AFGHANISTAN/Badghis: Sultana, 24, recently had to bury her youngest daughter, who froze to death in the Afghan desert.
They are farmers, but have long since sold off the livestock that would have provided them with food through the winter.
The youngest children die first.
"We fear that cold and hungry children will be hit by winter illnesses leading to entirely preventable deaths," warns Chris Nyamandi, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) country director in Afghanistan.
Now, Nazoo has lived for two years in a tented settlement in the northwestern province of Badghis.
Together with some tea or water, that’s the only thing she and her five children eat that day.
"Some people sold all their animals to buy food last winter and now have nothing to sell or use to feed themselves," says Qamar Gul (35), who is staying with her family in a displacement site in Badghis.
Water-borne diseases may become rife, and claim the lives of already malnourished, cold, displaced children.
"Better shelters must be built, and food stocks put in place, so families can survive the freezing months ahead.
Our work in the area NRC is mapping the needs, distributing emergency shelters and setting up latrines and water tanks to assist displaced Afghans in the region.