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About DCA

Helping the Afghan people through their livestock fghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world, with 36% of the population below the poverty line. Of the 35.5 million Afghans, about 24 million are living in the countryside, being more or less dependent on agriculture and livestock.

Address:

  • Street # 5 of Syloo, House # 152-153, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan
  • info.afg@dca-af.org
  • Sun - Thu: 8.00 AM to 4.00 PM

Our Work

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Our way of work

The COVID-19 pandemic, drought, and government power-shift caused protracted and complex food insecurity and malnutrition, loss of livelihoods assets (mainly livestock), damage to the public health, displacement, and conflict. Around 60-70% of the livestock died due to the recent drought; and more than 5 million people left their homes. With the current political turmoil, the harsh winters, and cash liquidity blended with the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences are worse and carried on mainly to the marginalized communities such as women, girls, elderly, children, disabled, IDPs and host communities.

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Dutch Committee for Afghanistan

DCA

An estimated 80% of the Afghan population are involved in agriculture / livestock, and livestock contribute 15% of Afghanistan’s GDP. Many livestock owners live at near subsistence level and any increase in the health and production of their animals translates directly into real and significant improvements in their household economy, job creation, and food security. DCA is one of the largest and, considered by many, most effective NGOs working in Afghanistan’s Livestock Sector in terms of background, experience, expertise, geographic coverage and outreach. DCA has developed a nationwide network of Veterinary Field Units (VFUs), so that all livestock owners including pastoralists have access to quality and affordable animal health services. The results are exciting: Reduction of livestock mortality and morbidity, increase in animal production, and improvement in household livelihood. And we succeed in generating 5 USD in return for every 1 USD invested. This successful and sustainable model can be used to access and reach marginalized communities to improve food and nutrition security, building resilience and market systems development more easily.

2018