COMMUNITY: A HOMEGROWN VENTURE
On one of my visits to the remote villages of district Qambar Shahdadkot in Sindh, I noticed some endeavours for uplifting the underdeveloped communities in the region.
The way to Union Council Hazar Wah, was largely through barren land, but a parts of the landscape were dotted with greenish wheat crops, harvested only weeks ago.
In the village, I found a tea shop where some farmers and elderly men were enjoying tea. Inside the dhaaba, a vegetable vendor had also set up his shop.
Some 70 kilometres away from district headquarters at Qambar we reached the village of Sahibdad Brohi to meet the Brohi family who run an organic farm business. Partially shaded by neem and other indigenous trees, the Brohis’ humble home is separated from neighbouring mud huts by a small water drain Twenty-two-year-old Rashida Brohi was picking vegetables in her garden and piling them into a blue basket. She invited us into her courtyard where charpoys were laid out for guests.
Small-scale farmers are using organic methods for growing vegetables
Like many others, Rashida’s family faced chronic poverty after the 2010 floods inundated their area, forcing people to evacuate their homes for months. The inundation of their village was so quick that the residents hardly had time to collect their belongings — they could barely even save their lives.