2006 |
| Apr 10 | General Activity Update - March 23 - April 10, 2006
Training for Provincial Reconstruction Teams - Vocational Training to Boost Skills & Improve Power - Preparing Afghan Veterinary Care Workers to Respond to Avian Influenza |
| Mar 22 | General Activity Update - March 2 - 22, 2006
USAID Health Officials Receive Mir Masjidi Khan Award -
Strategic Partnership Overview -
Civil Society Roundtables |
| Mar 02 | General Activity Update - February 16 - March 2, 2006
Women Weaving a Future - Transforming Lives: A New Documentary for Women's Day
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| Feb 15 | General Activity Update - January 19 - February 15, 2006
Renewed Commitment to Afghanistan: London Donors Conference - A Sweet Grape Harvest in Shomali Valley
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| Jan 18 | General Activity Update - December 29, 2005 - January 18, 2006
Compact for Afghanistan - Weaving Economic Ties – USAID Supports Commerce for Afghan Carpet Traders - Building Civil Society and Developing Skills of Parliamentarians
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2005 |
| Dec 27 | General Activity Update - December 8-28, 2005
Community Radio Inaugurated in Kunduz Province - Increasing the Capabilities of Legal Professionals - Training and Resources Improve Community-Based Healthcare for Women
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| Dec 7 | General Activity Update - November 10 – December 7, 2005
Gardez airport opened in Paktia Province - Afghan women gain skills to manage small businesses - Food assistance generates goodwill
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| Nov 1 | General Activity Update - October 15 - November 1, 2005
Juma Mohammad Mohammadi Industrial Park formally opens - Quick impact projects build foundations for development - USAID renovates old cinema to create training and meeting space for women
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| Oct 15 | General Activity Update - October 2 – October 15, 2005
Counting of election ballots continues - Legal awareness quiz show airs - Community health workers trained - Afghanistan’s Women’s Business Federation is launched - International School of Kabul opens
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| Oct 1 | Weekly Activity Update - September 18 – October 01 , 2005
Afghan voters go to the polls; Afghanistan begins work on its first industrial park; and Modern telecommunications help provide a foundation for Afghanistan’s development
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| Sep 17 | Weekly Activity Update - September 11 – September 17 , 2005; Election Support
USAID has supported the growth of democracy in Afghanistan through assistance to the bodies
charged with running the elections and to the Afghan people to educate them in democratic
processes.
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| Sep 02 | Weekly Activity Update - August 24 – September 2 , 2005; Issue 101
Infrastructure Development in Nangahar Province;
Community Development Councils;
7 Million Afghan Children Receive Vaccine Against Polio; and
Supporting September 18 Parliamentary Elections
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| Aug 27 | Weekly Activity Update - August 21 – August 27, 2005; Issue 100
Democracy and Governance: Elections Programming, Improving Quality of Higher Education and Increasing Capacity of Ministry of Agriculture
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| Aug 20 | Weekly Activity Update - August 14 – August 20, 2005; Issue 99
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, Improving Rural Access to Healthcare, and Provincial Reconstruction Teams
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| Aug 13 | Weekly Activity Update - August 07 – August 13, 2005; Issue 98
Reconstruction of Judicial Facilities; Groundbreaking for Midwives Training Center; Civic Education and Parliamentary Elections and Industrial Park Construction
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| Aug 06 | Weekly Activity Update - July 31 – August 06, 2005; Issue 97
Alonzo Fulgham Begins One Year Post as USAID/ Afghanistan Mission Director;
Ministry of Education and USAID Collaborate to;
Deliver Needed Textbooks to Bamiyan;
Increasing Capacity of Healthcare Professionals; and
Fiscal Technical Assistance
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| July 30 | Weekly Activity Update - July 24 – July 30, 2005; Issue 96
Building Capacity of Female Judges; Improvements to Quality of Dried Fruit and Nuts; and Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Quality
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| July 23 | Weekly Activity Update - July 17 – July 23, 2005; Issue 95
Irrigation Infrastructure Improvement; Afghanistan Primary Education Program and Legal and Administrative Training Programs
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| July 16 | Weekly Activity Update - July 10 – July 16, 2005; Issue 94
Power Sector Activities, Parliamentary Elections Update and Reforestation, Biodiversity Conservation and Employment Generation
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| July 09 | Weekly Activity Update - July 02 – July 09 25, 2005; Issue 93
Civic Education and Elections, Economic Restructuring and Privatization and the Quick Impact Program
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| July 02 | Weekly Activity Update - June 26 – July 02 25, 2005; Issue 92
