PRP Brochure Year 5

Students and teachers at Government Boys' Higher Secondary School Rerra, danced to celebrate the inauguration of their new school.

CDM Smith, USAID ContractorFor the Pakistan Reconstruction Program

House 16, St. 41, Islamabad F 7/1Tel: +92 (O) 51-2655070-75 email: [email protected]

Government Girls' Inter-College, Rerra: students, mothers and teachers enjoy a student performance in the new school's multi-purpose hall, a new feature for schools in the project area.

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This report is made possible by the support of the American Reconstruction Program, is an employee-owned engineering people through the United States Agency for International and construction firm established in 1947 and is Development (USAID). The contents are the sole headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The responsibility of CDM Smith and do not necessarily reflect company offers diverse environmental, transportation, water the views of USAID or the United States Government. and energy-related engineering and construction services in

a range of sectors to public and private clients.CDM Constructors Inc. a fully owned subsidiary of CDM Smith, the USAID Contractor for the Pakistan

CONTENTS

Program overview 3

Earthquake reconstruction 4

Community participation 6

Building design 8

Earthquake Resistance 10

Construction 11

Library Challenge 14

People Stories 18

News Scope: New Tasks 20

Project Progress 22

Government Girls' High School Chowki, AJ&K, after construction. See site before construction, facing page

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Government Girls' High School Chowki, AJ&K, community meeting to launch construction. See new school (facing page).

The U.S. Agency for International Earthquake Reconstruction and countries to support development of Development (USAID) launched the Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) and Pakistan's economic growth and Pakistan Reconstruction Program on in other parts of the country, with the agriculture, strengthen the energy October 27, 2006 as a five-year $120 Higher Education Commission of the sector, facilitate the country's million effort initially called the Government of Pakistan, provincial stabilization efforts in the Khyber Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction governments, and the administration Pakhtunkhwa, and improve access to and Recovery Program (PERRP). This of seven universities, two hospitals and quality education and healthcare. program focused on designing and with partner USAID programs Across all these priority sectors, reconstructing schools and healthcare including the Teachers Education USAID also seeks to enhance gender facilities in the earthquake zones of Program. equality and strengthen governance Bagh district, Azad Jammu and processes.Kashmir (AJ&K) and Mansehra district This U.S. effort is part of a broader of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP); cooperation between the two described in more detail on pages 4 to 19.

In June 2011, the program budget was increased to $180 million and its scope of work expanded to include other construction objects. The additional construction projects included five more schools in the earthquake area and in other parts of Pakistan, health and education facilities; the latter described in more detail on pages 20 to 21.

For this program, USAID and the project's implementing partner, CDM Smith, work closely with Pakistan's

Cover Photo: Government Boys' Primary School and High School Mohandri, KP. Destruction of so many buildings in the quake came mainly from lateral movement of the ground but these Mohandri schools were destroyed when the quake dislodged boulders from the nearby steep mountainside and they bounced down the slope smashing into the school killing four students and seriously injuring nine more.

Faced with no alternate land available to relocate the school, two extra precautions were taken to rebuild on the same site. On the side of the school facing the mountain, a special wall was built to deflect stones should any dislodge again. As the most certain precaution, community members, social mobilizers and engineers surveyed the entire mountain side identifying all the loose rocks and boulders and broke them into small pieces using a non-explosive chemical. Enrolment in the new schools: 559, but local official expect enrolment to double in the next 5 year.

Jacobabad Civil Hospital. Computer model


EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION

On October 8, 2005 residents of to re-construct 72 large buildings develops building designs, selects and supervises local contractors to northern Pakistan were shaken by a including schools and health facilities construct facilities, provides quality 7.6 magnitude earthquake that in Bagh district of AJK and schools in control and supports reconstruction-claimed more than 74,000 lives, Mansehra district of KP.related events. All the buildings are leveled 272,000 buildings including 585

USAID's contractor for this program, designed to meet internationally healthcare facilities and 15,000 CDM Smith, prepares site recognized standards and provide educational buildings and rendered assessments, facilitates community access for the disabled.some 3.5 million people homeless.participation and capacity building,

Other lifelines such as water supplies, power lines and bridges were also disrupted. Described at the time by the UN as the 'most debilitating natural disaster the country has ever known', the destruction reached out over 30,000 square kilometers.

The earthquake zone is located in the mountainous region, a landscape that is both beautiful and harsh. It includes parts of Pakistan's KP and AJ&K and represents a rich mosaic of cultures, languages, religions and ethnicities.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Program (PERRP), started in October 2006, has gone on

Government Boys' Higher Secondary School, Harighel, AJ&K. (Above) After their school collapsed in the earthquake students studied in the open air using the stones for seating. Now they enjoy their new, fully furnished school (below).

In the earthquake areas by the end of January, 2012.

