Women in Sindh, Pakistan
Click on the small "i" for descriptions. If you are having trouble viewing the images, click here to view the slideshow on our flickr page. Rural communities in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province are among the poorest in the world, with many households relying on subsistence farming for their livelihoods. Adding to the difficulty is a deeply entrenched landlord/tenant system, which puts people into cycles of debt and dependence.
Women in these communities are particularly vulnerable. For this reason, Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Presbyterian World Service & Development have been supporting a 3-year food security project in 150 villages through Church World Service Pakistan/Afghanistan. The project aims to improve the availability, access, and utilization of food, so that communities will can grow more food, have more income, and eat higher-quality foods more often.
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