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But states must also dramatically ramp-up funding and ensure that they are delivering real commitments for the millions who are stuck in a decades-long cycle of violence and neglect.

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The funding received for this vast crisis equates to about five cents a day, per person in need.

This Conference must push for safe, unhindered access and an end to administrative barriers that prevent humanitarians reaching those in need.

🔴 Of the 21 million people in the country in need of support, fewer than 7 million are likely to get any help at all
🔴Many children have no access to education – 1.3 million children are entirely out of school
🔴Millions of families have no durable shelter, and no access to clean water or sanitation

Without fast and flexible funding, those affected by the earthquake will not be able to rebuild their lives, and the suffering will continue. NATO-countries must not forget their promises to stand by the Afghan children, women and men that they left behind in 2021.

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Needs are enormous, but too little funding is available. We will use all available resources to provide cash assistance, drinking water, pipe repairs, energy biscuits, shelter kits & essentials to survive winter.

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Without greater international aid those affected by the earthquake will not be able to rebuild their lives, and the suffering will continue. NATO-countries must not forget their promises to stand by the Afghan children, women and men that they left behind in 2021.

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If this continues, violence will prevail in more and more places, and communities will be ripped apart.

These new figures must act as a wake up call.

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The failure of global diplomacy and of conflict resolution efforts— & more than anything the failure to protect civilians—is astounding.

The number of displaced people is now three times what it was in 2011, & demonstrates a deep global crisis around governance and the protection of civilians.

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He has been investing part of the profits into expanding further, opening a tearoom that brings him more customers while improving his home and supporting his brother’s education.

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NRC helped him with a small business grant of $260, to set up a new bakery at the displacement settlement site in Mueda, which he turned into a thriving business, employing two people.

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Moussa, 48, fled a brutal attack on his village just weeks ago.
He arrived in Muadi with nothing.
His home was torched, his family scattered, his surgical wound reopened during his escape.
“I fear death,” he told me. “I’d rather die from illness than be killed.”

The lack of progress is both a policy failure and a moral stain on humanity.

Now is the time for governments to show political will and financial investments for lasting solutions to displacement.

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Over the past year, I’ve met with internally displaced families in DR Congo, in Palestine, and in Sudan, and listened to them speak about the devastating impact of displacement on their lives and their hopes for the future.

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