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New Volunteer Staff Couples Going to Afg...

Mr. and Mrs. Shinhong and Boksil Pae, Los Angeles, USAMr. and Mrs. Shinhong and Boksil Pae, Los Angeles, USA are now ready to join our volunteer staff members in Afghanistan; Mr. Young Su Byeon, Mr. Young Whan Kim and Mrs. Sungho Cho Wiley. They will work closely with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs...

NEI In The News...

In February, TOLO TV-Afghanistan, the largest TV network in Afghanistan, filmed soy milk processing at our Kabul South soy milk processing facility and subsequent soy milk feeding to school children in an elementary school near the soy milk facility. We thanked them for educating the general public on...

New Collaborative Opportunities in Afgha...

Meeting by Country Directors of NEI and Mercy Corps to Collaborate on Soybean Cultivation with Afghan farmers Recognizing the gains made in the last five years by NEI, other agencies including NGOs and international organizations are responding positively to NEI’ss requests to collaborate. The...

Twenty Tons of Soybean Seeds in Transit ...

At the five soy milk facilities, NEI is now feeding soy milk (with a piece of soy enriched Naan) to more than 4,000 women and children, three times a week. We have observed that within three months of feeding soy milk, the health and happiness of these people is dramatically improved. Our effort was...

Soy Milk Feeding Program During Winter M...

NEI continued soy milk feeding programs for vulnerable populations struggling to survive the cold winter months in Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Kabul. The NEI team continued feeding malnourished families living in tents at a refugee camp in Kabul, as well as school children and their teachers. Women and...

A letter from the President...

This is NEI’s sixth year in Afghanistan building a soy industry as a practical remedy to the chronic malnutrition which costs numerous lives of women and children in impoverished areas of this country. Soy Naan Prepared by NEI Staff Widows for School Children and Refuge Camp Families in Kabul ...