Aghsan Foundation in Emergencies

Aghsan Foundation in emergencies

Humanitarian action is central to Aghsan Foundation and realizing the rights of every child.

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READING TIME

3 min

AUTHOR

Aghsan

TOPIC

Emergencies

In conflict and disaster, children suffer first and suffer most. During emergencies and humanitarian contexts, children are especially vulnerable to disease, malnutrition and violence. Children living in conflict areas are worst off – they are more likely to be living in extreme poverty, for instance, or not enrolled in primary school.

The chaos and insecurity of war threatens or destroys access to food, shelter, social support and health care, and results in increased vulnerability in communities, especially for children. Aghsan Foundation focuses on these children and their families to provide them with the essential interventions required for protection, to save lives and to ensure the rights of all children, everywhere.

Aghsan Foundation also works to strengthen the links between humanitarian action and development work. Our presence before, during and after emergencies, delivers a continuum of support. For example, the rehabilitation and upgrade of water and sanitation systems serve vulnerable households in both the immediate crisis and the longer term.

Aghsan Foundation’s humanitarian action is guided by its Strategic Plan and its Core Commitments for Children, which outline what Aghsan Foundation commits to do across all sectors – water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), child protection, livelihood and education – as part of any humanitarian response. The CCCs are aligned to international standards and are guided by humanitarian principles.

Flexible funding makes it possible for Aghsan Foundation to deliver assistance to the most vulnerable families when and where it is needed and in a timely and effective manner. For sudden onset emergencies, for example, flexible Global Humanitarian Thematic Funding allows Aghsan Foundation to rapidly release funds within 24 hours and react faster and equitably.