Seeds and Fertilizer Distribution in Uruzgan Province; Competitiveness Project Works with Key
Industries and Domestic Revenue Performance Against Targets
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| June 25 | Weekly Activity Update - June 19 – June 25, 2005; Issue 91
Reconstruction of Judicial Facilities; Elections, Political Parties and Media and Land Titling Team Provides Legal Assistance
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| June 18 | Weekly Activity Update - June 12 – June 18, 2005; Issue 90
Industrial Park Construction Underway, Strengthening Local Governance and Media Development to Strengthen Civil Society
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| June 18 | Weekly Activity Update - June 5 – June 11, 2005; Issue 89
Improving Municipal Government Services; State-Owned Enterprise Privatization and Reintegration Activities for Former Combatants
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| June 04 | Weekly Activity Update - May 28 – June 04, 2005; Issue 88
Irrigation Infrastructure Improvement; School and Clinic Construction
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| May 27 | Weekly Activity Update - May 21 – May 27, 2005; Issue 87
Alternative Livelihoods Symposium held in Washington; Launch of Four New Civic Education Programs and Domestic revenue generation surpasses IMF target.
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| May 20 | Weekly Activity Update - May 16 – May 20, 2005; Issue 86
President Karzai visits the United States; Database developed for Government of Afghanistan
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| May 06 | Weekly Activity Update - April 23 – May 06, 2005; Issue 85
Special Edition: Capacity Building
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| April 22 | Weekly Activity Update - April 16 – April 22, 2005; Issue 84
First Class of Afghan Midwives Graduate, OTI Radio Programs
and Mapping Afghanistan for Land Titling Purposes
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| April 15 | Weekly Activity Update - April 09 – April 15, 2005; Issue 83
Cisco Academies: Linking Afghans to the Information Society and Training judicial personnel
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| April 08 | Weekly Activity Update - April 01 – April 08, 2005; Issue 82
Afghanistan Development Forum held last week; Provincial Court of Appeals opens in Ghazni and Three industrial parks under construction
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| April 01 | Weekly Activity Update - March 25 – April 01, 2005; Issue 81
Enhancing Rural Agricultural Development; Enhancing Central Bank Operations and Preparing for Parliamentary Elections Through Civic Education
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| March 25 | Weekly Activity Update - March 19 – March 25. 2005; Issue 80
Enhancing Afghan civil society, Building capacity in rural Afghan communities, Bridge to connect communities and end conflict
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| March 18 | Weekly Activity Update - March 12 – March 18. 2005; Issue 79
Women Ministerial Delegation visits Washington, DC; Land Titling; Record snowfall likely to result in
significant flooding
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| March 11 | Weekly Activity Update - March 4 – March 11. 2005; Issue 78
Building Capacity in the Afghan Supreme Court; Expanding Educational Opportunity; Rebuilding & Expanding Power Assets
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| March 4 | Weekly Activity Update - February 25 – March 4, 2005; Issue 77; Special Edition: Empowering Afghan Women
Ensuring basic and higher education for girls and women; Literacy critical to increasing rural women healthcare providers; Addressing one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world; Empowering women with enterprise skills
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| February 24 | Weekly Activity Update - February 19 – February 24, 2005; Issue 76
Students Enter New Women’s Dormitory; Alternative Livelihoods Program: USAID Responds to the Poppy Problem; Fiscal and Financial Technical Advances
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| February 19 | Weekly Activity Update - February 12 – February 19, 2005; Issue 75
Strengthening the Government;Creating Conditions for Stability;Disaster Declaration for Severe Winter Weather
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| February 11 | Weekly Activity Update - February 2 to February 11, 2005; Issue 74
Kam Air Crash;
Expanding Educational Opportunity;
Rehabilitation Of Economic Facilities And Services (REFS) Program;
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| February 2 | Weekly Activity Update - January 25 to February 2, 2005; Issue 73
Record Snowfall in Afghanistan;
Budget and Operational Reform;
Enhancing Capacity of Afghan Media;
and Enhancing Rural Agricultural Development
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| January 24 | Weekly Activity Update - January 1 to January 24, 2005; Issue 72
Land Titling Reform;
Economic Restructuring Program;
Afghan Governance and Legal Reform Project;
Alternative Income Project
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| January 19 | Special Edition; Issue 73
This Special Edition of Rebuilding Afghanistan highlights several key achievements of 2004.
