A goat herder who lost a part of his leg after stepping on a cluster bomb while herding his goats next to the village of Houla in South Lebanon in the summer of 2006.
FAO Project OSRO/LEB/702/UNJ - Title Early Recovery Assistance to War-affected, Resource-poor Livestock Keepers in Southern Lebanon. Objectives: The development goal of the project is to improve the food security, nutritional and economic status of low-income rural families by initiating comprehensive recovery measures to support the war-affected livestock smallholders, mainly by restocking and distribution of animals (cattle, goats, draft animal power and beehives). The immediate objectives are improvement of the lives and livelihoods of 715 war-affected livestock owners with special emphasis on women-headed households, through restocking of animals.
