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UN-Habitat Provides Safe Drinking Water and WASH Services to Employees of Rabia-e-Balkhi Women Market in Mazar-e-Sharif City

On July 28, 2022, under the ABADEI programme, UN-Habitat inaugurated and started a project to provide safe drinking water and WASH service to employees of Rabia-e-Balkhi Women Market in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Balk province, Afghanistan. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Gozar Assembly members and businesswomen. This project entails drilling 120m water well, installing a ...

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UN-Habitat Starts Three Retaining Wall Projects in Kandahar City, Afghanistan

To rehabilitate and provide essential infrastructure and services, On July 26, 2022, UN-Habitat, under ABADEI programme, has inaugurated and started the following projects in Kandahar city, Afghanistan. Construction of 700m retaining wall and 3 culverts in Police District (PD) 5, Gozar Assembly (GA) 1 Construction of 750m retaining wall in PD10, GA2 Construction of 1158m ...

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ABADEI Programme Donors Praise UN-Habitat Activities in Mazar-i-Sharif City

A donor delegation of the Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan (STFA), which funds the ABADEI programme, visited Mazar-i-Sharif city in Balkh province on June 8, 2022. The mission’s objective was to observe the progress of projects being implemented by ABADEI’s Participating UN Organizations (PUNOs), and to meet with project beneficiaries. The UN-Habitat team in Mazar-i-sharif ...

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UN-Habitat Creates 2010 Job Opportunities to Alleviate Harsh Economic Conditions in Afghanistan

Since January 2022, UN-Habitat has started activities in the northern and southern regions of Afghanistan under the Area-Based Approach for Development Emergency Initiatives (ABADEI) Programme. Considering the current socio-economic and humanitarian crisis, including worsening poverty, food insecurity and lost jobs, UN-Habitat intervened through a “Cash for Work” approach to respond directly to create an immediate ...

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In Afghanistan, UN-Habitat continues to deliver in support of the most vulnerable

Kabul, Afghanistan, 10 May 2022 — In face of continuing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, UN-Habitat continues to implement projects that provide relief to the Afghan people – pushing ahead with pre-Taliban projects and establishing new ones. With support from donors and international partners, UN-Habitat has strengthened its programmes in Afghanistan to prevent socio-economic system from ...

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Returning Afghans to Own State Land through Transparent Balloting

27, May 2021. The government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan with the support of UN-Habitat initiate land allotment under SHURA Programme. The government of Afghanistan has started the issuance of land for IDPs and returnees under the Sustainable Human Settlements in Urban Areas to support the Reintegration of Afghanistan, commonly known as the SHURA ...

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Youth Park in Bamyan Enabling Women, Students & Children

UN-Habitat & Municipal Government Empowering Local Ideas through People’s Process. 19 May 2021 Bamyan.  As the ray of hope shines down of Afghanistan, Bamyan municipality has given a new public space (Youth Park) to the residents of district one of the city. This park has been constructed at a safe location, close to the governor ...

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UN-Habitat supports street addressing in Afghan cities

9 May 2021. UN-Habitat is supporting the Government of Afghanistan to implement a new street addressing system in Kabul, Jalalabad and Mazar-i-sharif cities. The project is part of the City for All (CFA) programme, a flagship action of the Urban National Priority Programme that was launched in 2016. The CFA programme is funded by USAID ...

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UN-Habitat and UNCHR signed the Lol-Letter of Intent

UNHCR and UN-Habitat Afghanistan signed LoI-Letter of Intent and are committed to further strengthening the strategic partnership by building on the Agencies’ respective areas of expertise considering the Global MoU of 2019. The overall objective of this intent is to achieve durable solution and sustainable integration for person of concerned/ returnees and Internally displaced persons, ...

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