Maimana, Tue 05 May, 2009

There are 22 villages in two localities involved in CDP and 6,275 beneficiaries were recorded in 2008

The Community Development Project (CDP) in Faryab Province started in late 2005 and plans to continue operating until at least 2015, depending on security and political factors. Presently, there are twenty-two villages in two localities involved in CDP and 6,275 beneficiaries were recorded in 2008.

It was a heavy drought year in Faryab province; very poor spring rains led to the failure of most of the rain-fed wheat crop and animal fodder. This was coupled with food prices rising sharply in Afghanistan and around the world. Additionally, Iran closed its borders to migrant workers from Afghanistan for much of the year. Because of these hardships, CDP Faryab decided to focus more on relief and rehabilitation work until the spring of 2009.

With the support of IAM and existing donors and the additional assistance of World Dev in the UK and the Icelandic government, CDP has been administering a package of food distribution, wheat seed loans, and paid agriculture focused work. CDP also continued its long-term development activities including basic literacy and health awareness/action groups, micro-business loans, and agricultural training and demonstrations.

CDP Faryab would like to thank TearFund UK, TEAR Australia, TearFund Switzerland, World Dev, and the Icelandic Government for their support.