As winter approaches, the cold brings another challenge for families already struggling to survive in Afghanistan.
Temperatures can fall as low as -15°C, making everyday life especially difficult for people without adequate shelter, warm clothing or heating. For families living in damaged homes or temporary accommodation, keeping children and elderly relatives warm can become a daily struggle.
The challenges do not stop at the cold. Poverty, displacement and rising living costs leave many households struggling to afford basic essentials, including food, medicine and fuel. When winter arrives, these pressures become even harder to manage.
Human Relief Mission's Winter Appeal aims to help vulnerable families across Afghanistan with the essentials they need to face the cold.
A warm blanket, protective clothing, food on the table or fuel for heating can make a meaningful difference to a household facing winter hardship.
19M+
People in Afghanistan projected to face acute food insecurity during the November 2026 – April 2027 winter season.
5M
People projected to face emergency levels of hunger during the same period.
Your donation can help provide practical winter essentials to families facing the harsh Afghan winter. Whether you choose to provide bedding, warm clothing, food or heating support, every contribution can help relieve pressure on a vulnerable household. Choose how you would like to help below or make a donation towards the Winter Appeal.
For a family struggling to make ends meet, winter can mean choosing between heating their home, buying food or providing warm clothing for their children.
Your contribution helps ease some of these difficult choices by supporting access to essential winter items.
A blanket can help a child sleep more comfortably. Warm clothing can offer protection against freezing temperatures. Food supplies can help families prepare meals, while heating support can make cold living conditions easier to manage.
These are practical forms of assistance, but their value goes beyond the items themselves. They help families preserve their dignity, look after their loved ones and face the winter months with greater security.
Can provide a blanket and mattress to help a family prepare a warmer sleeping space.
Can provide a hat, gloves, jacket and scarf to help protect someone from the cold.
Can provide essential food supplies, including flour, oil, salt, sugar and rice.
Can contribute towards heating and fuel to help families keep warm.
Can provide a family with essential winter items, including blankets, warm clothing and heating fuel.
Winter assistance is about more than getting through a cold night. It is about helping families protect their health, maintain their dignity and manage the additional challenges that winter brings. Your support can help provide:
Provide blankets and mattresses to help families create warmer, more comfortable sleeping spaces.
Supply essential winter clothing to help adults and children stay protected from low temperatures.
Help households access essential food supplies when winter costs put extra pressure on family budgets.
Help families access heating and fuel to keep their living spaces warmer during winter.
Help children, elderly people, widows and displaced households facing increased winter hardship.
Give families practical support to manage the cold and focus on caring for one another.
“The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever.”
— Sahih Al Bukhari
As temperatures fall across Afghanistan, vulnerable families need our support. No parent should have to worry about keeping their child warm. No family should have to face freezing nights without the essentials they need. Your Zakat and Sadaqah can help provide blankets, warm clothing, food and heating support to those facing winter hardship. Together, we can bring warmth, protect dignity and help families through the coldest months. Bring warmth to Afghanistan. Help families through winter.
Donate to the Winter AppealEverything you need to know about our work, your impact, and how to get involved.
HRM's Winter Appeal provides essential winter assistance to vulnerable families across Afghanistan. Donations help support access to bedding, warm clothing, food and heating during the cold winter months.
Winter in Afghanistan can bring freezing temperatures, snowfall and difficult living conditions. Families experiencing poverty or displacement may lack adequate shelter, warm clothing, bedding and heating, making the cold especially challenging.
Your donation can help provide essential items such as blankets, mattresses, winter clothing, food supplies and heating fuel. You can choose a specific donation option or contribute another amount towards the appeal.
Yes. The Bedding, Clothing and Food donation options are identified as Zakat applicable. Please contact HRM if you would like to confirm the eligibility of another donation option before giving your Zakat.
Yes. You can support the Winter Appeal through Sadaqah. Your contribution can help provide essential winter assistance to vulnerable families in Afghanistan.
The appeal aims to support vulnerable households in Afghanistan, including families experiencing poverty or displacement, widows, children and elderly people who may struggle to access essential winter supplies.
The £50 Winter Package provides a family with essential winter items such as blankets, warm clothing and heating fuel.
Yes. You can select from the available donation options, including Bedding, Clothing, Food, Heating and the Winter Package. You can also choose a custom donation amount, subject to the available donation options.
Yes. Human Relief Mission focuses its humanitarian and development work in Afghanistan, supporting vulnerable individuals and communities through a range of welfare projects.
Giving before and during the winter months helps support preparations and the delivery of essential assistance when families need it most. Early support can help HRM plan its response ahead of the harshest conditions.
Still have questions?
Get in touch with our team: info@humanreliefmission.com