The Child Protection Organization has recently announced that 25,000 children are still living in tents six months after the powerful earthquake in Kunar.
In a message posted today (Thursday, February 26) on its X account, the organization stated that many of these tents were damaged during the recent rainfall.
The organization further emphasized that many of the homes and schools destroyed in Kunar province have not yet been rebuilt.
The report states: “The earthquake completely or partially destroyed more than half of the nearly 1,300 assessed classrooms. Even before the earthquake, nearly 50,000 primary school-aged children in Kunar—who were most affected by the disaster—were already out of school.”
According to the report, the reconstruction of schools has not yet begun, and 17,000 children are currently studying in open spaces.
Additionally, Bojar Hoxha, Country Director of Save the Children for Afghanistan, said: “Families in Kunar are worried about being forgotten. They depend on assistance from Save the Children and other humanitarian organizations, and this situation will not change anytime soon.”
This comes as a powerful earthquake struck Kunar province and several eastern provinces of Afghanistan six months ago, leaving more than 2,000 people dead in Kunar alone.
