About Us
Nutrition and Education International (NEI) is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c) 3 organization based in Pasadena, California. NEI was formed in 2003 to fight widespread malnutrition among women and children who live in high-mortality areas in Afghanistan. NEI is supported and run by volunteers who work full-time in various professional fields and donate their time and expertise to bring proper nutrition to impoverished communities in Afghanistan.
Our Mission
Providing Soy Nutrition to Defeat Malnutrition in Afghanistan
Our Strategy
NEI has a basic three-tier strategy to expand soy nutrition and end malnutrition in Afghanistan:
- Soybean production
- Humanitarian soymilk feeding program in high-mortality areas
- Soy processing industry and soy food culture development
This approach provides both immediate health intervention as well as sustainable livelihoods for the Afghan people.
Our Collaborating Agencies
- Afghanistan government Ministries
- Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock
- Higher Education
- Public Health
- Women’s Affairs
- Rural Rehabilitation and Development
- Embassy of Afghanistan, U.S.A.
- Embassy of Japan, Afghanistan
- Embassy of Korea, Afghanistan
- Kabul University
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Iowa State University, IA
- Stine Seed Company, Adel, IA
- Insta-Pro International, Des Moines, IA
- Fortitech, Inc., New York
- Aga Khan Foundation, Afghanistan
