NEI has Provided Emergency Food Aid to more than 4,300 Internally Displaced Families and 800 Earthquake Affected Afghans

Since the Taliban government takeover in August 2021, many Afghan families who were internally displaced have remained in refugee camps in Kabul. In 2025, the World Health Organization estimated that over 22 million Afghans were in need of humanitarian aid, and more than 14 million were facing acute food insecurity.

For the past three years, Nutrition & Education International (NEI) has been providing firewood and food packages—including protein-rich soybeans, fortified soy flour, rice, and cooking oil—to the most vulnerable families living in refugee camp villages in Kabul. According to the Kabul Department of Rural Rehabilitation, NEI is the only humanitarian organization providing both firewood and high-protein emergency food aid.

On August 31, 2025, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan. NEI provided high-protein soy foods, hygiene kits, propane, pressure cookers, cooking oil, and cooking utensils to 800 Afghans affected by the earthquake. Find out more about the emergency food aid program.