Program Team:

Ÿ· 72 buildings were designed Ÿ· 4 expatriate staff

Ÿ· 52 buildings (36 schools, 15 basic health units, 1 pre-Ÿ· 192 Pakistani staff

engineered hospital building) were completed;

Ÿ· 20 schools and 1 sub-district hospital are under construction

Ÿ· 5 more schools in quake-hit areas are under design

Ÿ· 77 communities are actively engaged in pre-construction to post-construction phases

Ÿ· Number of beneficiaries is over 1,000,000 people

Ÿ· Health facilities catchment areas have a population of 300,000

Ÿ Schools have 17,000 students from 556 villages having population of 783,000 people

Ÿ· 8 Pakistani architectural/engineering firms

Ÿ· 12 local construction firms with a workforce of 5,800 at 73 sites

Ÿ Over 422 Pakistani suppliers

Government Boys' High School Chaknari, AJ&K. Site where old school collapsed and the rubble had been removed (top photo). The new Chaknari school rebuilt on same site (bottom photo).

“When the earthquake struck, everybody rushed outside the school and I fell down in the stampede and then the building collapsed. To my luck, I survived but got wounded badly. Since then we've had no school so we go to class in the open air. Now I am graduating but I am very happy to see the new school under construction. It's thousands of time better than the old one.” Muhammad Irfan, Student GBHS Pinyali


The level of community participation construction; and second, for the laborers and many other factors. in this earthquake re-construction committees to help improve Facilitated by a team of social project is unusual, if not education and share responsibility mobilizers, this written Committee-unprecedented in Pakistan. As a result with the government for maintaining Contractor Agreement also details of experience with it in this project, the new buildings. how the parties will communicate engineers participating in workshops with each other and how conflicts will to identify the project's Lessons While the project benefits be prevented or resolved. Leaned, posited, 'make sure enormously from these local community participation is included in contributions, communities also By the end of the 5th year of the construction projects otherwise benefit by having active bodies of local project, these committees working construction will face big problems volunteers who have developed new together with community members, and the pace of work will be badly skills to get resources together, project social mobilizers, engineers affected. It saves time and money'. prevent and solve problems and and contractor staff have reached a

conflicts and have the know-how to level of maturity as shown by several Long before construction starts, the carry on as a permanent group. indicators in the project's recent program social team gets communities 'Participation Index, Community ready for rebuilding of the quake- Community participation in this Participation and Construction' destroyed facilities. They start by project is a systematic, step-by-step report. The school committees public meetings where the process of steps to support continue to make outstanding communities are asked to form or reconstruction. After introductory contributions to construction and the activate School Management public meetings, the process moves on community.Committees (SMCs in AJ&K), Parent obtaining a detailed written agreement Teacher Councils (PTCs in KP), or between the community members and The Committees: Health Management Committees contractors on community-related (HMCs). issues that often lead to differences Ÿ· continue on a daily basis to

and conflict. Such problems include prevent and solve problems. In an The goal of organizing local people is land ownership issues, land use, access area where construction is often two-fold: first, for them to prevent or across private property, use of scarce stopped by local issues and court solve many of the common water and electricity resources, land stay orders, participation in this community-related problems in for dumping materials, behavior of project has saved construction

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

Government Boys' High School Jabbori, KP. Community-Contractor Agreement meeting with construction about to begin.

from most of this trouble. In the five years of the project only 8 days of construction have been lost due to conflict and in the whole time, not a single court stay order was issued.

Ÿ· Although these are very poor people (UNICEF and World Bank estimate annual per capita income is about $184 or $0.50 per day), committee members are highly motivated contributing in many ways, including a vast amount of time attending over 3,000 meetings. They volunteered the equivalent of 18 person years; lent or donated assets such as land and water worth close to half a million dollars; donated about $64,000 in cash, goods (including library books, see Library Challenge page 16); increased co-curricular events five of circuit breaker, water pumps, Daily Co-ordination on Sites times what they were before the valves and fire extinguishers.project and brought parents into One of the main project successes is the schools for the first time. Ÿ The overall effect is empowered how social mobilizers, engineers,

committees. They are being held other technical staff, the contractors' Ÿ· All the schools, under the by other donors, other workers and community members

guidance of the social team, have construction projects, local work together on a daily basis at the made maintenance plans which government and other schools as construction sites. Detailed co-assign roles that are uncommon models to emulate. Whereas ordination, clear agreements, frequent in these areas; for the teachers, before this project, school communication and resulting students and occasional paid staff committees were often seen by cooperation help keep the to keep the building clean. school administration as intrusive construction on schedule and benefit Committee members, teachers, and unwelcome, their abilities to the communities, schools and health senior students and closest play a strong support role is facilities in many other ways.neighbors have also been trained making them far more welcome in 'urgent operation' needed in with even more potential for the emergency actions, such as using future.

People in this photo (at under construction Dhirkot Hospital) represent the participatory approach used in this project. They are social mobilizers, engineers, community members, contractors and facility staff working together to prevent problems, help keep construction on schedule and improve health or education.

Government Girls' High School Kheral Abbasian, AJ&K: Mothers attend one of the school's first ever functions, this one to see their daughters participate in a public speaking contest. The new school is to start construction on same land.


