Background/History

UMCOR is working to help the people of Afghanistan to recover from 24 years of wars, ethnic conflict, repressive regimes, drought, famine and earthquakes that forced millions of people to seek refuge in neighboring countries such as Pakistan and Iran or to become displaced within their own country. Following the demise of the Taliban, refugees and internally displaced persons voted with their feet. They gave a vote of confidence in their future by returning to devastated communities in numbers that doubled expectations.