PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Afghanistan
World hunger Project
By: Ariel Sutherland
AFGHANISTAN
- Capital-Kabul
- Population-31,108,077
- Official Language- Pashto and Dari
- Government- Islamic Republic
- Climate- Cold winters and hot summer
RELIGIONS
- Sunni muslim 80%
- Shia Muslim 19%
- Other 1%
GOVERNMENT
- GDP- 20.72 billion
- Life expectancy- 51-6o yrs.
The Countries that share boundaries with Afghanistan is Iran (west),Pakistan (southeast), China(northeast)
- The school meals program- aims to help rebuild the national Ed.
-Food for training - helps the poor receive new marketable skills so they can learn better living.
-WFP nutrition program- helps fight malnutrition among pregnant women, new mothers and children among 5 yrs old.
THREATS TO FOOD SECURITY
- Poor sanitation
- Low education level
- Droughts
- Floods
The WFP program that I chose is The school meals program that aims to help rebuild the National Ed. System. Provides snack to nearly 740,000 children in poverty.
CHEIF EXPORTS
- Fruits and nuts
- Handwoven carpets
- Wool
- Hides
- Pelts
C'sted is my hometown. Afghanistan is 12,365 km from my hometown.
A biscuit factory that was shipped in seven containers form Italy is now being assembled in Afghanistan. It has nutrition rich cookies for victims of humanitarian emergencies. If they can find away to produce high energy biscuits school meal programs rather than importing them.