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
news
Microfinance Linkages Workshop for Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Delivered to 80 VFUs
On the 11th and 12th of June 2024, DCA-Livestock Programs under the IFAD-funded project conducted a two-day linkages workshop with First Micro Finance Bank (FMFB) for small and medium entrepreneurs. This workshop was attended by 80 VFU paraprofessionals/para-vets from 13 provinces including Herat, Nangarhar, Balkh, Baghlan, Kunduz, Samangan, Bamyan, Kabul, Logar, Maidan Wardak, Khost, Laghman, […]
DCA Special Newsletter
DCA has Recently Launched Significant Interventions in Afghanistan 15 New Paravets Graduate from DCA-Charikar, Adding to 1,500 Nationwide. On May 16, 2024, the Dutch Committee for Afghanistan (DCA) organized a graduation ceremony for the 15 new veterinary paraprofessionals/paravets in the Inter-Continental Hotel, Kabul City, who had recently completed the six-months intensive practical and theoretical course […]
International Year of Camelids 2024
Introduction Camel rearing in Afghanistan is an important aspect of the country’s agricultural and livestock sector. Camels have been traditionally raised in various regions of Afghanistan, particularly in the central and southern parts where the climate and terrain are well-suited for their adaptation. Nimroz is home to the largest number of camels in Afghanistan followed […]
Stories in Badakhshan: A Dignified Response to the Protracted Disaster in Afghanistan
Danielle Huot (2017[1]) studies on ‘rural surplus’ that shows over 65.5% of rural Afghans do not have land, livestock, or any other assets. These groups of people live based on a patron-client social institutions where they cultivate the land or shepherd the herds of the better-off. However, what happens when these ‘rural surplus’ become old […]
Trust – the Key for Local Development: The Story of a Paravet in Ghoryan District, Herat
My colleagues in Herat and I drove 121km from Herat City of Afghanistan to visit one of the recently graduated paravets that established a VFU in Barnavad village of Ghoryan District in Herat Province. The paravet named Hamidullah Abduljalil is a breadwinner of 7 family members including himself. DCA, the district government, the provincial and […]
