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Elise Blanchard
Elise Blanchard is a French journalist and photographer, based in Afghanistan for four years, including two with the AFP bureau in Kabul.
On a break from the agency, she currently works as a freelancer, as a correspondent for French daily Ouest France, and with Afghan media The Killid Group.
She received her dual master’s degree in journalism from Sciences Po in Paris and Columbia University in New York.
The impact
All profits from the print sale will go to EMERGENCY's crucial work in Afghanistan. Donations will fund specialist training of local nurses & doctors, who will go on to treat thousands of patients in need across the country. On the 15th of August 2021, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. One year later the world’s attention has moved on. However the situation in Afghanistan is getting worse and worse. Faced with economic sanctions, severe drought, the cumulative toll of decades of war and renewed violence, the role EMERGENCY plays in Afghanistan is more critical than ever.
“My message is urgent: Don’t shut the door on the people of Afghanistan" Martin Griffiths, the U.N.’s emergency aid coordinator.
