DACAAR

As part of DACAAR’s rural development activities, farmers are provided with training in Saffron growing as an alternative to opium farming. The project also trains women to be essential actors in the growing and harvesting of saffron.

A beneficiary of one of DACAAR’s Natural Resource Management uses drip irrigation to grow crops in Faryab province. Training farmers to effectively use limited water resources is a key element of DACAAR projects to improve the livelihoods of the Afghan pe

A beneficiary demonstrates his newly acquired welding skills provided through DACAAR’s rural development capacity building activities.

DACAAR promotes community empowerment by working directly with village councils in the implementation of all projects.

As part of DACAAR’s Water Supply and Sanitation activities a motorized pipe scheme and reservoir were installed to provide families in Faryab province with clean and easily accessible water.

DACAAR installs hand pumps, like the one featured, in order to provide villages with safe, clean water.

A tanker provides desperately needed water to families in a returnee settlement in Nangarhar province as part of DACAAR’s emergency response efforts.

A well is being drilled in a returnee settlement in Nangarhar province as part of DACAAR’s water supply and sanitation activities. Wells provide vulnerable families with clean and easily accessible water, reducing mortality and the burden on women and chi

Women make candles to sell in the local market as part of DACAAR's vocational training activities to facilitate economic empowerment of women.

A trainer from DACAAR’s hygiene education team delivers a message about proper hygiene and sanitation practices to families in Nangarhar province as part of DACAAR’s continued effort to reduce the mortality and morbidity caused by waterborne diseases.