Collateral damage?

Mar 31st 2022

UN donor conference falls billions short of $4.4bn target to help Afghanistan

Yemen pledging conference: An outcome that will lead to loss of lives

Afghanistan donor conference target $4.4bn - result $2.44bn.

Yemen donor conference target $4.2bn - result $1.3bn.

There are more than 24 million people in Afghanistan, and 23 million in Yemen, who need humanitarian assistance.

There are probably multiple reasons for the missing funds, the actions of the Taliban government, the Ukraine war, and maybe donor fatigue; but we should not forget that if we do not help these countries now, we will be sowing the seeds for the next war or refugee crisis, or both.