Afghanistan, September 2022. READ THE FULL ARTICLE.

"We can't emphasize enough how destructive the floods have been. … So much infrastructure has been affected, (including) schools. People have been repeatedly displaced, they're afraid to even go back to their old homes," said Veronica Houser, a UNICEF aid worker in Jalalabad.

Afghanistan, September 2022. READ THE FULL ARTICLE.

“Nangarhar province in the eastern region and Logar province in the central region were most heavily affected,” said Veronica Houser, a member of UNICEF’s Afghanistan communications team, speaking to AsiaNews.

“Paktika and Khost provinces – the two provinces affected by the June earthquake – have also been affected by the recent floods,” she explained.

Afghanistan, August 2022. LISTEN TO THE RADIO SEGMENT.

Veronica Houser, Communications Specialist with UNICEF and Afghan Photojournalist Barialai Khoshhal talk about one year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, and how the health and well-being of children are affected.

Afghanistan, August 2022: READ THE FEATURE STORY.

The drive to help others can be strong enough to make people leave the comfort and safety of their homes, and head to a place in severe crisis to fight for the human rights of the people living there. This was the case of Veronica Houser, who moved from the United States to UNICEF in Afghanistan, two months after the Taliban takeover in Kabul last August. “I felt the contrast between the privilege I had where I was born, compared to the violation of the rights of other women”, she says. 

Afghanistan, June 2022. READ THE ARTICLE & WATCH THE VIDEO.

Thousands of families in southeastern Afghanistan are struggling to survive after a powerful earthquake shook Paktika and Khost provinces on June 22, 2022, killing more than 1,000 people — including at least 120 children.

UNICEF Communication Specialist Veronica Houser can barely contain her emotions in the video below. "I'm standing here in the ruins of a house," she says. "the destruction is immense. Earlier, we spoke to 8-year-old Halima. She lived here in this house, but unfortunately her mother and sister were crushed when the house behind me collapsed."

Afghanistan, June 2022: LISTEN TO THE PODCAST (@ 4:57)

In Afghanistan, communities are still struggling to recover, a week after last week’s deadly earthquake – and we’ll be hearing from UN Children’s Fund worker Veronica Houser who’s been to see the human impact for herself.

Afghanistan, June 2022: WATCH THE INTERVIEW. Originally recorded live.

UNICEF’s Veronica Houser joined us from Kabul to discuss the work the organization is doing in response to Afghanistan's recent earthquake.