Stories of Change
They’ve Lost Everything. Your Support Can Help Them Live One More Day.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake devastated parts of Kunar province in Afghanistan, with the death toll exceeding 2,200 and thousands more injured. Your donation of $260 can provide a family of 7 with food, blankets, and kitchen supplies.
Celebrating Three Years of Resilience and Hope: SFL’s Mission in Afghanistan
Since the Taliban's takeover in August 2021, SFL has delivered essential food to an astounding 9,730,000 people across Afghanistan. As we celebrate three years of this work, see how your support has helped reach millions of vulnerable families.
Empowering Women and Children: The Transformative Impact of the Maternal Child Benefits Program (MCBP) in Warduj
In Warduj district, the Maternal Child Benefits Program is reaching pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and children under two with vital health and nutrition support. Nearly 4,000 women are now registered, part of a goal to uplift 5,033 across the district.
Empowering Women in Agriculture: Driving Sustainable Development Across West Africa
Across Jooli, Diattabah, and Batendeng in Gambia, 50 women have gained funding and training through SFL, growing crops across 6.5 hectares and building sustainable market connections. It's part of a broader push across Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau to expand women's access to finance in agriculture.
Building Hope
For over three decades, conflict has displaced families across Senegal's Casamance region. SFL's Returnee Reintegration Program is helping them return home, building transitional shelters and 15 new wells to bring safe water back to resettled communities.
Cultivating Change: Kitchen Gardens and the Path to Global Sustenance
Women managing kitchen gardens are doing more than feeding their families, research shows that if women farmers had equal access to resources, global hunger could drop by up to 17%. Here's how that potential connects back to the women behind these gardens.
Shelter For Life’s Remarkable Milestone: Planting a Million Trees and Beyond
SFL has planted over one million fruit and non-fruit trees across Afghanistan, and extended the effort to Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau through cashew orchards, boosting food security, stabilizing soil, and building more resilient communities.
Transforming Lives through Climate Smart Agriculture in Tash Guzar, Afghanistan
A war-torn irrigation canal in Tash Guzar once supplied water to over 15,000 acres of farmland. SFL has restored it with Climate Smart Agriculture practices, turning rain-fed land back into irrigated fields and reviving farmers' livelihoods.
Help support SFL’s initiatives in West Africa. Every tree planted makes a difference
Since 2018, SFL and USDA have partnered to revitalize the West African cashew industry, replanting thousands of acres and establishing community-run nurseries, many led by women, across Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau.