With these achievements in 2008, we would again like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your trust and partnering with us in pursuing this exciting endeavor. We have been able to provide hands-on front line help to the Afghan people because of your support from the second line. The most important...

We are quite pleased to report to you that NEI’s efforts in its fifth year to defeat malnutrition by developing a self sustainable soy industry are receiving recognition among international agencies such as United Nations Development Program (UNDP), World Food Program (WFP) and Food and Agriculture...

It was literally amazing to observe that numerous soybean farming families are now making high protein naan by stone-milling soybean into soy flour, mixing it with wheat flour 1:9, and baking naan, their staple. Compared to traditional naan with 100% wheat, they prefer soy flour-enhanced naan (“soy...

For the weak and poor widows and other women, NEI has been working to empower them nutritionally and financially. For the malnourished women and children living in the Gulran district of Herat province, this year has been one of extreme suffering as many of them contracted non-reversible liver failure...

To provide soy milk to women and children in highly impoverished areas, we have established two new soy milk processing facilities, both in Kabul. These are our fourth and fifth soy milk plants. Kabul was originally planned to support a population of about 500,000 but the city has now grown to 4,000,000...

Early this year NEI purchased 50 tons of soybean seeds and exported it from the United States to Afghanistan. This seed was distributed to poor farmers with fertilizer and nitrogen-fixing bacteria inoculums all free of charge. Farmers in most areas enjoyed a bountiful harvest, however, some in some areas...

This quarter we have made very significant progress toward defeating the severe malnutrition among women and children which is responsible for high maternal and child mortality rates in Afghanistan. We want to convey our heart-felt thanks for your support this year, without which we could not have accomplished...

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