Shelter For Life International Inc

Programs: Senegal program:shelter for life international (sfl) has been working in the casamance region of senegal since 2012. Because of a civil war, the capital and market development in this region had been stagnant. Sfl's work has enabled the reconnection between farms and markets and revitalization of agricultural markets through rebuilding of farm to market roads. In 2017, sfl completed the construction of 133km or roads, which had resulted in hiring of over 1,000 people and connecting many farm communities to national and regional markets. In 2017 alone, sfl completed the construction of 35km of farm to market roads. Additionally, sfl launched two new programs; one to assist returning refugees rebuild their homes and livelihoods and one to restore commercial viability of cashew sector in senegal, as well as the neighboring guinea bissau and the gambia. Most of the work on the two new projects were on mobiliation and preparation stage.

afghanistan program:shelter for life international has been working in afghanistan since 1998 with a primary focus of restoring the lives of the victims of the country's wars and disasters and rebuilding their communities. Most of the communities where sfl operates are returned refugees who have started farming in their ancestral land. In 2017 sfl worked in northern provinces of badakhshan and takhar to restore food and agriculture sectors' productivity, restore and preserve soil quality in farming communities, reduce the impact of natural disasters, particularly landslides, and provide school feeding assistance:1. Sfl built or restored 501,650 meters of irrigation canals and systems that enables the irrigation of thousands of acres of farm land. Sfl anticipates to see a greater stability in food production and access to food in the region. 2. Sfl built or renovated 278. 1km of tertiary feeder roads that connect farm communities to markets, increasing the income potential of the farmers. In addition, the roads have reduced the time of transportation, which has also contributed to the improvement of the public health and ease of access to health facilities. 3. Distributed 5,460. 64 metric tons of food to vulnerable and food-insecure families. 4. Sfl built 2,845 flood protection/water-management systems in an effort to mitigate the negative impact of floods and better manage irrigation water flow. 5. Sfl planted 28,600 fruit and non-fruit trees. The tree planting efforts help with surface-water recharge, soil-erosion control, and land-slide prevention. 6. The sfl livelihoods projects rebuilt 285 kichen gardens and supported 500 men and women (475women and 25 men) to establish or measurably improve a source of supplementary income.