan families receive these WFP food vouchers, worth the equivalent of about $25 a month.
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Afghan families receive these WFP food vouchers, worth the equivalent of about $25 a month.

Afghanistan Food Vouchers 4

Copyright: WFP/Challiss McDonough

A Jalalabad woman receives her first food voucher. WFP began distributing the vouchers to families in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad following a successful pilot phase in Kabul.
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A Jalalabad woman receives her first food voucher. WFP began distributing the vouchers to families in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad following a successful pilot phase in Kabul.

Afghanistan Food Vouchers 5

Copyright: WFP/Challiss McDonough

WFP Staff Members Verify The ID And Ration Cards Of Voucher Recipients And Enter The Information Into A Database.
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WFP Staff Members Verify The ID And Ration Cards Of Voucher Recipients And Enter The Information Into A Database.

Afghan-food Vouchers 6

Copyright: WFP/Challiss McDonough

Khumar, a widow and mother of nine, tells a Jalalabad shopkeeper what she wants to buy with her WFP voucher. Feeding her family has been tough since her husband died two years ago, but Khumar says the recent rise of food prices has made it even harder.
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Khumar, a widow and mother of nine, tells a Jalalabad shopkeeper what she wants to buy with her WFP voucher. Feeding her family has been tough since her husband died two years ago, but Khumar says the recent rise of food prices has made it even harder.

Afghanistan Food Vouchers 7

Copyright: WFP/Challiss McDonough 

These women now enter Jalalabad's stores as customers, not beggars. WFP plans to extend its voucher programme elsewhere in Afghanistan, reaching a planned 30,000 beneficiaries in 2011.
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These women now enter Jalalabad's stores as customers, not beggars. WFP plans to extend its voucher programme elsewhere in Afghanistan, reaching a planned 30,000 beneficiaries in 2011.

Afghanistan Food Vouchers 4-0

Copyright: WFP/Challiss McDonough

Several women have loaded their food purchases into a tuk-tuk to make the journey home together, saving on transportation costs. Shopkeepers say they like the programme, which has brought them new customers who previously could not afford to buy food.
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Several women have loaded their food purchases into a tuk-tuk to make the journey home together, saving on transportation costs. Shopkeepers say they like the programme, which has brought them new customers who previously could not afford to buy food.

Afghanistan Food Vouchers 8

Copyright: WFP/Challiss McDonough 

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