On July 20, world leaders met to discuss the future of Afghanistan at the Kabul Conference. We asked ordinary Afghans what they want.
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- We are currently helping over 440,000 people through our relief and recovery programs. That accounts for over 20 percent of the earthquake-affected population of 2 million people.
- We work directly with communities, seeking to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.
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Four years and 17 billion dollars have been spent since the Afghanistan Compact was signed and Afghanistan is still one of the poorest places on Earth. While international support is appreciated, it has not been doing a good enough job helping Afghans improve their lives and meet their basic needs.
