Bayat Foundation distributed winter aid, including food packages, to hundreds of needy families in Kabul this week.

As part of the foundation’s ongoing campaign to assist needy families across the country, food and non-food packages were given out to families in the eastern parts of the capital.

Officials from the foundation said they were prioritizing families who desperately needed help – especially as temperatures continue to drop across the country.

This comes amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country, where the vast majority of Afghans are unable to cover basic living expenses.

Aid packages distributed by the foundation in the east of Kabul included flour, cooking oil, rice and warm clothes and blankets, officials said.

Haji Mohammad Ismail Shah Samand, deputy head of Bayat Foundation, said: “In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s donations, which are made every year during the winter or during the earthquake and during the holy month of Ramadan, this year we have started our winter donations and we continue to distribute them in the provinces. Today, we came to Kabul and distributed materials to a number of deserving people, including flour, cooking oil, and rice, as well as winter clothes, blankets, jackets, and socks.”

Families who received the aid were very grateful but called on other aid organizations to also help the needy. They said many Afghans are dealing with severe financial difficulties.

“We are grateful to Bayat Foundation, many things like flour, rice and even blankets, jackets and socks are included in the aid [packages], and with this aid, problema of some families will be solved,” said one recipient.

Another recipient said: “In this winter and cold weather and while we are facing many problems, Bayat Foundation helped us and we thank them.”

Bayat Foundation officials still say these donations will continue until the end of winter in Kabul and in other provinces around the country.