1. Rural Afghanistan 2004 La Licorne Bokhoven presents Photos: Mieke and Luc

5. View from the air

6. Rough access to the field

8. My home is my ……

10. Sparce grass for grazing

11. Animals stay away from the thorny bush that is holding the frail soil on the hill sides

14. Donkeys are multi-purpose

15. Donkey for getting water

16. Donkey for getting fire-wood

17. Donkey for getting fire starter

18. Up-rooted thorny bush for sale

19. Drying dung

20. Cultivation benefits greatly from irrigation

21. about it ?What can be done

22. The villagers are being organised so they can discuss and tell what they actually need Health and education are high on the list, and material needs are essential, such as: Nearby and safe drinking water land for growing wheat supplies and know-how for crop diversification inputs and irrigation water for higher yields fodder and water for animals fire and building wood reasonable prices for inputs and products Awareness is being build that it can pay off to work together. Take: the purchase of farm inputs and marketing the management of irrigation water and communal grazing- and woodland

23. Farm Implements are supplied

24. The purchase of oxen is facilitated for ploughing in spring time

25. Improved rrigation water offtake in Nangarhar

26. Demonstration Plots in Faryab Province

27. Nursery for saplings in Badghis Province

28. Ford in Nangarhar Province

29. Artfully designed bridge

30. Now summing up : What can you do for us ?

31. Women are being organised to exchange experience and views to build their awareness and to give them a voice in community affairs to engage in common interests to receive extension on householding and child care to be trained for income generating activities including kitchen gardening and the keeping of sheep, goats and chicken

32. In the frame of the water supply programme education on Health & Hygiene is given Subjects that are raised concern inter alia:  The importance of safe drinking water  How to stay away from contamination  General diseases such as malaria and diarrhoea problems  Vaccination programmes Instructions on child care

33. Digging a well

35. Vaccination of Poultry

36. And what have you for me in store?

37. The younger ones will benefit from nutrition, education and health programmes They gain from safe drinking water, while the proximity of water will discharge them from fetching it from great distance thus enabling them to play, to attend school and to give a hand in the household and on the land

38. Whether having stayed or returned from refuge, all are looking out for a future

39. Give us a hand to achieve

40. It may look grim

41. Let hope prevail