Soy Milk Feeding at School in Kabul (Shin Hong & Bok Sil Pae)We are continuing our soy milk feeding program for women and children in the poverty stricken areas of Herat, Faizabad, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Kabul. Together with our soybean production program, soy milk feeding is a major component in...

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...

We cannot emphasize enough the degree to which Afghan families are embracing soy nutrition. NEI is experiencing a welcome problem: soybean shortage at our processing facility Nutriana. Afghan soybean farmers and their families are consuming much of the soy harvest at home. They grind soybeans into soy-flour...

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...

Soymilk feeding program is moving forward well. A new soymilk processing facility has been established and operational in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province in addition to the existing facilities in Heart and Badakshan provinces.

Among general public, academia, and other NGOs In an effort to popularize soy among the general public, NEI staff participated in an Agriculture Fair in Badakshan province (below) and held cooking demonstrations using soy (right). The Fair’s organizer showed support by giving us a booth in a prime...

With spring season around the corner, we continue our on-site soymilk feeding program for women and children in Hirat and Badakshan provinces. Ms. Sungho Wiley has now joined the Badakshan team as the Manager of Women Affairs. Her two years volunteer service will enable us to more effectively reach out...