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FINAL REPORT “Implementation of Community Based Activities for Risk Reduction and Mitigation of NaturalDisaster Impacts in the Province of Herat, Western Afghanistan”After broad consultations with ANDMA and DRRD at Herat level, the district of Injil had beenselected for the implementation of disaster risk reduction pilot projects, being the district more accessiblefrom a security point of view and the district where the assessment reported an high percentage of villagesthat have experienced flood and heavy rains disasters in the recent past (87%).The local authorities (DDMC, arbabs, shuras) have been involved in the selection process since thebeginning through a participatory disaster risk assessment approach. During the field visits conducted withANDMA and DRRD, meeting with arbabs and members of shuras have been organized in order to introducethe project and explain objectives and methodology. The local communities of Injil district had alreadycollaborated with Intersos in the hazard/risk and vulnerability assessment conducted in the previousproject and the deep knowledge of the communities by Intersos had facilitated and streamlined thepreliminary phases of the project.Namely, the selected targeted communities were Ali Abad and Garmi Abad, Sourestan, Gerdab andKarta and Jalwardi.Please find the mentioned locations in the map here below.Karte Parwan, District Four, Kabul - Afghanistanphone: +93 797 551123, e-mail: afghanistan@intersos.org6
FINAL REPORT “Implementation of Community Based Activities for Risk Reduction and Mitigation of NaturalDisaster Impacts in the Province of Herat, Western Afghanistan”Second step of the CBRR strategy implementation was to identify, together with the targetedcommunities, proper activities for risk reduction. Given the short timeframe of the present project, Intersoshad conducted during the month of July community consultations in each of the selected villages tounderstand from the communities themselves which type of intervention would reduce the impact offuture natural disasters. As mentioned above, the major hazard in Injil district is flood, therefore, localleaders and villagers had always indicated activities aimed at mitigating the negative effects of the floods.As result of these preliminary community consultations, INTERSOS identified the followinginterventions:- Construction of 380 meters of retaining wall, divided in two sections on 200 meters and 180meters, along the river bank of Karbar river between Sourestan and Gerdab Villages;- Construction of 600 meters of protection wall in Ali Abad and Garni Abad villages along the riverbank of Hariroud River;- Construction of 6.4 meters culvert in Jalwardi village along the road that connects the villages ofUrdo Kan, Asad Bik, Faraidon Abad, Rabat, Waisi, Shesh Marda, Naqash, Peric Nisan, Nawabadam,Saleh Abad, Nanq Abad with Herat City;- Construction of a 3 meters concrete suspension water channel in Jalwardi village;- Construction of 80 meters of drainage channel in Jalwardi village, beside and under the roadconnecting the villages of Urdo Kan, Asad Bik, Faraidon Abad, Rabat, Waisi, Shesh Marda, Naqash,Peric Nisan, Nawabadam, Saleh Abad, Nanq Abad with Herat City.Following the contract signature on the 22 nd of August 2011, the first step implemented by INTERSOShas been to obtain the letter of approval for the project from ANDMA, DRRD and the Department ofEconomy which, based on the national NGO law, officially authorizes to start the activities.Karte Parwan, District Four, Kabul - Afghanistanphone: +93 797 551123, e-mail: afghanistan@intersos.org7
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