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NEI HQ Update...

NEI HQ Update
Soybean Grinding at Home for Soy Naan Preparation The NEI Kabul house, which serves as both an office and living quarters for our staff, has been moved to the immediate neighborhood of our Kabul South soy milk processing facility. Soy Naan made from a 10:90 Blend of Soy and Wheat FlourWe are happy to...

New Approaches...

New Approaches
Training for School Teachers To extend the nutritional benefits of soybean to larger rural areas, we began distributing seeds to housewives in poor villages to plant in their own gardens. This idea was also welcomed and supported by the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations (FAO)...

A letter from the President...

Despite the economic downturn across the globe, we are actively continuing our efforts to eradicate malnutrition among women and children in Afghanistan. Thanks to your generous donations, NEI was able to purchase enough soybean seeds to distribute to over 2,000 farmers and to expand our efforts into...

New Volunteer Staff Couples Going to Afg...

New Volunteer Staff Couples Going to Afghanistan
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...

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...

New Collaborative Opportunities in Afghanistan
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...

A letter from the President...

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 ...

Growing momentum at NEI...

Growing momentum at NEI
We have some incredibly exciting updates for you:  As a direct result of your quick and compassionate response to our call for help, we were able to ship 50 tons of soybean seeds to Afghanistan.Containers are in transit to Herat province. Seeds will be distributed to 3,000 farmers for spring planting....

150 Tons of Soybean Seeds...

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...

New Alliance with Other Organizations of...

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...

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