The Impact of Cash Aid: An Afghan Grandmother’s Story of Survival

“I have nothing – where should I get it [food] from?” 

Drought has taken their crops. Inflation has made basic food unaffordable. But cash assistance is giving her a fighting chance. 

Meet Kemia, a grandmother in rural Afghanistan, who is raising her orphaned grandchildren in the midst of a deepening humanitarian crisis. 

Through World Vision Afghanistan's life-saving programme funded by the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO), families like Kemia’s receive direct cash support to meet their most urgent needs. It allows them to buy food locally, pay for essentials, and make decisions with dignity. 

“For me, cash assistance means survival,” Kemia says. 

She is one of 23 million people in Afghanistan, half the population, who urgently need humanitarian assistance to survive this year. 

Watch her story. Share her voice.