SHELTER FOR LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC
10201 WAYZATA BOULEVARD NO 230, MINNETONKA, MN 55305 www.shelter.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SHELTER FOR LIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC. EXISTS TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S LOVE BY ENABLING PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT AND DISASTER TO REBUILD THEIR COMMUNITIES AND RESTORE THEIR LIVES.

TO ENABLE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT AND DISASTER TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES.

SENEGAL PROGRAM:SHELTER FOR LIFE INTERNATIONAL (SFL) HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE CASAMANCE REGION OF SENEGAL SINCE 2012. DUE TO A DECADES-LONG CIVIL WAR, THE CAPITAL AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN THIS REGION HAD BEEN STAGNANT. SFL'S WORK IN THE CASAMANCE IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING MARKET CONNECTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASHIEW SECTOR, WHICH INCLUE RECONSTRUCTION OF ROAD-NETWORKS, STRENGTHENING OF CASHEW PRODUCTION AND TRADDE, AND FACILITATING INVESTMENT IN CASHEW VALUE CHAINS. ONE OF THE PROJECTS IN SENEGAL, WHICH IS FINANCED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WORKS WITH CASHEW FARMERS. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE TO DEVELOP KEY MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITATE FINANCE TO CASHIEW-RELATED ENTERPRISES, IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ON CASHIEW FARMS, AND ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF CASHIEW PROCEDURE TO ORGANIZE FOR GREATER BARGAINING POWER. IN 2019, SFL SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION OF 14 KILOMETERS (KM), AND STARTED WORK ON AN ADDITIONAL 40KM, OF ROADS IN 2019, CONNECTING FARM COMMUNITIES IN THE CASAMANCE TO NATIONAL AND REGIONAL MARKETS. ADDITIONALLY, SFL WORKED WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL BANKS TO INITIATE THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN CASH VALUE CHAIN, INCLUDING HARVEST-PROCESSING AND TRADE TO REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. FURTHERMORE, THE TEAM MOBILIZED EXISTING FARMER-ASSOCIATIONS AND COOPERATIVES TO WORK ON IMPROVING THEIR MEMBER-FARMERS PRODUCTION CAPACITY, PROVIDED TRAINING ON CASHEW-CULTIVATION, AND STARTED WORK ON THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING CERTIFICATES AS ORGANIC-CASHEW PRODUCERS. A SECOND PROJECT, FINANCED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, BUREA OF POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION, IS TO INITIATE AND FACILITATE A REPLICABLE PROCESS FOR THE RETURN OF DISPLACED POPULATION TO THEIR COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN. IN 2019 SFL FACILITATED THE CONSTRUCTION OF 277 DURABLE SHELTERS, CONSTRUCTED 300 LATRINES AND BUILT AND INSTALLED 10 DRINKING WATER WELLS. THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE PROJECT ARE SELECTED FROM AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES OF FORMER REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED POPULATIONS, WHO HAVE COME BACK TO CASAMANCE

