WCK's Afghanistan Earthquake Response (Sept. 2025)

World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is working with longtime partner Instant Aid to support families in eastern Afghanistan after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked the Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. The quake caused injuries and fatalities, displaced families, and left many without access to food and water.

Instant Aid has established a kitchen in Nurgal, a community near the epicenter, and is serving meals to the community. Access to water remains challenging, and we are coordinating with impacted communities to assess needs. Together, we are providing thousands of daily meals to impacted residents and to patients at medical facilities.

WCK is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. When disaster strikes, WCK’s Relief Team mobilizes to the frontlines with the urgency of now to start cooking and provide meals to people in need. By partnering with organizations on the ground and activating a network of food trucks or emergency kitchens, WCK provides freshly made, nutritious meals to communities impacted by disasters quickly and effectively. We know that good food provides not only nourishment, but also comfort and hope, especially in times of crisis around the world.

WCK has provided more than 500 million fresh, nourishing meals for communities around the world. Your donation today will be used to support our emergency food relief efforts.

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