Years of civil war, compounded by Taliban rule and the worst drought in memory, have devastated Afghanistan . Virtually all of the country's institutions and much of the its infrastructure were destroyed. In the last few years of Soviet rule the infrastructure was already dilapidated. In the central Asian republics transition has been difficult and little has been done to improve or expand basic infrastructure

JDA is helping rural communities and institutions by constructing and rebuilding critical infrastructure components.

JDA

• Constructed 5 km of gas pipelines, regulators and installed stoves in two leprosy communities.
• Built 4 new schools in northern Afghanistan providing education to more than 6,800 boys and girls.
• Installed a new irrigation head gate to provide needed irrigation water to villages in Karakalpakstan.
• Constructed an education center for the elderly in Sheberghan , Afghanistan.
• Rehabilitated over 398 km of irrigation canals and rehabilitated 476 km of rural roads in northern Afghanistan with over 15,000 men working in a food for work program.
• Provided a new roof to the Nukus Tuberculosis children's center.
• Produced over 4,000,000 fired bricks for school construction in northern Afghanistan during a food for asset creation program .

More Information:

Before and After:

• TB School Gets a New Roof (pdf - 55k)

Our Story:

• Sultan Abrahim School Dedication (pdf - 379k)