The aim of this project is to set up a central chicken farm that will help single Afghan women and/or widows. This is accomplished by helping the women set up a small chicken farm to sell eggs. The widows receive chickens, all the necessary materials (e.g. a coop and feed) and the necessary training from the central farm.

The widows can then sell the eggs and manure from their chickens through the central farm. Thanks to this job, the women generate extra income, learn to take responsibility and ownership, and gain access to free lessons on hygiene and nutritional values. In this way, the women gain work experience and become financially and socially independent.


Our approach

Target group 

This project focuses on single Afghan women who live without the social and financial security of a husband. These women may be widows or they may have been abandoned. They often live with their children at or below the poverty line.

Setup

The central farm keeps its own chickens and helps 25 single women with families to raise chickens for egg sales. The farm can become financially independent on a short-term basis. This makes it possible to gradually increase the number of women receiving support each year.

Guidance

A manager oversees the start-up and daily operations of the central farm and provides the women with the necessary materials and guidance. Thanks to this facilitating role, women can care for the chickens from their own location (often at home) and sell the eggs through the cooperative.

Location

The central chicken farm is located in Herat. It is also in this region that widows will be approached for this project.





Selling eggs for income 

The central farm keeps its own chickens and helps 25 single women with families to raise chickens. The farm functions as a cooperative, aiming to achieve financial benefits by purchasing and selling collectively. The women receive the necessary materials from the farm, and the eggs and manure are sold through the farm. This enables the farm to become financially independent in the short term. It is also possible to gradually increase the number of women receiving support each year.

The manager/company provides the following preconditions:

  • Purchase and transport of the chickens.
  • Central sales point for the eggs.
  • Purchase of feed and other supplies.
  • A good location and all necessary facilities.
  • Support for the women, including education on keeping chickens.


Why Village of Peace?

Instead of temporary emergency aid, Village of Peace focuses on social entrepreneurship, where local Afghans become self-reliant and can generate their own income independently of external aid.

Through training, coaching, and start-up capital, the project creates lasting economic growth within communities and improves access to healthy food. Sponsors contribute to structural change that helps both families and entire communities, which is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We have made a conscious decision to work exclusively with Afghans. That is why we deliberately keep our Dutch head office as small as possible.
Our Afghan network has proven to be reliable and decisive. It enables us to operate in a culturally and politically sensitive manner. The projects are led by trustworthy, passionate Afghan managers whose hearts are in the right place.




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