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
With the current precarious situation in Afghanistan, DCA focuses on community managed disaster risk reduction (CMDRR) to address the disaster faced by farmers, pastoralists, internally displaced people and host communities in a sustainable manner. This includes but not limited to feed distribution and engagement to start up community-based feed banks; free and subsidized livestock health and vaccination; institutional capacity building; market systems development and value chains. DCA builds resilience through a quick access and reach to the communities through the previously set private sectors (VFUs), Self-Help Groups (SHG), Basic Veterinary Workers (BVW) and customary institutions in the field. Gender equality is a fundamental guiding principle in our own organisation as well as in our programs. By using a woman-to-woman approach and developing special income generating activities for female beneficiaries, DCA is committed to empower women in all its projects. DCA adopts a multidisciplinary One Health Approach, to attain optimal health for people, animals as well as the environment. The control of zoonoses, animal diseases that can easily be transmitted to humans (such as COVID-19), are important elements of our work.
