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The depth of poverty in Afghanistan is reflected in many human development indicators –
none more telling than Afghanistan’s malnutrition rate - 70 % of the population,worse than
any country in the world, bar Congo. At 13 %, the percentage of the Afghan population
with ‘sustainable access to an improved water source’ is the lowest in the world. 3 In order
to deal with water issues, the Government is working with international agencies and
NGOs to provide the poor with sanitation and better facilities through the development of
a National Rural Community Based Water Supply and Sanitation Strategy. 4
ENERGY
PORTFOLIO
Ameerah Haq, Resident Representative
Considering the crisis situation in Afghanistan, UNDP with its local partners has conducted a Rapid Country Assessment and Mapping
Exercise to identify needs and propose solutions to lack of access to energy in both urban and rural areas. The mapping has resulted in
an action oriented proposal that has been shared with donors for funding.
LAND
Capacity building in Afghanistan is a challenge in general in all sectors; however it is more so considering the issue of land degradation.
For this purpose, UNDP through funding from the GEF has initiated an assessment exercise that will assist the Ministry of Agriculture
and Livestock to collect the relevant data on land degradation and organize a national consultation process which would lead to a comprehensive
intervention to build the capacity of national institutions to deal with the Sustainable Land Management.
BIODIVERSITY
Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity is an area where the UN family in Afghanistan is collaborating to assist the government
provides sustainable livelihoods for the people while conserving its scarce Tree resources.The Community Mobilization for Tree Survival
project, for example, will support the UN led programme “Greening Afghanistan Initiative” (GAIN) in mobilization community actions.
The programme will concentrate on building the capacity of the National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) to monitor, evaluate
and report the GAIN initiative and ensure community mobilization to increase the tree survival rate during plantation and maintenance.
CONTACTS
Mr. Farhad Massoom – massoom.farhad@undp.org
Ms. Ruth Schaffner – ruth.schaffner@undp.org
Fax: Sat. 00873 761 660 769
http://www.undp.org.af/
PARTNERS
Some of our Partners working with
UNDP and the Government in
Afghanistan
WFP
1
Afghanistan MDGR 2004 http://www.undg.org/documents/3660-Afghanistan_MDG_Report.pdf; 2 UNDP Afghanistan Country Office Document – Capacity Building for Sustainable Land
Management; 3http://www.undp.org/dpa/journalists/Afghanistan-UNDPoverviewMar04.pdf; 4 http://www.undp.org/mdg/afghanistan/afghanistan_mdg.pdf 161