Kabul, 31 May 2018. Deba is an 11-year-old school girl from Kabul. Last week she participated in a community workshop in Kabul where residents were asked to identify priority development projects for their locality. For Deba it was very clear: she drew the school that she wants for her and her friends. “This is the ...

Jalalabad, 30th May 2018- The provision of public spaces in a city is one of the constituent elements of sustainable urbanization. Qualitative public spaces are key drivers for inclusiveness, social cohesion and gender empowerment. The city of Jalalabad, in the Eastern part of Afghanistan, has recently inaugurated the first Women’s Park in town. The design ...

Kabul, 23rd May 2018. The government of Afghanistan, through the Afghanistan Land Authority (ARAZI), is carrying out an unprecedented and ambitious reform in land management. By 2020 the government intends to survey and register all properties in 12 municipalities (within their boundaries) including Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and other major cities. The objective is to improve ...

Nawshad, Mazar-e-Sharif, 22 May 2018. The establishment of Community Development Councils (CDCs) as primary governance structures at subnational level is one of the priorities by the government of Afghanistan, as enshrined in the Citizen’s Charter Programme. The engagement of citizens at the neighborhood level is a great subnational success. Sidiqa, a female resident of Mazar-e-Sharif, ...

Nili, Daikundi, 01May,2018. Mrs. Bakhtawar has been a teacher in Nili, province of Daikundy, for over 15 years. Throughout this years, the 960 student´s in Niswan Chardaar school premises have seen the pass of time. Lately, in her classroom, the broken windows, and weakly hinged doors were a source of distraction for her students and a threat to the safety and ...

Jebrail, Herat, 25th April 2018. One of the particularities of UN-Habitat´s work in the field is assisting local communities to identify and prioritise local infrastructure projects in an inclusive manner as well as involving female participation in urban affairs. Through the Afghanistan Urban Peacebuilding Programme (AUPP), the residents of Jebrail, in the periphery of Herat, ...

Herat, 15th April 2018. Mr. Mohamed Ali is a resident of Herat. He is very grateful to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and to the Government of the Netherlands for paving the streets of his neighborhood in Herat. “As our streets are concreted, now we can easily walk without getting our shoes and ...

Mazar-e-Sharif, 16 April 2018- Miss Khadija Hussaini, 25 years old, is a resident of Mazar-e-Sharif. She holds a university degree in Journalism. Despite of being highly educated, she experienced difficulties in finding a decent job according to her qualifications. Today she is very happy to be a community mobilizer in one of UN-Habitat’s programmes.  Clean ...

Kandahar, 11 April 2018- Qudrutullah, 22, is a resident of Kandahar. After completion of the 12th grade, he was desperately looking for a job for almost 2.5 years. Qudratullah is also responsible for earning the livelihood of a family of eight members. “One day I heard about UN-Habitat CGC program and went to the head ...

Jalalabad, 10 April 2018- Meet with Mrs. Said Bar Bibi, a beneficiary of the UN-Habitat Clean and Green City (CGC) Programme funded by USAID and the European Union. Mrs Bar Bibi has never worked before outside her house. For so many years, her daily life was limited to her kids, husband and family. War and ...