Labour based road rehabilitation, construction and maintenance (LBRC)

Projekt abgeschlossen

The rural poor in Afghanistan suffer from a lack of access to basic services and markets. The proposed labour based road construction project addresses these pressing needs of the people and complements an ongoing Swiss livelihood intervention. Through predictable income, the rehabilitation of vital rural infrastructure and thereby ensuring access to services and markets, the project contributes to improve the lives of men, women and children.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Afghanistan
Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit
Ländliche Infrastruktur (bis 2016)
01.06.2014 - 31.12.2016
CHF 2'416'000
Hintergrund

Afghanistan is one of the least developed countries and the scene of ongoing conflicts. Poverty is widespread and especially prevalent in mountainous rural areas. Degradation of natural resources, extreme weather events and other natural hazards and lack of access to markets and services hamper development and contribute to the vulnerability of the populations.

The people in the project area mostly rely on subsistence farming. Limited livelihood options have often led to harmful survival strategies such as selling livelihood assets (e.g. livestock), migration, child labor and early marriage.

An ongoing Swiss livelihood intervention (Livelihood Improvement Project Takhar) shows promising results, but has to be complemented with access to income and markets to bear sustainable benefits.

Ziele

Men and women, girls and boys, especially from poor families living in Rustaq district, improve their livelihoods.

Zielgruppen

The project targets the population of two watersheds in Rustaq district of Takhar province. The project area covers 20 villages with an estimated total population of 29’000 people. Over the whole duration of the project (4 years), approximately 1’100 workers will be directly engaged in the construction works.

Mittelfristige Wirkungen

O1: Men and women, girls and boys make better use of basic services and economic opportunities.

O2: Local institutions facilitate the construction and maintenance of local roads.

Resultate

Erwartete Resultate:  

O1.1: Poor families in the target area earn a reliable and fair income.

O1.2: Local communities have all-year driveable access to services and markets.

O2.1: Natural Resource Management Committees and Watershed Associations coordinate and oversee construction works

O2.2: Community Development Councils coordinate and oversee maintenance works

O2.3: The provincial representation of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development is familiar with the labour-based approach and aware of its benefits


Resultate von früheren Phasen:  

The missions conducted during the opening phase have confirmed the relevance of the labour based approach. They have also allowed to adapt the approach to the local context, especially with regards to the institutional set-up. The initial project design was re-assessed and amended where necessary.


Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Internationale oder ausländische NGO
Privatsektor
Schweizerische Non-Profit-Organisation
  • Andere internationale oder ausländische NGO Norden
  • Schweizerischer Privatsektor
  • Terre des Hommes Lausanne


Andere Partner

n/a

Koordination mit anderen Projekten und Akteuren
  • Livelihood Improvement Project Takhar (implemented by Terre des hommes)
  • National Rural Access Program (under the lead of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development)
Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF   2'416'000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF   1'611'786
Projektphasen Phase 2 01.11.2016 - 31.10.2020   (Completed)

Phase 1 01.06.2014 - 31.12.2016   (Completed)