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2004 |
| December 27 | Weekly Activity Update - December 14 to December 27, 2004; Issue 71
Irrigation Projects Strengthen Agricultural Sector;
Emergency Wheat Seed Distributed in Nangarhar;
Rural Health Program Highlights
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| December 14 | Weekly Activity Update - December 7 to December 14, 2004; Issue 70
Wheat Seed for Alternative Livelihoods;
World Children’s Day Celebration;
Kabul Kandahar Road Operational
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| December 7 | Weekly Activity Update - November 12 to December 1, 2004; Issue 69
Bank cards Issued;
Grape Export Pilot ;
Construction on Bagrami Industrial Park.
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| December 1 | Weekly Activity Update - November 12 to December 1, 2004; Issue 68
Responding to the Poppy Problem;
Assistance to Meet Projected Food Shortage;
Significant progress made on refurbishing schools.
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| November 12 | Weekly Activity Update - September 30 to November 12, 2004; Issue 67
Issuance of more than 6,000 Business Licenses;
Significant improvement in Afghanistan's overall customs operations
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| November 03 | Weekly Activity Update - September 30 to November 3, 2004; Special Edition
On October 9, 2004 Afghanistan reached another historic milestone: the successful completion of its first ever democratic election.
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| September 29 | Weekly Activity Update - September 15 to September 29; Isue 66
Bamyan Radio Interviews US Ambassador;
Journalist Training in Balkh;
Midwife Education in Khost and Jawzjan;
10 Million Textbooks Distributed
(PDF 281kb) |
| September 13 | Weekly Activity Update - July 28 to September 14; Isue 65
Connecting People to Healthcare and Trade;
Central Bank Branch Opening in Bagram, Parwan Province;
Afghan Journalists Prepare for Presidential Elections.
(PDF 281kb) |
| August 11 | Weekly Activity Update - Special Edition: Rebuilding Agricultural Markets Program (RAMP)
In the summer of 2003, USAID initiated a three-year Rebuilding Agricultural Markets Program (RAMP) aimed at enhancing the food security and incomes of Afghanistan's war ravaged and drought stricken rural population. The program is concentrated in thirteen priority provinces, and has two principal objectives: to increase agricultural productivity and output, and to facilitate effective networks between producers, processors and markets.
(PDF 754kb) |
| July 28 | Weekly Activity Update for July 21 to July 28, 2004, Issue 64
Averting a Food Aid Shortage;
Industrial Park Ground Breaking Ceremony;
Education Campaign to Reduce Child Mortality Rates;
USAID Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality Rates
(PDF 276kb) |
| July 21 | Weekly Activity Update for July 06 to July 21, Issue 63
Afghanistan's International Chamber of Commerce (AICC) Round Table;
Short Wave and Satellite Radio Programming;
Girls' enrollment increases from 18 to 75 Percent
(PDF 197kb) |
| July 05 | Weekly Activity Update for June 24 to July 05, Issue 62
Groundbreaking for Government Buildings;
Children's Radio Program Receives Global Award;
Former USAID Hydro-Electric Project Repaired
(PDF 197kb) |
| June 23 | Weekly Activity Update for June 10 to June 23, Issue 61
USAID to provide assistance for three industrial parks;
USAID begins work on Gardez Provincial Women's Center;
USAID begins survey and infrastructure activities for industrial parks in Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif
(PDF 138kb) |
| June 9 | Weekly Activity Update for June 3 to June 9, Issue 60
New electoral law establishes the framework for fall elections;
2.8 million Afghans are registered to vote;
USAID to fund nationwide animal health and vaccination program;
Afghan Women Travel to Korea for Global Summit.
(PDF 138kb) |
| June 3 | Weekly Activity Update for May 26 to June 2, Issue 59
Teacher Training College in Herat;
USAID Advisors Strengthen the Capacity of the President's Office;
US-Japan partner to improve women's health
(PDF 171kb) |
| May 25 | Weekly Activity Update for May 12 - May 25, Issue 58
USAID helping to educate the Afghan public about the electoral process; Groundbreaking of Jalalabad-to-Asmar Secondary Road;
Increasing Women's Income through Horticulture
(PDF 171kb) |
| May 11 | Weekly Activity Update for May 5 - May 11, Issue 57
Vehicles and Equipment to Afghan Customs Department To Improve Collections; Major Regional Trade and Investment Conference Takes Place in Kabul; USAID has begun microfinance lending in Afghanistan.
(PDF 229kb) |
| May 4 | Weekly Activity Update for April 28 - May 24, Issue 56
Irrigation projects having major impact;
USAID's work on farm-to-market roads improving market access for Afghan farmers;
USAID announces program to advance midwifery training in Afghanistan's most heavily populated provinces.
(PDF 229kb) |
| April 27 | Weekly Activity Update for April 21 - April 27 Issue 55
USAID aids in reconstruction of courthouses and other judicial facilities; Accelerated learning classes start for 45,000 new students; Micro-power plants bring power to 14,000 rural Afghans.(PDF 394kb) |
| April 20 | Weekly Activity Update for April 7 - April 20, 2004; Issue 54
Afghanistan's first privately licensed radio station celebrates one year of broadcasting; USAID-funded REACH clinic, the Qala-e-Qazi Basic Health Center (BHC) opens; On-farm demonstrations enhance productivity.
(PDF 211kb) |
| April 6 | Weekly Activity Update for March 31 - April 6, 2004; Issue 53
Afghanistan to join the World Customs Organization (WCO), USAID contributes over $990,000 toward Kabul's "Green Week", Second layer of pavement underway on the Kabul-Kandahar Highway.
(PDF 368kb) |
| March 31 | Weekly Activity Update for March 24 - March 31, 2004; Issue 52
USAID to fund public education campaign on voter registration; As of March 18 over 1.5 million Afghans have registered to vote, 28% of them women; USAID has implemented community mapping programs in eight districts. (PDF 650kb) |
| March 23 | Weekly Activity Update for March 17 - March 23, 2004; Issue 51
Over 1,100 Afghan women participate in Womens Day Ceremony; USAID conducts education workshops to increase registered women voters; 240 community health workers have been trained, 800 more are expected
(PDF 1MB) |
| March 16 | Weekly Activity Update for March 10 - March 16, 2004; Issue 50
Road Rehabilitation in the Northwest, USAID is currently rehabilitating/constructing over 50 schools, Diversion channel constructed to save erosion from main roadways
(PDF 1MB) |
| March 08 | Weekly Activity Update for March 03 - March 09, 2004; Issue 49
As of February 26, approximately 1.2 million Afghans have registered to vote; USAID is training teachers via radio broadcasts; Rural microfinance program expands.
(PDF 1MB) |
| March 02 | Weekly Activity Update for February 25 - March 02, 2004; Issue 48
USAID begins training on use of the new tariff classification system; Inauguration of Radio Qara-Bagh Shura located in Kabul province; USAID to construct 17 provincial women's resource centers to provide women with access to education and literacy programs.
(PDF 2MB) |
| February 24 | Weekly Activity Update for February 17 - February 24, 2004; Issue 47
USAID has provided 8.5 million liters of emergency diesel fuel for thermal power; Khanabad Irrigation canal being upgraded to protect farming land; USAID staff works with Ministry of Public Health Hospital to revise its national hospital policy.
(PDF 257Kb) |
| February 16 | Weekly Activity Update for February 11 - February 16, 2004; Issue 46
USAID grants have helped establish over 11 radio stations; On-farm demonstrations to be given to aid in adoption of new farming technologies; Expansion of Rural Financing - microfinance program will extend to 100 districts by December 2004.
(PDF 345Kb) |
| February 10 | Weekly Activity Update for February 02 - February 10, 2004; Issue 45
New international bank, the Standard Charter Bank, opens in Kabul; USAID launches radio series to help teachers improve skills; USAID contractors make progress in the construction of over 50 schools
(PDF 345Kb) |
| February 02 | Weekly Activity Update for January 20 - February 02, 2004; Issue 44;
To date, over 200 schools, including daycare centers, primary and secondary schools, teacher training institutes and vocational centershave been rehabilitated/constructed, New radio stations are being established under USAID's media development initiatives.
(PDF 693Kb) |
| January 20 | Weekly Activity Update for January 8 – January 20, 2004; Issue 43;
Afghanistan Primary Education Program (APEP) implements an
accelerated learning program, Health Management Information System (HMIS) workshop discusses new health care forms
(PDF 700Kb) |
| January 08 | Weekly Activity Update for December 29, 2003 – January 08, 2004; Issue 42
Afghan Constitution Adopted, 400 health centers renovated or constructed in rural areas, REACH program aims to improve the health of women of reproductive age and children under 5 years of age, Free and Independent Media.
(PDF 700Kb) |
2003 |
| December 28 | Weekly Activity Update for December 10 – December 28, 2003; Issue 41
First phase of construction for the Kabul-Kandahar highway is complete, REACH and Ministry of Public Health sign grant to improve access to basic health services for approximately 2.5
million
(PDF 248Kb) |
| December 10 | Weekly Activity Update for December 04 – December 10, 2003; Issue 40
Constitutional Loya Jirga (CLJ) update, Cotton production increasing in in poppy-growing areas, 43 new health clinics under construction, USAID contractors working to repair irrigation infrastructure.
(PDF 248Kb) |
| December 03 | Weekly Activity Update for November 19 – December 3, 2003; Issue 39 (PDF 373Kb)
Registration completed for Emergency Loya Jirga (ELJ) district representatives, Distribution of Draft Constitution continues, Over 200 schools built/rehabilitated
throughout Afghanistan, Revitalizing Afghanistan’s Agricultural Markets Program (RAMP). |
| November 19 | Weekly Update for November 13 - November 19, 2003; Issue 38 (PDF 244Kb)
Banking laws adopted by the Transitional Islamic
State of Afghanistan’s (TISA), wheat production sees a big increase over the past two seasons, REACH implementing Community
Mapping (CM) in eight districts. |
| November 12 | Weekly Update for November 06 - November 12, 2003; Issue 37 (PDF 201Kb)
New rent tax measure passes the cabinet, USAID-funded REACH program to furnish new health equipment to clinics, To date USAID has rehabilitated/constructed over 200 schools,
including daycare centers, primary and secondary schools. |
| November 05 | Weekly Activity Update for October 30 – November 5, 2003 (PDF 201Kb)
REACH (Rural Expansion of Afghanistan’s Community-Based Healthcare) program improves the health of women and children.USAID is investing $1.15 million to de-silt and widen more than
90 kilometers of irrigation canals.Plain: USAID is funding the WLDS program as an Afghanistan Quick Impact Project, |
| October 22 | Weekly Update for October 23 - October 29, 2003; Issue 35 (PDF 239KB)
Equipment provided to Afghan Interim Election Commission, tax identification system created, Central Bank payment system modernized, poultry producers trained in improved practices. |
| October 22 | Weekly Update for October 16 - October 22, 2003; Issue 34 (PDF 237KB)
Voter registration kits to be delivered, Central Bank continues to lead the reintegration of Afghanistan into the global financial community, Bumper cereal harvest in Afghanistan is expected to be 50% higher this year than in 2002, Work continues on projects to combat malaria. |
| October 15 | Weekly Update for October 9 - October 15, 2003; Issue 33 (PDF 267KB)
Registration of those who will elect CLJ participants is complete in nearly half of the provinces, a new program for training and licensing customs brokers is being rolled out, modernization and refinement of the Central Bank's accounting procedures continues, pre-positioning of winter food aid for vulnerable populations has begun. |
