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NORWEGIANAFGHANISTAN COMMITTEE TABLE OF CONTENTS i TABLE OF CONTENTS II LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS III MAP OF PROGRAMME AREAS (AFGHANISTAN) IV FOREWORD 1 STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES 3 EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 5 HEALTH ACTIVITIES 13 ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES 21 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES 25 DROUGHT EMERGENCY / OTHER ACTIVITIES 31 FINANCIAL INFORMATION 36 DONOR WISE EXPENDITURE 36 SENIOR STAFF AND CONTACT DETAILS 38 O áACKU° S1oqq LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ACBAR Agency Co- ordinating Body for Afghan Relief AFP Acute Flaccid Paralysis APB Afghan Programming Body ARC Afghan Relief Committee ARI Acute Respiratory Infection ATA Anti Tuberculosis Association ATIMS Activity Tracking Information Management System BHU Basic Health Unit CAP Consolidated Appeal Process CBR Central Bureau for Revenue CDD Control of Diarrhoea Diseases EPI Extended Programme of Immunisation EU European Union FOCUS FOCUS Europe Humanitarian Assistance FOKUS Forum for Women and Development (Forum for Kvinner og Utviklingssporsmál) HAFO Helping Afghan Farmers Organisation HEWAD Reconstruction, Health and Humanitarian Assistance Committee ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross IDP Internally Displaced People LHV Lady Health Visitor MCH Mother Child Healthcare MERLIN Medical Emergency Relief International MFA Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs MoPH Ministry of Public Health MRCA Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans MSF Medicines Sans Frontières NAC Norwegian Afghanistan Committee, Peshawar and Afghanistan NCA Norwegian Church Aid NGO Non Governmental Organisation NID National Immunisation Day NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Co- operation NORAD Asia Norwegian Agency for Development Co- operation - Asia Division NPO / RRA Norwegian Project Office / Rural Rehabilitation of Afghanistan ODW Operation Day Work (Operasjon Dagsverk) OPD Out Patient Department ORS Oral Rehydration Salt ORT Oral Rehydration Treatment OT operation theatre OXFAM Oxford Famine Relief PHC Primary Health Care ProMIS Programme Management Information Systems RPB Regional Programming Board CDF Central Demonstration Farm SFI Safe Motherhood Initiative SMU Strategic Monitoring Body TB Tuberculosis TBA / Daia Traditional Birth Attendance UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children and Education Fund UNWG United Nations' Women's Guild US / USA United States of America WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organisation WSS Wheat Salt Solution MAP OF PROGRAMMEUzbekistan AREASTajikistan (AFGHANISTAN N Turkmenistan China ProvincesBadakhshan Iran Peshawar KonarLaghman KabulNangarhar Pakistan 1111 PaktiaGhazni NAC Annual Report 2001 1 FOREWORD Over the year Afghanistan experienced a low - ban, the influx of refugees into Pakistan from level record of snowfall on its mountainous September to December 2001 has been esti- areas. This gave a warningsign of a dry mated at 120,000 people with serious impli- summer and the annual spring raindid not cations for NGOs operation in the areas. occur and heat waves hit the whole country. This laid the basis for a serious drought, As a result the Pakistani Government, due to which has affected the whole Afghan popula- its own fragile economy, and fear of mount- tion and put more than 11 million people at ing tension, put a ban on the entry of new Af- risk, which led to a humanitarian catastrophe. ghan Refugees and closed its border with Af- ghanistan. This has affected and made diffi- The drought has further aggravated humani- cult the NGOs personnel movement and the tarian problems of the war stricken country. transportation of humanitarian goods into Af- Over two decades of war has left the country ghanistan. However. the influx of refugees at a bare minimum when it comes to viable was not as higher as the UNHCRand other resources and infrastructure. After the Sep- aid organisations had estimated. tember 11 incident, the US lead coiliation de- clared war against Taliban and started bomb- In October 2001 the Pakistani government, ing in Afghanistan. Consequently the Taliban notified exemption of customs duty and sales regime fallen down and Northern Alliance tax on humanitarian aid for Afghan refugees. forces captured Kabul, and Afghanistan's po- The CBR also allowed the repayment of the liticalandmilitaryscenariohasbeen whole customs duty paid on raw materials changed. used in the manufacture of goods for supply to the refugees against international tenders On December 5, Mr. Ibrahimi, the UN special issued by UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, WFP, representative for Afghanistan endorsed the UNHCR, and ICRC. agreement for interim government set up