UNHCR Afghanistan Shelter Factsheet - October 2024
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The need for shelter assistance continues to be widely reported across Afghanistan, driven by high numbers of returns, natural crises including earthquakes and floods, and compounded by soaring levels of poverty and unemployment. Vast shelter needs are explicitly depicted in the impact of the Herat Earthquakes, occurring in October 2023, and leaving over 48,000 homes damaged or destroyed, as well as in the floods across the country in 2024, leaving over 18,460 homes damaged or destroyed. Natural disasters exacerbate the erosion of communities’ resilience following over 40 years of war, creating dire shelter needs across the country. According to the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, an estimated 6.6 million persons are in need of shelter assistance in Afghanistan in 2024. Shelter is a priority response for UNHCR in 2024, with a funding requirement of USD 21.90 million to deliver shelter response across the country through the provision permanent shelter solutions, shelter repair assistance, emergency shel
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees