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Project Brief Refugee Aected and Hosting Areas Programme Pakistan

Quick Facts  Duration: 2009-2014

 Implementation Partners: Planning and Development Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Planning and Development Department Balochistan

 Funding Partners: The European Union, The Government of Japan, The Government of Germany, The US State Department, The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions.

 Geographical Location: Balochistan (Quetta, Pishin, Loralai, Killa Abdullah, Kila Saifullah), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar, Nowshera, Swabi, Haripur, Lower Dir and Buner), Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)

 Annual Budget (2013): USD 33,850,271

The Refugee Aected and Hosting Areas Programme (RAHA) started in 2009 prompted by the presence of more than three million Afghan refugees since 1979 resulting in severe social, economic and environmental consequences for the host areas and communities in Pakistan. This programme is based on the ndings of a needs assessment study jointly conducted by the Government of Pakistan's Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) and Chief Commissionerate of Afghan Refugees (CCAR). United Nations Development Programme and United Nations High Commission for Refugees are the administrative and convening agents of the programme. The study was aimed at assessing the situation of social services including health, education, water and sanitation around the Afghan refugee camp areas, with the objective of contributing to a transition from purely humanitarian to more development oriented interventions. RAHA is in line with and fully supports the Government of Pakistan's repatriation strategy for Afghan refugees. According to recent estimates, 1.7 million Afghan refugees possessing proof of registration cards live in Pakistan, besides about another one million unregistered ones. Refugee Aected and Hosting Areas 2 Objective planned, implemented and are being maintained by the communities; RAHA wants to ensure peaceful coexistence between  documented Afghan refugees and their host 547 government ocials (467 males and 80 communities through promoting socioeconomic females) trained in emerging development development and environmental rehabilitation of the concepts such as project cycle management, areas adversely impacted by their presence. The participatory monitoring and evaluation, conict overall objective of the programme is to improve resolution, eective communication, disaster risk livelihoods, rehabilitate the environment and reduction, and gender main streaming; enhance social cohesion within the refugee aected  2,560 community members (859 females and 701 and hosting communities. males) trained in dierent market-based skills. Expected Results  Greater social cohesion and empowerment through community development;  Improved livelihoods and local economies;  Restoration of social services and infrastructures;  Improved social protection among co-existing Pakistani and Afghan communities;  Restoration and improvement of the environment;  Return of Internally Displaced Persons facilitated and absorption capacity created. © UNDP Pakistan/2013/Huma Akram

Provision of clean drinking water through solar water pumps in village Panjpai, Quetta, Balochistan What's Next?  Expansion of the programme in Federally Administered Tribal Areas keeping in view the dire needs of the communities.

Women trained in kitchen gardening in village Nadirabad, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Project Director, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Mr. Tahir Orakzai, [email protected] Main Achievements Project Manager, Balochistan: Mr. Anwar Saleem Kasi, [email protected] With a focus on a community driven approach to Project Director, Balochistan: Mr. Zahid Saleem, development, RAHA activities have so far benetted [email protected] about 1.45 million people. Some of the achievements Project Director, Federally Administered Tribal Areas: of the programme include: Mr. Shahzad Bangash, [email protected]  26,225 individuals brought together in 1,053 community organisations (646 male and 407 United Nations Development Programme female) through eective social mobilisation; 4th Floor, Serena Business Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan  603 community physical infrastructure (CPI) Tel: (92-51) 8355600 Fax: (92-51) 2655014-15 projects in health, education, water and sanitation, www.undp.org.pk Pakistan community centers, children parks have been