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Three Afghan Schools Open Horticultural Training Centers

Posted on Mon, 2011 – 04 – 18 13:49

Students in Malikyar Hotak High School in Khogyani District, Afghanistan, gleefully praying for the success of bore-well being dug in this school.Students in Malikyar Hotak High School in Khogyani District, Afghanistan, gleefully praying for the success of bore-well being dug in this school.

Three High Schools in Khogyani District of Nangarhar Province are opening new horticultural training centers to stimulate economic options for youth. Youth will learn skills in planning, planting, and managing tree orchards and will also study the benefits of horticulture for the region’s environment and economy.

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Future Generations Enables Afghan Communities to Meet the Long-Term Needs of Displaced Persons and Returnees

Posted on Wed, 2010 – 12 – 01 14:18

Kabul, Afghanistan: Communities across Afghanistan are increasingly involved in planning their own development projects to meet basic needs.[1] However, a rapidly growing segment of the population—the more than 6.8 million people who are either displaced or who have returned to Afghanistan from such countries as Pakistan and Iran—are generally left out of development planning.

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Afghanistan: Community Development Councils in Nangarhar Complete 31 Projects Based on Local Priorities

Posted on Mon, 2010 – 06 – 21 15:46

On June 15, 2010, the Afghanistan National Solidarity Programme (NSP) issued a press release recognizing the achievements of Community Development Councils (CDCs) in Khogyani District of Nangarhar Province. Since 2007, Future Generations Afghanistan has been working to build the capacity of these CDCs in local governance.

31 Uplift Projects Completed in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan 

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Afghanistan’s National Solidarity Program Expands to 9,000 More Communities

Posted on Tue, 2010 – 01 – 12 14:06

Kabul-Afghanistan - Future Generations applauds the Afghanistan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD), the World Bank, and donors’ decision to continue support of the National Solidarity Program (NSP). As the flagship program for local governance, now working through 22,000 Community Development Councils (CDCs), the NSP will continue vital service delivery to rural communities with a third round of funding and innovation.

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Boston Review Features Response by Future Generations Afghanistan Country Director

Posted on Wed, 2009 – 12 – 30 17:48

The Boston Review published a response by Future Generations Afghanistan Country Director, Aziz Hakimi about the future of Afghanistan. The article is featured below. For a direct link to the Boston Review website click here.

‘The West can encourage legitimacy and accountability’

Nir Rosen argues that the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan is likely to fail and that the Karzai government is irredeemably illegitimate. I agree with the first point, but not with the second.

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Peacebuilding

Future Generations has a focus on enabling community-led processes for social change in complex and often insecure environments. In 2006, Future Generations launched research on peacebuilding—specifically the building of relationships between people, social groups, and state institutions to prevent violence and address the root causes of war, terrorism, and violent conflict.

With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Future Generations "Engaging People in Peace" Project began a systematic review on the role of citizens and communities in building peace.

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Community-Led Rural Road Construction in Nepal

Authors: 
Nawang Gurung
Date: 
October, 2010

Read a 22 page report on rural road construction in Nepal by community-based development expert, Nawang Gurung. Beginning with the background of road development in Nepal, this report details the causes of rural road construction mushrooming, the process of construction, the impacts, advantages, disadvantages, cost effectiveness, and a plan forward for community-led rural road development in Nepal.

Community Governance
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Enable Afghan Communities to Meet the Long-Term Needs of Returnees

A rapidly growing segment of the Afghan population—the more than 6.8 million people who are either displaced or who have returned to Afghanistan from such countries as Pakistan and Iran—are generally left out of development planning. With a $2.5 million three-year grant from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Future Generations Afghanistan will train and involve returnees and refugees in development planning to improve living conditions in two districts in Nangarhar Province.

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Mosque-based Literacy Classes for Women

Women's Literacy Classes in Malistan DistrictWomen's Literacy Classes in Malistan DistrictAn estimated 79% of Afghan women and girls cannot read and write, but for the Hazara ethnic communities in the central highlands, literacy for women and the education of  was common before the Taliban. In early 2002, at a community meeting organized by Future Generations in Jaghori District of Ghazni Province, the local leaders chose literacy for women as one of their initial work plan projects.

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Local Governance for Self-Reliant Community Change

The Challenges to Peacebuilding: In the view of many Afghans, the vast majority of international assistance has been inefficient, over-priced, externally-driven, and not locally accountable. People perceive that only foreign contractors are doing well by the current system.

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