"The National Solidarity Programme in Afghanistan" by Ziggy Garewal

Title of the article: The National Solidarity Programme in Afghanistan

Author: Ziggy Garewal

Name of the publication: Les nouvelles d'Afghanistan (AFRANE)

Date of the publication: October 2009

"NSP is a programme of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and is facilitated by 28 organizations - Afghan and international NGOs and private sector organisations - funded by the World Bank and other donors. The National Solidarity Programme (NSP), “the largest people’s project in the history of Afghanistan” is the country’s most ambitious and effective rural development programme. It contributes significantly to Afghanistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (the interim Afghanistan National Development Strategy, I-ANDS) and progress towards MDGs..."

Ziggy Garewal is the Country Director of ACTED Afghanistan which facilitates NSP in nearly 8% of communities, working in 5 provinces and 19 districts in the north of the country.