FOOD & AGR ORG OF THE UNITED NATION

Published purpose

The project aims to protect livelihoods of livestock-holding families. It is designed to provide emergency in-kind and technical support to prevent further erosion of these families’ productive capacity and asset base. The project is helping sheep and goat farmers maintain their livelihoods by improving their productivity through the provision of animal feed, rehabilitated water cisterns, drought-tolerant seeds, and a range of training to improve their flock management practices. This is one of the projects that make up the United Nations' 2012 Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for the West Bank and Gaza. The 2012 CAP allows the international community to help spare Palestinians from the worst effects of the ongoing crisis by delivering humanitarian assistance, increasing the protection of civilians, improving the collection of humanitarian information, and strengthening the United Nations' humanitarian coordination structure. Overall, through this appeal, non-governmental organizations and the United Nations help restore human dignity and alleviate further poverty, institutional weakness, and instability in the West Bank and Gaza.