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Active in 21 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, the LGCD project is a field-staff driven stability program that helps establish conditions for medium and long-term efforts. The project objectives are: 1) assist the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) to extend its reach into unstable areas and engage at-risk populations; 2) create an environment that encourages local communities to take an active role in their own stability and development; and 3) address the underlying causes of instability and support for the insurgency. LGCD works closely with USAID field staff, military units, GIRoA officials, non-governmental organizations, and a host of other stakeholders to plan and execute projects that promote stability within a U.S. Government counterinsurgency context. The program meets its objectives through the implementation of strategically integrated activities related to the following technical focus areas: 1) assess (shape): assess community grievances and design cost-effective solutions to address those grievances, and Assist military units with shaping activities; 2) local stability initiatives (clear): quick impact stability initiatives to meet recovery needs in priority communities; and 3) community development and mobilization (hold): address priority grievances of at-risk populations through integrated community development projects. LGCD is in its last phase of implementation and will focus its final efforts in Kandahar City and Maywand District in Kandahar Province through July 2011.
Fact Sheet LGCD Jun 2011
26 April 2011 | Paktya Province, Afghanistan
Photo: USAID/LGCD School children at the Babrak School in Paktya display their new backpacks. Children in Paktya Province face several significant challenges to...
16 April 2011 | Badghis Province, Afghanistan
USAID/CADG Residents stroll down the rehabilitated main road lined by new solar lights in the Muqur District center. In 2009, tribal conflict...
28 March 2011 | Hirat Province, Afghanistan
USAID/LGCD Community members contributed labor and land for repairing the Qazzaq Road. Following the defeat of a local Taliban Commander, former anti-government...
23 November 2010 | Hilmand Province, Afghanistan
Women in Hilmand Province, located in Afghanistan’s conservative south, live under extremely restrictive conditions. They rarely leave their homes and it is difficult for development...
23 November 2010 | Kandahar, Afghanistan
Hamkari de Kandahar Lepara (cooperation for Kandahar) is the Afghan Government’s strategy to provide the people of Kandahar with security, representative governance, and social...
7 December 2010 | Kabul, Afghanistan
Although 68 percent of Afghanistan’s population is under the age of 25, the youth in areas such as Shindand District of Hirat Province face a...
8 November 2010 | Paktika, Afghanistan
The Khair Kot Castle (KKC) District is a population center in Paktika Province that struggles to maintain stability against the threat of anti-government violence. A...
8 November 2010 | Bakwa, Afghanistan
Located on the border of one of Afghanistan’s most insecure areas, Bakwa District in Farah Province has seen little development aid. Coalition Forces and USAID...
11 October 2010 | Bakwa District, Farah Province, Afghanistan
Bakwa District, one of Afghanistan’s most insecure areas, has seen little development aid since 2002. The district has become a passageway for insurgents pushing into...
23 September 2010 | Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Since 2008, ongoing violence in the Bajaur region of Pakistan has caused scores of Pakistani families to seek refuge in Afghanistan. Many of these displaced...
2 April 2011 | Khost Province, Afghanistan
USAID/LGCD The Khost DAIL director signing equipment handover documents. The economy of Khost Province is primarily based on agriculture. The majority of residents...
2 April 2011 | Parwan Province, Afghanistan
USAID/LGCD Parwan Deputy Provincial Governor receives a laptop from the closeout of LGCD’s Parwan provincial office. As USAID’s Local Governance and Community Development...
2 April 2011 | Paktika Province, Afghanistan
USAID/LGCD Representatives of the Paktika Department of Education receive tents for temporary schools. USAID’s Local Governance and Community Development project delivered 277 tents...
2 April 2011 | Hilmand Province, Afghanistan
USAID/LGCD Community members use the new crossing just before completion. USAID’s Local Governance and Community Development project and the Department of Education completed...
1 March 2011 | Kandahar City, Afghanistan
In the outskirts of Kandahar City, the Sub-District Seven manager, wakils, and residents of Sub-District Seven worked together to identify, develop, and implement three community...
USAID/LGCD The provincial governor and U.S. Senior Civilian Representative at the courthouse closing ceremony. Representatives from the Government of the Islamic Republic of...
USAID/LGCD The Khost director of DAIL signs handover documents for the equipment. The economy of Khost Province is primarily based on agriculture. The...
2 April 2011 | Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Hutal citizens at work refurbishing the Green Zone wall in Maywand. With approximately 51,900 inhabitants and more than 160 villages, Maywand District has...
15 March 2011 | Kandahar, Afghanistan
USAID/LGCD The Shura meeting at the office of municipality in Sub-District 9 of Kandahar City. Kandahar City’s Sub-District 9 Manager, Rahmatullah, invited...
15 March 2011 | Paktika Province, Afghanistan
USAID/LGCD Representatives of the Paktika Department of Education receive the tents for eventual distribution. Field reports from the LGCD technical advisor for...
In The News
23 December 2009 | Kabul, Afghanistan
در پاسخ به ضروریات شناسایی شده توسط رهبران محلی در نورستان، اداره انکشافی بین المللی ایالات متحده (USAID) به مبلغ 775.000 دالرامریکایی را در پروژه...
In response to the needs identified by community leaders in Nuristan, USAID will spend $775,000 in development projects over the next seven months creating thousands...
19 December 2009 | Kunar Province, Afghanistan
دراین ماه به تعداد صدها تن از دهقانان و کارمندان وزارت زراعت، آبیاری و مالداری مهارت های تخنیکی جنگلداری و باغداری را در9 ولسوالی ولایت...
A horticulture and forestation technical training program in nine districts of Kunar this month provided skills to hundreds of farmers and staff of the Ministry...
8 December 2009 | Kabul, Afghanistan
بیشتراز300 تن دهاقین جوان درولایات لغمان و خوست ماه گذشته برنامه های آموزشی را تکمیل نمودند. این برنامه ها که توسط پروگرام (Local Governance...
More than 300 young farmers in Laghman and Khost provinces last month finished training programs funded by USAID’s Local Governance and Community Development program that...
23 November 2009 | Puli Alam, Logar Province, Afghanistan
بیش از صد خانواده در ولایت لوگر از انرژی ارزانتر و صافتر دراین فصل زمستان مستفید خواهند شد. از ابتکار شورای انکشافی محلی افغان اظهار...
More than 100 families in Logar Province will enjoy cleaner and cheaper energy this winter, thanks to an initiative from the local Afghan Community Development...
13 March 2008 | Kunar, Afghanistan
مرکز ساختمانی کنر که به تاریخ 13 مارچ 2008 افتتاح گردید، مظهر اراده و رویای جوامع محلی، ولایتی و بین المللی که متعهد به مساعی...
13 March 2008 | Asadabad, Kunar, Afghanistan
The Kunar Construction Center, launched on March 13, 2008, is a testimony to the determination and vision of local, provincial, and international communities committed to...
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