Allah Bachai of village Mako Babar, UC Tando Hafiz Shah, set up a vegetable garden in her home through the kitchen gardening kit distributed by Community World Service Asia
Project staff distributing Kitchen gardening seeds and tool kits at village Arbab Jan Mohd Dal in UC Tando Hafiz Shah.
Community World Service Asia project staff conducting a session on setting up kitchen gardens at homes to the women participating in the project.
Fatima, from village Bagho Lashari has set up her vegetable garden post the seeds and toolkit distribution.
Community World Service Asia’s Community Mobilizer distributing kitchen gardening seeds and tool kits to women headed households at the Ameer Shah Village in UC Tando Hafiz Shah, Thatta.
Hakeem of village Ubayo Babar sowing rice seeds received in his kitchen gardening kits.
Khuda Bux’s, from village Ibrahim Lalani Dal, rice seeds have now been sowed for 47 days.
Rakhi’s vegetable garden is now ready to produce seasonal vegetables.
What is the project?
The project aims to support families affected by recurrent floods who have been left with food shortages and minimal income opportunities as agricultural gains have been washed away.
Target groups:
Vulnerable households frequently affected by the floods
Flood-affected women engaged in kitchen gardening and other income-generation activities
Small landowners (who own up to six acres of land) and sharecroppers who have lost their crops during the recent and previous floods
Flood-affected landless labourers
Socially and religiously marginalized disaster-affected communities
Direct Target Groups: 1,535 households (including 625 women-headed households), or 7,675 individuals
Indirect Target Groups: 300 households, or 1,860 individuals who will indirectly benefit from the rehabilitated agriculture infrastructure
Achievements so far:
Introduction of IRRI-6 rice crop, a saline tolerant crop which will eventually increase resilience of rice planted in saline-affected fields and protect farmers from damage and loss of crops
Each family received three 20kg bags of certified rice seed
Each family received one 20kg bag of organic fertilizer, sufficient for cultivating two to three acres of land
Orientation on integrated crop management techniques and disaster resilient farming techniques for affected farmers
600 women-headed households received kitchen gardening seeds and tool kits
Cash grants and disaster risk reduction sessions support local resilience and capacity to effectively cope with the future disasters
Promotion of women’s empowerment and food diversity through kitchen gardening
