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Rebuilding Program
A dried up kariz (subtarranean canal) yields no water for parched land and thirsty people. Many inhabitants of rural villages in Herat and Farah provinces of Western Afghanistan depend on kariz water for irrigation of their crops and nearly all of these water sources have dried up.
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| AWM and RAWA are beginning new projects to bring sustainable living to the people of Afghanistan: helping them repair and maintain canals that would bring water to villages gone dry and helping set up vineyards. Helping farmers plant vineyards involves supporting the work of ditch and pit digging, bringing in new water pumps and digging the wells for them, and putting up a wall around the new vineyards. In addition, farmers would need aid during the three years before the vineyards become productive. Repairing and rebuilding canal systems will bring much needed water back to villages that have gone dry because essential water canals have gone into disrepair. By restarting healthy growing fields, Afghanistan can return to its past agricultural diversity and productivity.
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| Fertile agricultural land in Western Afghanistan lies scorched and barren due to 4 years of the worst drought in living memory. | 
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