Most villages in rural Pakistan are tight-knit communities, often comprised of distant relatives look after their neighbors in times of hardship. When a wife loses her husband, family and friends usually help with financial and household burdens. But the earthquake, which depleted community and household resources, left many single women more vulnerable than ever before.

To reduce vulnerability of local women, CARE in partnership with Sungi provided shelter kits and livestock support to over 300 destitute women headed households of Siran and Kounsh valleys, Mansehra district, who had not yet received shelter kits. Labor cost (Rs. 3,000) was also provided so that the temporary shelters could be constructed with minimum financial difficulty. Women also received training on goat raring, vaccination and dewoming of goats.