Project profile — Community Infrastructure Improvement - Early Recovery

Results achieved as of March 2012 include: There were two areas of focus for CARE's project this past year - (i) Cash-for-Work/Early Recovery and (ii) the regular Road Maintenance Teams. The primary focus was on Cash-for-Work/Early Recovery activities which rehabilitated 600 KM of washed out roads and 300 culverts in flood-affected areas of the project that allowed for the principal activity of the Road Maintenance Teams (RMT) to get underway in earnest. This year, 900 rural destitute women were added to project from nine districts for the maintenance of earthen roads.This brings the total number of women to 1,500. CARE has delivered 480 training sessions, resulting in all 1,500 RMT women beneficiaries having received Basic Health and Road Maintenance training, with 900 of these women having also received training on human rights and gender equality. Overall there is high interest by women to participate in the RMT aspect of the project as 5,526 women applied for the 1,500 available positions. Among the 1,500 women, 36% (540) are widows, 16% (240) separated, 16% (240) divorced and 32% (480) are married but are the sole source of income for their families due to disabilities affecting their husbands. CARE has also signed nine MOUs with all district governments, conducted road surveys in all 100 Union Councils (UC), prepared 60 UC maps, and maintained 1,300 km of rural earthen roads.