Farm-to-Market Roads in Southern Senegal

Shelter For Life International has recently completed its project of building farm-to-market roads in southern Senegal. With the help of local laborers and contractors […]
Strengthening Communities in Flood Risk Reduction

Most of the hillsides in northern Afghanistan are not forested or covered with grass, and when heavy rains come the land is susceptible to erosion. […]
Linking Rich Agricultural Areas in Senegal

Shelter For Life’s project in southern Senegal is building and rehabilitating 130 kilometers (81 miles) of durable roads between rich agricultural areas and a major national highway. […]
New Road Leads to Market Access, Helps Promote Peace

Bala Sadio lives in Djibanar, a community affected by a decades-long conflict between the separatist rebel group Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de la Casamance (MFDC), and the Senegal governmet […]
Irrigation Leads to Income in Tahkar Province Community

I am Abdul Bashir; a resident of Norther Afghanistan. We have 8 people in our family and I am a farmer. Sometimes my wife and my children are helping me in the field. […]
Rehabilitated Road Fosters Community Peacebuilding and Safety

Diara Mané lives in Samick, in a household of eleven people, four of them children (two attending school). She helped build the Camaracounda-Laty road, participating in […]
Optimism for the Future for Women in Taloqan District

Undeniably, women play a significant role in society. For women in Afghanistan, however, there are many cultural and countless traditional barriers that restrict women from […]
Better Prices for Cashew Farmer Thanks To New Road

Mamadou is the head of a household of ten. He has four children, one of whom is in school. He makes his money by growing peanuts, maize, potatoes, and cashews. He brings […]
Reducing Landslides with Tree Planting

Shelter For Life is implementing UN World Food Programme (WFP) projects in Afghanistan, which include tree planting. Barren hillsides can be susceptible to […]
Improved Farming Practices For Life

Over the last three decades, wars and conflict continually plagued Afghanistan. While much pain and heartache resulted, it also caused a huge lack of resources […]