| October 8 | Weekly Update for October 3 - October 8, 2003; Issue 32 (PDF 315KB)
Excavation for nine new clinics underway, new bank to concentrate on
construction lending and small/medium enterprise lending, Ministry of Finance has agreed to a strategy for regionalizing customs reform. |
| October 2 | Weekly Update for September 25 – October 2, 2003; Issue 31 (PDF 265KB)
Preparations continue for the Constitutional Loya Jirga, teacher training courses by radio in Nangarhar and Kunduz, Shomali Plain irrigation project nears completion, Zana Khan Dam project begins. |
| September 24 | Weekly Update for September 11 – September 24, 2003; Issue 30 (PDF 267Kb)
Delivery of copies of the draft Constitution, new kindergarten in Kabul opens, contract awarded for bridge construction in Uruzgan, groundbreaking for the construction of the first of 400 clinics to
be built or rehabilitated. |
| September 10 | Weekly Update for September 4 – September 10, 2003; Issue 29 (PDF 367Kb)
Delivery of 40 computers to assist disabled veterans increase their job opportunities, agricultural radio project facility opens, photo gallery on school construction in the Nangarhar province. |
| September 3 | Weekly Update for August 28 – September 3, 2003; Issue 28 (PDF 283Kb)
Rehabilitation of irrigation systems nearly complete, new school construction and renovation underway in 12 provinces, national medicine policy finalized, USAID begins construction of 78 rural health clinics. |
| August 27 | Weekly Update for August 21 – August 27, 2003; Issue 27 (PDF 327Kb)
Radio Bamyan, a USAID-funded station begins operations,Leahy Initiative
provides $2.5 million for community projects, health clinics providing basic
services recommended for funding by the health
grants review committee. |
| August 20 | Weekly Update for August 14 – August 20, 2003; Issue 26 (PDF 315Kb)
accelerated learning classes for 15,000 students to begin in September, USAID to award grants to NGOs to operate health clinics, interim report on the results of the public consultative process on the constitution. |
| August 13 | Weekly Activity Update for August 7 – August 13, 2003; Issue 25 (PDF 239Kb)
streamlined customs procedures, Radio Khilid, to broadcast live 24 hours/day, commercial launch of safe water additive, Clorin, construction of women's centers. |
| August 6 | Weekly Activity Update for July 31 – August 6, 2003; Special Edition: Progress to Date ; Issue 24 (PDF 166Kb)
203 schools repaired or constructed, 5,820,000 people provided measles immunizations/malaria treatment, 7,269 kms of rural roads repaired, 31 radio stations supported. |
| July 30 | Weekly Activity Update for July 24 – July 30, 2003; Issue 23 (PDF 158Kb)
simplifying clearance procedures, site assessments completed for 51 schools, final design of the earthquake-resistant concrete health center is being completed. |
| July 23 | Weekly Activity Update for July 17 – July 23, 2003; Issue 22 (PDF 158Kb)
strengthening the Government, revitalizing agriculture, creating jobs, increasing access to basic health care. |
| July 16 | Progress Update for July 9 – July 16, 2003; Issue 21 (PDF 188Kb)
membership in World Customs Organization, property records improved, repaired water supply for 13,000 people, 2003 school textbooks delivered, 90% of Afghan children vaccinated for measles. |
| July 9 | Progress Update for July 3 – July 9, 2003; Issue 20 (PDF 257Kb)
Badakshan province now connected to Kabul by email, repair of dam provides drinking and irrigation water for Faryab province, water system improvements provide water for 650,000 |
| July 2 | Progress Update for June 19 – July 2, 2003; Issue 19
prices have declined 2%, training for the Central Bank, $150 million awarded for Agricultural Markets Project, training teachers by radio |
| June 18 | Progress Update for June 11 – June 18, 2003; Issue 18 (PDF 344Kb)
demining Highway 1, Central Bank operating in 6 provinces, first ever private radio station now live, best harvest in 25 years on horizon, 15 million textbooks printed, water treatment combating child mortality |