in Bon, Germany between the rivalfactions. The NGOs themselves and through the Af- Initially, 6 months interim administration was ghan Support Group attempted to take per- establishedthat wasledby Mr. Hamid mission and re- establish the wireleas radio Karzai. communication system that was closed down in September 2000 by the Pakistani govern- There is peace, but still security is not satis- ment, but to no avail. For NAC this seriously factory in Afghanistan. The UN Weekly - disruptedthecommunicationsandco- Update discloses many criminal cases every ordination with the regional offices inside week from all over Afghanistan and the in- Afghanistan, especially after the September terim administration is continuously asking 2001 while NAC did not stop its activities the international community for expansion of inside Afghanistan. The communication sys- the multi -national forces for Kabul and other tem became more difficult when Taliban took regional cities. our Ghazni office radios in November2001. Due to the severe drought, about 600,000 In- The UN sanctions on Afghanistan were lift ternally Displaced People have fledtheir after the fall of Taliban regime. In addition, homes and more than 250,000 have moved the Afghanistan property outside the country toward west part of the country and have set- was released and Ariana, the Afghan Airline tled in camps in Herat. Due to the US -led was allowed to fly out of the country. coalition strikes against Al -Qaida and Tali- NAC Annual Report 2001 2 The interim administration is new and trying tinuous good co- operation during 2001. This toorganise the governmentalinstitutions, report aims to give an overview of all the ac- which is a difficult task. From one side the tivities that NAC has been working on over administration struggles to keep peace and the year. Full reports and more detailed in- security and from the other side it wants to formation will of course be provided upon collect weapons from the hands of irresponsi- request. Feedback and ideas are welcomed. ble people. In the meantime, the administra- tion has financial problems. The international community promised about US$ 4.5 billion in Odd M. Bratlie Tokyo appeal meeting for rehabilitation of the Director country, but still the money has not poured to the country. Despite the situation, NAC on local levels based on humanitarian principles has been able to successfully develop its various proj- ects within the areas of emergency support, health, education, construction and environ- ment. It is estimated that over a million Af- ghan women, children and men benefited from our projects in 2001. In spite of war and security problems the NAC projects have gone ahead as planned. Even, confidence has been built through the continuous efforts by NAC staff and the success of projects, and it is a promising development that international agencies like WFP and UNICEF are increas- ingly approaching NAC to help implement their projects. Our sincere gratitude goes to the donors who have supported our projects and efforts during 2001: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the Norwegian Agency for Development Co- operation (NORAD), Fo- rum for Women and Development (FOKUS), NORAD Asia, NORAD Siv /Sam, Operation Day Work (ODW), FOCUS Europe, UNI- CEF, and the UNWFP. We would also like to thank the individuals in Norway who have contributed to our work and campaigns. A deserted mountain in Badakhshan At last but not least, I thank the Royal Nor- wegian Embassy in Islamabad for their con- NAC Annual Report 2001 3 STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES In 1997, NAC as an organisation agreedon a strategy that would guide the work of the organisation for the 5 years from 1997 to 2001. Thedocument sets goals and objectives for theorganisation and specifies the sectors and geographicalareas where NAC will be working. The overriding goal for NAC's work as defined in the organisation'sstatutes is: "NAG will support the Afghan people 's rightto independence and contribute tore- construction and development of thewar -torn country. Its work will be based on de- veloping knowledge and on mutual understandingand friendship between the Af- ghan and Norwegian peoples ". In respect of Project Work the following with the authorities and in Eastern Region objectives have been set: we have á co- operation with both authori- ties and NGOs. Project work in Afghanistan will be based c) NAC representatives discuss thepropos- on the Afghans' own priorities and con- als with the local authorities, municipal tribute to their rebuilding of thecountry. authorities and the communities initiating NAC's work shall contribute to thepro- the request. motion of, and create a basis for, repatria- d) Surveys are carried out, be it engineering tion, development and self -sufficiency. surveys or assessment of local health con- NAC shall contribute to the development ditions, etc. of