Country: Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of)
Project Code: P07-AF01
Pillar: Mine risk education
Appealing Agency: The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
and UN Mine Action Team (UNMAT)
Implementing Partners: National and international non-governmental organizations and commercial mine action implementers, government ministries and departments, Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA), UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), UN Mine Action Services (UNMAS)
Summary Objectives: The project will deliver mine risk education in highly impacted communities, and centres for internally displaced people (IDPs) and returnees.
Activities:
- Provide mine risk education in targeted communities and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) returnee assistance centres in Kabul, Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces.
- Deliver 35,000 mine risk education presentations.
- Conduct 120 mine risk education and victim assistance mobile mini-circuses for children.
- Carry out 1,200 mine risk education mobile cinema sessions for target communities.
- Broadcast 24 mine risk education TV spots, and 224 radio spots on five radio stations.
Expected Outcomes:
- An increased number of people living or working in areas affected by mines or explosive remnants of war (ERW) as well as returnees, deportees and IDPs will be aware of mine threats and able to make informed decisions.
- The number of mine and ERW accidents involving men, women, boys and girls will continue to decrease.
Project Budget: $3,500,000
Project Duration: April 2010 through March 2011
Budget Shortfall: $3,500,000
Targeted Beneficiaries: Men, women, boys and girls living and working in 2,028 mine-impacted communities; development projects blocked by 5,875 known hazards covering an estimated total area of 653 square kilometres
| BUDGET ITEMS In US$ | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Delivery of mine risk education in high-impact communities, and IDP and returnee centres | 3,500,000 |
| Total | 3,500,000 |
Ms Flora Sutherland; Tel: 93 0 77796 6371; e-mail: flora@unmaca.org
last edited: Oct 27, 2009