USAID/LGCD
Representatives of the Paktika Department of Education receive the tents for eventual distribution.
Field reports from the LGCD technical advisor for the Paktika Department of Education (DoE) indicated that children attend classes in mosques, private residences, or under trees, as 61 percent of schools in the province lack buildings to hold classes. Inclement weather often disrupts lessons and parents are discouraged from sending their children, especially females, to school. To address this situation, USAID’s Local Governance and Community Development (LGCD) project delivered 277 tents to the U.S. Military at Forward Operating Base Sharana for eventual distribution to schools across Paktika Province. To provide culturally appropriate and structurally sound temporary classrooms, the U.S. Military will coordinate with the Paktika DoE to distribute the tents to selected schools in the districts of Sharana, Mata Khan, Khair Kot, Jani Khel, Waza Khwa, Yusef Khel, Sar Howza, and Khoshamand.
USAID/Afghanistan Program Highlights: 2/1/2011-2/15/2011