engro foundation and usaid partner for livestock rehabilitation
Engro Foundation and USAID|Pakistan have forged a partnership for the rehabilitation of livestock in flood affected areas of Larkana and Dadu. The initiative, titled ‘Khushaal Livestock’, is part of USAID|Pakistan’s livelihood assistance project, in collaboration with Engro Foundation, Engro Foods and the Mennonite Economic Development Authority (MEDA).
The project, worth PKR 77.35 million, targets 15,000 households and over 100,000 animals over a 6 month period ending May 2011, and aims to restore productivity of farm animals to pre flood levels. The initiative will provide health and nutritional supplements such as mineral mixtures, multicut grass seeds (jowar), oat seeds, as well as fertilizers and vaccinations for foot and mouth diseases, in order to restore the health and productivity of flood affected livestock. Since its inception ‘Khushaal Livestock’ has provided FMD Vaccination to 4,651 households (28,645 animals), oatseed and DAP packages to 2,015 households and mineral mixture packages provided to 975 households and strives to achieve its set target.
The project is being implemented by Engro Foundation, in collaboration with Engro Foods. Engro has been and always will, as has been its legacy, remain committed to the cause of building a brighter Pakistan starting at the grassroots as it is the company of the people of Pakistan.
