The National Solidarity Programme values the media as a partner in efforts to bring development and security to Afghanistan. We are available to meet media needs at the contact numbers and links below. Comprehensive media kit and photo library are available here.
Media Kit
Below is the list of media, a complete package of up to date information on the National Solidarity Programme. This media kit contains:
- CDC Backgrounder (download)
- NSP FAQs (download)
- Donor Fact Sheet (download)
- Facilitating Partners (download)
- NSP Brochure (download)
- Success Stories
- Balkh Province (download)
- Bamyan Province (download)
- Herat Province (download)
- Kabul Province (download)
- Kandahar Province (download)
- Panjshir Province (download)
- Khost Province (download)
- NSP News releases
News
Despite Challenging Environment the NSP is Making Significant Progress in Building Community Institutions in Rural Afghanistan, Finds World Bank Report
KABUL, 4 February, 2007- According to the report – Implementation Completion and Results Report of the National Solidarity Programme I – the NSP has reached over 15.4 million Afghans (around 81 percent of Afghanistan’s rural inhabitants) since its inception in 2003. As January 24, 2008, some 19,100 communities have been mobilized while 18,303 communities have successfully elected Community Development Councils (CDCs). (read more English, Dari, Pashto)
Community Development Distribution Reaches USD $400 million in Four Years
KABUL, 9 December, 2007 - The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) has reached a major milestone with over $400 million in payments disbursed to 16,000 community development councils in Afghanistan. (read more)
Community-Level Governance Explored at National Public Consultation
KABUL , 18 November, 2007 - A national public consultation, took place in Kabul from November 10 to 15, 2007 in the Loya Jirga tent to discussion and debate about the current and future role of Community Development Councils (CDCs) in Afghanistan. (read more)
School Opening Creates Space for More Than Two Thousand Students
Kabul, October 24, 2007 - A new school in the District of Shakerdara was opened Wednesday during an inauguration ceremony attended by H.E. Mohammad Ehsan Zia, Minister of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. (read more)
For more information, media are invited to contact: Ajmal Paiman, MRRD spokesperson
Mobile: + 93 (0) 070652860
Email: apn@mrrd.gov.af
Or
Douglas M. Armour, Head, Public Communication Department
National Solidarity Programme
Mobile: + 93 (0) 0798292306
Email: d.armour@nspafghanistan.org
Community Development Distribution reaches US $400 million in Four Years Kabul, 9 December, 2007) 
