Project Brief Community Infrastructure Restoration and Rehabilitation in Swat Pakistan Quick Facts Duration: July 2011 - December 2014 Implementation Partners: Provincial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority; Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Funding Partners: Saudi Fund For Development, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UNDP Crisis Prevention and Recovery Trust Fund Geographical Location: Six Tehsils of District Swat including Kabal, Charbagh, Babuzai, Matta Sebujni, Matta Khararai, and Khwazakhela. Total Budget: USD 7 Million The Malakand region was adversely aected due to the clashes between the militants and armed forces in 2009. The magnitude of destruction was massive and more than 2.3 million people were forced to leave their homes. The infrastructure in Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was severely damaged. The scale of destruction was similar to the one suered in the earthquake of 2005. The oods in 2010 further worsened the situation. The damage to community infrastructure and collapse of the relevant institutions deprived communities of access to basic services and facilities. In response, UNDP with the nancial assistance from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) launched a Community Infrastructure Restoration and Rehabilitation project in District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Objective To help rebuild basic community infrastructure improving community access to services and facilities including education, health and local markets. Community Infrastructure Restoration and Rehabilitation in Swat 2 Main Achievements What's Next? 585 community basic infrastructure schemes (270 Remaining 378 community infrastructure schemes streets, 136 culverts, 92 drainage channels, 25 link will be rehabilitated by 2014. These schemes will roads and 62 small bridges) are being rehabilitated enable more communities to benet from in six targeted tehsils of district, Swat. interventions improving access to social services To date, 207 schemes out of 585 have been including education and health, resulting in successfully rehabilitated and handed over to enhanced socioeconomic condition of the area. communities. UNDP is reinforcing its commitment and eorts More than 180,000 people, including women, towards rebuilding and empowering the lives of the people with special needs and children have been crisis aected communities. b e n e t t e d f ro m t h e 2 0 7 re h a b i l i t a t e d infrastructure schemes. 585 Project Oversight Committees have been formed at the village level. It involves capacity building and orientation of local communities for ownership of the interventions. © UNDP Pakistan/2013/Faiqa Umer © UNDP Pakistan/2013 Children using a rehabilitated small Bridge Taat Colony, Union Council Baidara, Matta Khararai The interventions have signicantly improved the lives of the local communities. For example, in village Kot, a recently constructed 33,501 square feet link road is beneting thousands of villagers in the easy transportation of construction material and farm produce using heavy vehicles. Street pavements, drainage channels, culverts and small bridges have greatly improved access and reduced transportation time and cost. Access to nearby Basic Health Units (BHUs) and schools used to be dicult during adverse Programme Officer: Ms. Faiqa Umer weather. The project has helped overcome this by [email protected] improving mobility even in poor weather conditions. United Nations Development Programme 4th Floor, Serena Business Complex, Due to use of local construction material such as Islamabad, Pakistan coarse aggregate, ne aggregate, steel, marble Tel: (92-51) 8355600 Fax: (92-51) 2655014-15 strips and local labor, economic opportunities www.pk.undp.org have also been created in the area. Pakistan .