In September 2006, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) together with Nestlé Pakistan and Engro Foods launched a joint programme to empower 5,000 local women through information on livestock development, training and credit in Pakistan’s rural provinces. This complements on-going programmes initiated by Nestlé in rural communities in its milk districts to help establish tube wells and hand pumps to provide access to water. The new programme includes a training curriculum for women that emphasises improved water management practices on milk farms as well as issues related to water, health, and hygiene.
Picture above: More than 5000 women in Pakistan learn new skills in raising livestock. The programme includes water management elements.