{"id":10524,"date":"2026-06-23T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/?p=10524"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:44:07","slug":"new-website-brings-afghanistans-stories-of-survival-and-hope-into-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/new-website-brings-afghanistans-stories-of-survival-and-hope-into-view\/","title":{"rendered":"New Website Brings Afghanistan’s Stories of Survival and Hope into View"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An impression of the new website for the Afghanistan Joint Response of the Dutch Relief Alliance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Country under Pressure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As much of the international community has scaled back its political, financial and diplomatic engagement, the partners of the Dutch Relief Alliance<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life-Saving Interventions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The consortium works in partnership with the Netherlands\u2019 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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