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This is an archived USAID document retained on this web site as a matter of public record.
USAID Deputy Administrator Attends Infrastructure Grant Ceremony in Kabul
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESS RELEASE
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.usaid.gov
(202) 712-43202002-117
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 2002Contact: USAID Press Office
Kabul, Afghanistan - On Thursday, Fredrick W. Schieck, Deputy Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), attended the ribbon cutting ceremony recognizing four USAID project grants which provide critical infrastructure support to the Afghan Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. Afghan Vice President, Enayatullah Shahrani, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Hussin Anwari, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission, Brad Hanson and USAID Mission Director, Craig Buck, joined the ceremony to mark the completion of three of the four grants, which total over $100,000.
Afghan Vice President Shahrani told those in attendance that, "I look forward to years of collaboration with USAID…until one day we no longer need aid."
USAID provided essential supplies and equipment for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in Kabul to reconstruct a kindergarten and the Ministry's power and water systems. A USAID grant to repair the Ministry's telephone system is still underway. USAID, since January 2002, has provided support to 26 Afghan government entities in Kabul, Balkh, Faryab, and Maimana, totaling $1.9 million.
The Ministry provided much of the labor and equipment needed for these USAID projects, including drilling equipment and engineers. There are seven office buildings with 1,500 staff, including test plots and gardens, all located on a 50-acre compound in the suburb of Karte Sakhi in the southwestern area of Kabul. During hostilities in 1992-1994, the entire Ministry complex was severely damaged and thoroughly looted. By helping to restore basic services at the complex, USAID helps the Ministry to better serve the people of Afghanistan.
For more information on USAID's activities in Afghanistan, please visit www.usaid.gov/afghanistan.
U.S. Agency for International Development is the government agency that has provided humanitarian assistance and economic development worldwide for more than 40 years.
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