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News
release by RAWA
Kabul,
Afghanistan
Monday,
April 28, 2008
Food Crisis in
Afghanistan
Another
human disaster unfolds in
Afghanistan.
As the prices of food have gone sky-high in this war-stricken country in the
past few weeks, fear of a human catastrophe comes in at the door of every poor Afghan.
This country, which is solely dependent on the imported food items, has to do
nothing but to leave its ill-fated people helpless.
This food
crisis has made it difficult for our orphanage’s administration as we need to
provide all the needs for the children including exorbitant food items with a
limited budget. Wheat flour and rice are the two main food items and their
price has inflated with this rate:
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Food
Items
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21-Mar-08
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10-Apr-08
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23-April-08
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%
increase
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Wheat Flour (50kg)
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1350
($27)
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1800
($36)
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3000
($60)
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222%
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Rice (22 kg)
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1350
($27)
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1600
($32)
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2100
($42)
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156%
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Currency Rate Afs/USD
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50
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50
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50
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We are
kindly seeking your help in this regard. Please donate now to help the children in the RAWA orphanages.
Thanks in
advance for your support.
RAWA
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