Community Development Program Photos: 7 July to 13 July 2012

The USAID CDP program is active in Khost, Paktika, Paktya, Ghazni, Kandahar, Helmand, and Zabul provinces

Deh Yak District, Ghazni Province: The Deh Yak district sub-Governor and other representatives of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan participate in opening ceremonies for the West Ramak Village Irrigation Rehabilitation Project

Ghazni

Helmand

Residents excavate a road side culvertsystem near a market in Lashkar Gah

9,245 cash for work jobs created23.5 km of irrigation canals repaired

18,207 m2 of pedestrian access pathways restored9.6 km of road side canals and 5.1km of other drainage repaired

46 road side culverts reconstructed80,615 m3 of refuse removed from public areas

In the 17 weeks between April 7th and July 13th 2012:

26 projects launched, 1 project completed, 10 projects approvedGIRoA partnerships in 7 Provinces

Residents repairing a protection wall in Shekawa village, Jaji district

Paktya

Paktika

Extensive repairs to the irrigation network in Sar Hawza district began this week. The project scope, which provides temporary employment to 615 Sar Hawza residents for 90 days, covers repairs to 24 reservoirs, nine pipe culverts, and 4.6km of canals.

Storm drainage rehabilitation along the main road that runs between Kalakhel and Solaymankhelvillages began during the last week of June. Repairs to this drainage system will prevent flood-borne road washouts that presently impact and estimated 35,000 people living in Shah Joy district

Zabul

Short term community-based laborers repaired 522 m3

of erosion protection walls and 200m of irrigation canals in Tani district, Khost province this week

Khost

Residents of Mir Hassan village in Dand Wa pattan district spent the week working on repairs to erosion protection walls (shown) and a karez system.

Paktya

Road side drainage repairs near a market in LashkarGah district. This project, which began on May 19th, is now 22% complete. Repairswill help to maintain infrastructure built under a 2002 master plan for the province, developed by local government authorities.

Helmand

Residents of Gurbuz district repaired 525 m3

of erosion protection walls and 400m of canals this week,

Khost

Zabul

Residents living near the Shar I Safa bazaar in Tarnak Wa Jaldak district repair erosion control walls near a road leading to the bazaar

A resident of Deh Yak district, walks along part of the 784 meters of canal cleaned during the first few days after the project launch on July 9th.

Ghazni