Citizens' Charter Afghanistan Project
Inclusive, Community-Driven Solutions Steer Afghanistan's Development
Over 13,000 Community Development Councils across Afghanistan use participatory exercises to better assist vulnerable and poor households
Date: February 24, 2021Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Leaking Pot Practice Helps Boost Financial Literacy in Afghanistan
Communities using a participatory development tool called the “Leaking Pot” exercise are helping impoverished households curb spending by identifying excess expenditures usually spent on traditional practices, such as weddings and funerals.
Date: January 17, 2021Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Supporting Inclusive Growth in Afghanistan
Continuing uncertanties and security threats resulted in deceleration of growth and increasing fiscal pressures. However, Afghanistan has maintained macroeconomic stability, created conditions for a recovery and demonstrated significant progress.
Date: November 4, 2020Type: ResultsLanguage: English
Afghanistan's Citizens' Charter Program: Empowering Communities for Better Services
The Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project (CCAP) delivers clean water, electricity, roads and irrigation, healthcare, and education to communities across Afghanistan. These
Date: October 20, 2020Type: ResultsLanguage: English
Awareness Campaigns Help Prevent Against COVID-19 in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has redeployed two leading development programs to promote health recommendations to fight COVID-19 in thousands of rural and urban communities.
Date: June 28, 2020Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Afghanistan’s Citizens’ Charter Paves the Way for Change in Balkh Province
Residents in a neighborhood of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province now enjoy paved lanes and improved drainage thanks to the support provided under the Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project.
Date: September 19, 2018Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Afghan Villagers Accelerate Development Through Community Collaboration
Community Development Councils have been at the center of the successful implementation of National Solidarity Programme development projects and will be strengthened under the Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project.
Date: July 24, 2018Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Afghan Villagers Stand in Solidarity to Fight Hunger
The grain bank, established by Zargaran’s CDC with support from the Citizens’ Charter Project, aims to fight seasonal hunger by assisting the most vulnerable households in the community. Seasonal hunger is a major concern for over half the households in Zargaran.
Date: July 10, 2018Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Flagship Afghan Rural Program Lays Strong Foundation for the Future
After running for 13 years, the NSP has been succeeded by the Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project which aims to strengthen the Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up under the program and improve the delivery of core infrastructure and services.
Date: January 16, 2018Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Helping Afghan Women Improve their Economic Status
Women in some villages in Kabul and Parwan provinces are seeing significant changes to their lives through self-employment and participation in decision making in local development.
Date: October 3, 2017Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Afghan Villagers Set to Improve Service Delivery Based on Project Experience
Community Development Councils have been at the center of the successful implementation of National Solidarity Programme development projects and will be strengthened under the Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project.
Date: July 24, 2018Type: VideoLanguage: English
Afghanistan: Collective Action Tackles Seasonal Hunger in a Village of Balkh Province
More than half of families in Balkh Province's Zargaran village struggle with hunger in autumn and winter seasons. A new grain bank set up by the village’s Community Development Council aims to alleviate their struggles.
Date: July 10, 2018Type: VideoLanguage: English
Empowering Women for Afghanistan's Economic Growth
Women in some villages in Kabul and Parwan provinces are seeing significant changes to their lives through self-employment and participation in decision making in local development.
Date: October 3, 2017Type: VideoLanguage: English
Transforming Thousands of Lives Through Afghanistan’s National Solidarity Programme
Between 2003 and 2016, the National Solidarity Programme (NSP) provided block grants for over 3,000 development projects in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province.
Date: July 20, 2017Type: VideoLanguage: English