The Department for International Development (DFID) contributed £17 million in 2008 to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) emergency appeals which respond to chronic food insecurity in Afghanistan. These appeals reached 8.7 million of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable people. WFP assessments indicate that in-country stocks are now sufficient to meet needs until the next harvest.
DFID also allocated £10 million over five years (2008-13) to the HALO trust, in addition to £3 million this year of core funding, to help expand their de-mining operations in Afghanistan. £4 million was also provided (2007-08) to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to support enforcement of international humanitarian law and facilitate the supply of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.
In addition, DFID provides core funding to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), all of whom have operations in Afghanistan.