SIKA-West Weekly Bullet Points No. 123: August 12-18, 2014

The project aimed to improve the learning environment and provide a safe space for students. The refurbished school features modern facilities, including classrooms, libraries, and administrative offices. In the SIKA-West region, a Service Providers Committee hotline was established for the DRRD Departments in Farah, Badghis, Herat, and Ghor Provinces. The hotline provides a platform for residents, governmental, and non-governmental organizations to receive information about available services and provide comments and suggestions for the revised version of Service Providers Catalogs. Two past graduates of a tailoring vocational training course in Kamenji Sofla Village are providing tailoring services from their homes, earning an average of 3000 AFN per month. The SIKA-West Governance Department provided basic computer skills training to several individuals, including the Muqur Admin & Finance Manager, the Literacy Manager, and the Executive Manager. The training covered topics such as designing charts in Ms. Word and data entry in spreadsheets. Additionally, a two-month Proposal Writing training will be started for seven DOWA staff in Herat on August 21st. In Farah Province, the Lash Wa Juwayn District Governor, Mr. Samad Yar, led a coordination meeting with line-departments on August 16th. The participants presented a brief report about their activities and shared their concerns, including the lack of medicine and blocked roads due to a recent storm. The District Governor will share the lack of medicine with the Provincial Health Directorate, and the roads issue will be discussed at the next Komite Sobate Woleswali meeting. In Badghis Province, the Qala-i-Naw Conflict Resolution Committee organized the final mediation session between a man and his wife in Bala Morqab on August 14th. The couple agreed to rent a house and live peacefully after mediation sessions. A coordination meeting was held with the Badghis Provincial Governor, H.E. Mr. Ahmadulla Alizai, on August 13th, where an overview of the MRRD/IDLG Stability Program activities and achievements was presented. In Herat Province, Mr. Abdul Rahim Jami, the Shindand District Haj and Religious Affairs Manager, met with the new District Governor, Mr. Ajab Gul Kakar Samim, on August 18th. The DG emphasized the importance of Ulema in bringing peace and security in the district and pledged to share and follow up the Ulema's concerns and requests with the Provincial Peace Council and the Haj and Religious Affairs Directorate in Herat Province. A coordination meeting was held with the Herat DRRD Deputy Director, Mr. Mahmood Shah, on August 16th, where the issue of lack of DDA members in Komite Sobate Woleswali meetings was discussed. The Saj Farsi CDC in Pusht-E Rod District completed 67% of a 260-meter road rehabilitation and one culvert. Media Relation training was provided to 40 members of Women's Shura in Kushk Rabat-e Sangi District on August 18th. Work is ongoing to rehabilitate an 80-meter canal protection wall in Rahim Abad Village, Bala Boluk District.