A new interactive website is offering an intimate look at humanitarian work in Afghanistan, weaving together hand-drawn artwork, real footage and the voices of the people living through one of the world’s most overlooked crises.
The project invites visitors to step into the daily reality of communities battling poverty, drought, and mounting restrictions, and to see how on-the-ground support continues to make a difference.
A Country under Pressure
Afghanistan remains under immense strain. Deepening poverty, a harsher climate, growing food insecurity and tightening restrictions are making it increasingly difficult for families to meet even their most basic needs.
As much of the international community has scaled back its political, financial and diplomatic engagement, the partners of the Dutch Relief Alliance have continued to operate on the ground. In Afghanistan, Cordaid leads a joint response implemented by a consortium of five international NGOs and eight local and national NGOs.
Life-Saving Interventions
The consortium works in partnership with the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, in 2025 alone, reached over 330,000 people with life-saving interventions and services, delivering health care and improving food security and livelihoods, water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as providing cash assistance.
The website, titled ‘Resilience on the Edge’, is designed to bring that work to life in a way that statistics alone cannot. Through five chapters on health, water, vocational training, agriculture and cash for work, visitors can explore real stories from people supported by the programme.
The site is best experienced on a desktop computer with sound on, allowing illustration, photography, film and audio to combine into a single, immersive narrative.