Central Asia Development Group

Toplines for the USAID Community Development Program

October 2010-October2013

Goal 1: Stabilize troubled districts in the South, East and West of Afghanistan by employing at-risk residents on infrastructure repair projects

Two Program Goals

Goal 2: (After Jan 2012) Use infrastructure repair projects to improve relations between Afghan Government (GIRoA) stakeholders and local communities in troubled areas

3 Years (Oct 2010 to Oct 2013), 19 Provinces, 257 Projects

~120 Expat staff members and 1,000 Afghan staff members (at peak)

Light Footprint

Staff members work directly with community members in the field without employing arm’s length subcontractors

Local communities are responsible for security- no independent security contracts with Dyncorp/ G4S etc.

Where did the program operate?

Image: 2,500+ project worksites drawn from 257 projects

How did CADG do over those 3 years?

Afghan Residents Employed: 213,488 Person Days Of Work Generated By

Afghan Community Members: 9,930,172

Canals Repaired: 1,188 Miles Sidewalks Repaired: 8,247,857 ft2

Karez Well Systems Repaired: 2,681 Roads Graveled: 380 Miles

Water Gates Repaired: 817 Roadside Canals Repaired: 259 mi

Flood Protection Walls Repaired: 17,726,020 ft3 Municipal Canals Repaired: 56 Miles

Intakes Repaired: 241 School Buildings Repaired: 36

Check Dams Repaired: 44 Health Center (Clinic, Hospital) Buildings Repaired: 15

Reservoirs Repaired: 61 Other Buildings (Shop Stalls, Government Buildings) Repaired: 266

These are fairly big numbers. We put some of them in context on the next few pages…

Number of Afghan residents employed: 213,488

2010 Population of Irvine, CA: 212,375

Clearing land leading to an intake in Sharana district, Paktika Province

Women employed: 2,523

Repairing sidewalks at a Girl’s school in Nangarhar province

Miles of canals repaired: 1,188 miles

Driving distance from New York to Kanas City: 1,193 miles

Sidewalks repaired: 8,247,857 ft2

Equivalent number of American football fields: 143

Sidewalk repairs in Qualat District, Zabul Province

Water gates repaired: 817

Water gates used to control tides in the Everglades national park: 150

Restoring a water gate in Nimroz province

Flood protection walls repaired: 17,726,020 ft3

Equal to roughly half the volume of the Empire State Building

Repairing a flood protection wall in Khost province

Farmland protected by flood control measures (est.): 842 mi2

Size of Los Angeles, CA: 468.7 square miles

Community members in Paktya province finish repairs to a flood protection wall as

waters overflow in the foreground

Roads Gravelled: 380 MilesEqual to 74% of the streets in

Manhattan, NY (508 mi)

Leveling a road near a displaced person’s camp in Zhari district, Kandahar province

Estimated number of community members who

received skills training: 60,400

A master mason inspects concrete drain covers in Zabul province

Total number of buildings repaired: 317

Number of skyscrapers in Boston, MA: 336

Repairing the damaged roof on a bazaar shop stall in Naw Zad, Helmand Province

This program succeeded by keeping itself simple and by focusing on execution

The approach used in this program should be available to any development firm willing to work directly and in the field