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.
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Street # 5 of Syloo, House # 152-153, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan
For technical staff, Training of Trainers (ToT) was conducted for the project implementation and orientation purpose.
Selection of 4,000 HHs in six targeted provinces.
Baseline Survey Questionnaire was developed, and a Baseline Survey of 1,200 HHs in six targeted provinces done; data entry and analysis of the survey is in progress.
210,000 doses of PPR vaccines in distilled water (dilution) &1,880 liters of dewormer (188,000doses for Small Ruminants) procured and distributed to six targeted provinces.
16,000 Posters on 10 different topics and 80,000 Fact Sheets on 10 different topics distributed to all six targeted provinces for extension activities and farmer training.
More than 180 (187) Farmer Extension Groups (FEG) were established (146 Male & 41 Female) for extension activities, and some 7,380 Male Extension Groups members and 1,689 Female Extension Groups members were trained on different topics.
Sound system procured and delivered to all targeted provinces for extension purposes, awareness, training, campaign etc.
We do not support VFUs directly under RPSF-1 project, but they are involved in the vaccination and deworming campaign. As an estimation per targeted district there are 39 VFUs involved in project activity (vaccination and deworming campaign), and they are paid for the services.