AFGHANISTAN PROGRAM: 2018SHELTER FOR LIFE INTERNATIONAL HAS BEEN WORKING IN AFGHANISTAN SINCE 1998 WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS OF RESTORING THE LIVES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE COUNTRY'S WARS AND DISASTERS AND REBUILDING THEIR COMMUNITIES. MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE SFL OPERATES ARE RETURNED REFUGEES WHO HAVE STARTED FARMING IN THEIR ANCESTRAL LAND. IN 2018 SFL WORKED IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCES OF BADAKHSHAN AND TAKHAR TO THE RESTORE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SECTORS' PRODUCTIVITY, RESTORE AND PRESERVE SOIL QUALITY IN FARMING COMMUNITIES, REDUCE THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS, PARTICULARLY LANDSLIDES, AND PROVIDE SCHOOL FEEDING ASSISTANCE:1. SFL NEWLY BUILT 35,300 METERS OF IRRIGATION CANALS IN THREE NORTHEREN PROVINCES (TAKHAR, BADAKHSHAN AND SAMANGAN) OF AFGHANISTAN, THAT ENABLES THE IRRIGATION OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FARM LAND. SFL ANTICIPATES SEEING GREATER STABILITY IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND ACCESS TO FOOD IN THE REGION.2. SFL EXPANDED/WIDENED 17,000 METERS OF IRRIGATION CANAL IN TAKHAR AND BADAKHSHAN PROVINCES. BY IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS, IRRIGATION IS SET UP IN A BETTER WAY, JOB OPPORTUNITY AND, CROP PRODUCTION IS INCREASED AND THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE PEOPLE IS POSITIVELY CHANGED.3. SFL BUILT OR RENOVATED 82KM OF TERTIARY FEEDER ROADS THAT CONNECT FARM COMMUNITIES TO MARKETS, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES POINTS, INCREASING THE INCOME OF THE FARMERS. IN ADDITION, THE ROADS HAVE REDUCED THE TIME OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND EASE OF ACCESS TO HEALTH FACILITIES. 4. SFL CONSTRUCTED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR) INFRASTRUCTURES: BUILT 1945 METERS STONE MASONRY PROTECTION WALLS IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR THREE PROVINCES (TAKHAR, BADAKHSHAN AND SAMANGAN). THESE SYSTEMS WERE IMPLEMENTED IN AN EFFORT TO MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF FLOODS AND BETTER MANAGE IRRIGATION WATER FLOW. 5. THE SFL LIVELIHOODS PROJECTS ESTABLISHED 599 KITCHEN GARDENS AND SUPPORTED 1100 OF THE MOST VULNERABLE WOMEN TO ESTABLISH OR MEASURABLY IMPROVE A SOURCE OF SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME THROUGH POTENTIAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING SKILLS IN TAKHAR AND BADAKHSHAN PROVINCES.6. SFL PLANTED 11,600 FRUIT AND NON-FRUIT TREES. THE TREE PLANTING EFFORTS HELP WITH SURFACE-WATER RECHARGE, SOIL-EROSION CONTROL, AND LAND-SLIDE PREVENTION. 7. SFL PLANTED 220,000 ASAFOETIDA (HING) SAPLINGS IN AYBAK CITY OF SAMANGAN PROVINCE. THIS PRODUCT IS USUALLY SENT ABROAD FOR MAKING MEDECINCE. THROUGH THIS, JOB OPPORTUNITY IS INCREASED, AND THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND LIVELIHOOD CONDITION IS IMPROVED.8. FORESTATION ACTIVITIES: SFL WORKED AND MADE DEMOSTRATION PLOTS ON 9000M2 IN BOTH PROVINCES (TAKHAR AND BADAKHSHAN) AND ESTABLISHED NURSARIES ON 6030M2. THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, WOMEN RECEIVED TECHNICAL TRAINING ON PLANTING TREES, MAKETING METHODES CONCERNING THE SALE OF TREES, PROVIDED WOMEN WITH INCREASED KNOWLEDGE IN AGRICULTURE RELATED ACTIVITIES. BESIDED THAT, THERE WERE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASED INCOME AMONG VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS IMPROVING OVERALL QUALITY LIVING CONDITION. 9. SFL BUILT 3 UNITS OF WATER RESERVOIRS WITH DIFFERENT SIZE AND DIMENTION + INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PUMP IN TAKHAR AND BADAKHSHAN PROVINCES, THESE RESERVOIRS ARE BUILT TO GET WATER FROM THE RIVER OR STREAMS AND USE FOR AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES PURPOSES.10. SFL BUILT ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF STRUCTURES ALONG TO THE IRRIGATION CANALS IN ALL THREE PROVINCES (TAKHAR, BADAKHSHAN, SAMANGAN), SUCH (CONSTRUCTED 96 METERS AQUEDUCT, 14.4 METER CULVERT AND 10 METER WASH CULVERT). 11. DISTRIBUTED 11,624. 423 METRIC TONS OF FOOD TO 82,918 VULNERABLE AND FOOD-INSECURE FAMILIES FOR ALL PROJECTS IN 2018.

GUINEA BISSAU PROGRAMSHELTER FOR LIFE INTERNATIONAL STARTED WORKING IN GUINEA BISSAU IN 2019. AS A RESULT OF YEARS OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND INTERNAL CONFLICT, GUINEA BISSAU ECONOMY STAGNATED. GUINEA BISSAU IS A MAJOR PRODUCER OF CASHEW-NUTS IN THE WORLD, AND THE QUALITY OF ITS CASHEWS IS DEEMED TO BE MORE DESIRABLE IN GLOBAL MARKETS BUT, BECAUSE IT IS DEEMED TO BE A FRAGILE STATE, THE COUNTRY HAS HAD A HARD TIME ATTRACTING INVESTMENT IN HARVEST-HANDING, PROCESSING AND TRADE OF CASHES TO GLOBAL MARKETS.SFL'S WORK IN GUINEA BISSAU IS PART OF ITS REGIONAL CASHEW VALUE CHAIN PROGRAM, FINANCED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. IN 2019, SFL ESTABLISHED AN OFFICE IN GUINEA BISSAU, REGISTERED ITS PRESENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTRY AND HOSTED A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY, IN WHICH THE DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OFFICIALS FROM THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME-MINISTER OF GUINEA BISSAU PARTICIPATED. MOREOVER, SFL CONDUCTED BASIC SITE ASSESSMENT AND STARTED WORK ON 10KM OF ROAD-NETWORK RECONSTRUCTION. ADDITINOALLY, SFL ESTABLISHED THE BASIC NECESSARY CONNECTIONS WITH EXISTING CASHEW-PROCESSORS, CASHEW-FARMER-ASSOCIATIONS AND COOPERATIVES AND BEGUN WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES OF THE COUNTRY TO START ITS WORK ON CASHEW-VALUE CHAIN.

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