Afghan volunteers provide aid to their citizens excluded from Iran
Afghan volunteers are distributed on their country’s borders with Iran foodstuffs and hygiene supplies on large numbers of their citizens returning to their homes because of their expulsion or forcing them to leave Iran, which accuses them of increasing unemployment and crime.
Fatima Rahii (22 years old), who is involved in the distribution of these benefits, confirms that it is not possible for one to remain idle in front of the volume of returnees.
Since the beginning of the year, more than 1.6 million Afghan has crossed the border, including a large number of children.
At the Islam Qaddam crossing crossing, the number of returnees in some days reached 30 thousand, and reached its climax on July 4; It was approximately 50 thousand, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
International organizations, in cooperation with the Taliban authorities, are trying to count and assist expatriates. However, these organizations face significant discounts in their budgets, while the authorities find it very difficult to support these Afghans who often leave everything behind and return to their country steeped in poverty.
This reality prompted the residents of the region to move themselves, and contributes to enabling them to do so the donations of Afghans residing in Europe or North America.
“It is not important if one has a lot of money or not,” said Fatima Rezaei. I do not have much, but with the help of Afghans here and abroad, we can achieve this. ”
This journalist, who works for a local TV station, is passing more than a hundred kilometers to reach the city of Herat where she lives to the border. From a box it is tolerated, children’s wipes and pads are distributed to women surrounded by dozens of boys.
She says: “It is our responsibility to support them. The government is trying to help, but that is not enough. ”
“You cannot alone”
Hasna Salehi, the unemployed, is active in the ranks of her parents ’charitable association« Khan Mehr »; In an effort to show “humanity”.
“Our citizens need our sympathy these days,” she explains to the French Press Agency. We are obligated to provide what we can, whether it is a little or a lot. ”
Good manners are sometimes convinced to accompany her to distribute aid, especially infantry milk.
She recounts that “some women were trying to breastfeed their children, but because of the tension, they had no enough milk.”
The director of the High Refugee Committee, Ahmed Allah, is confident, that this general body is proud of this solidarity.
He acknowledges that “the government cannot solve these problems alone,” praising the efforts of citizens. “
The Taliban government indicates that it provides money when the returning Afghans arrive, and prepare the cities allocated to them, but it does not specify the date of their readiness.
In Herat, a large city that is closest to the border, some live in public parks under tents donated by locals, in very bad circumstances.
“Begin from scratch”
“The only thing that worries us is to find work,” said Hussein, 33, who spent more than ten years in Iran.
Hussein, the father of two children, adds: “There, they told us that our papers are no longer valid. We were working well, and now we have to find another work and start from scratch, ”expressing his affected support on the Afghan side of the border.
From a bus that takes it free to Kabul, which is about a thousand kilometers, he says: “They really helped us and give us a hand.”
Omid is preparing the food of food in great pots, then he goes out to distribute it to the immigrants, despite his suffering from a disability in his leg.
In Afghanistan, where half of the population (48 million people) lives below the poverty line, according to the World Bank, “there is no voluntary culture,” according to the 27 -year -old. “But we are trying to promote it (…) to provide missing support.”
After a day she spent the freedom of humanitarian relief tents and bustle in Islam Qalaa, Hasna Salehi feels that she became stronger thanks to a “lesson in life”.
“If you can help as a volunteer, this means that anyone can,” says the Afghan young woman. And when I go home and think about all these citizens who smiled at me and called me, that is sufficient for me. ”
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