26 May 2010, Zinder - Women from the Lalari Karfi village in the Zinder region carrying buckets of water back to the community from a communal well. FAO Project - OSRO/NER/005/SPA: Emergency assistance for the protection of livelihoods for vulnerable communities in areas unable to sustain agricultural and pastoral activities. The aim of the project is to give emergency assistance to populations living in inhospitable terrains by improving food security and ensuring both agricultural and pastoral livelihoods through agricultural input distribution for both crop production and small livestock maintenance.