Design is preceded by several The social assessment ascertains the considerations to protect natural life necessary steps, including technical local need and demand for the new around sites, designs also provide and social feasibility studies. Once building and willingness of the septic tanks and soakage pits to sites are selected, the technical and communities to participate, while the ensure minimal impact to the design teams comprised of engineers, environmental assessment looks at environment. architects, land and quantity surveyors, environmental considerations. Besides environment specialists and social mobilizers, with community input, develop the design. To meet international building codes numerous steps are then taken, for example; computer modeling techniques; independent design checking and verification requiring many calculations, drawings and construction specifications for material and equipment.

Occasionally, design modifications are required to make adjustments for unforeseen site or community-based needs.

BUILDING DESIGN

Government Girls' Primary and Secondary Schools Behali, KP. As with almost all the schools completed in this project, enrolment has significantly increased. From 364 students before the quake, to 500 after first year of operation of the new school, local officials predict the pre-quake figure to at least double (to over 600) in the next five years. Enrolment will be further enhanced by the Parent Teacher Council convincing government to up-grade the school to add two more grades (11 &12), giving girls direct entry to university. In this region such opportunity is rare for girls.

BUILDING DESIGN

Government Boys' Higher Secondary School Dherray, AJ&K. Project schools are built with maximum consideration for low cost maintenance, such as natural light in the classrooms, especially important in these areas where electrical supplies are limited.

Designing schools and health facilities requirements for modern practices at Basic health units were designed with for the earthquake zone presented schools and basic health units. In rooms for a pharmacy, laboratory, many challenges as new standards addition to classrooms and offices for urgent care, vaccination, tuberculosis, required larger facilities than pre- all schools, middle schools have multi- malaria care, labor and delivery; and quake but many of the places had only purpose rooms, while high schools counseling on family planning.very small, steeply sloped have multi-purpose halls, laboratories mountainous lots. In many cases, then, and libraries. double-story structures were constructed.

In addition to the major structural considerations in design, the buildings have been designed to protect life, as described in the next section on Earthquake Resistance.

Durability and long term maintenance are also considered to ensure that buildings serve their communities for a long time. Each of these USAID-funded buildings has been designed to require as little maintenance as possible, for example, by minimizing the use of water and electricity while providing optimal space for its users.

Each design also incorporated space

Government Boys' Higher Secondary School Dherray, AJ&K. Schools built in this project include laboratories, in many cases being the first time these schools have such teaching facilities.

“After the quake as our school was destroyed, the number of students in our school was sharply dropping because we had no building so were being taught in the open air. Even our desks were destroyed so we could only sit on stones and it was miserable for all of us during the rainy season. Many of my class mates left our school and some families moved to another city to they could go to school there. Since construction started here, the number of students has risen more than even before the earthquake and this is because it has been constructed so well with all facilities. It is attracting students not only from this village but from the nearby places also.” Arifa Kanwal, a student at GGHS Chattar#2

Government Boys' High School Nokot, KP: Students, teachers, projectengineers and sub-contractor's workers pose at the newly completed school.

“In our old buildings, we had only two rooms, now we have many classrooms; we have a library and even a laboratory. Studying has really become a pleasure with the new facilities.” Erum Qurban, Government Girls Inter-College Arja.

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Along with the shortage of skilled now become skilled at carrying out processes, this USAID project has labor and construction materials in construction that meets those high delivered over 250,000 accident-free these areas, this creates a very standards. hours every month while working on demanding environment for the building sites with combined covered construction. area of 1,094,068 square feet, utilizing Due to seismic hazards in the project

12 construction sub-contractors and areas, USAID and the implementing several material suppliers. All construction under the USAID partner strictly adhere to the quality

Pakistan Reconstruction Program is assurance and quality control at carried out by Pakistani contractors construction sites. Construction is Additionally, to reduce cost and who are pre-qualified based on their conducted under the supervision of maintain quality, PERRP purchases technical and financial capabilities, an experienced Regional Manager steel, cement tiles and doors in bulk timely performance records, and work assisted by dedicated Deputy Regional and provides these to its sub-experience in those areas. Managers and engineering staff located contractors. This helps to reduce the

on sites. overall cost of each contract and From a pool of pre-qualified decreases the speculation of sub-companies, the USAID project selects contractors in material price inflation contractors for each small group of To ensure construction quality, PERRP in a firm-fixed price contract.two-to-four buildings and awards assigns a dedicated resident engineer

contracts based on competitive and inspector at each site. These bidding. specialists work closely with the social With PERRP's construction

mobilizers, contractor's resident management directing construction engineers and site inspectors. and the social team successfully for During the early years of the project,

handling the community-related local contractors were not familiar problems that often interfere with with the international construction This approach not only ensures construction, almost all of the sites quality control standards and world-class construction quality, safety, have been completed on schedule or procedures adhered to by this project. and durability of the buildings, but also ahead of it.With assistance and guidance from helps to train contractor staff for

the project's engineers and inspectors Pakistan's construction industry. As at every site, local contractors have result of the strict quality assurance

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE CONSTRUCTION

One of the main reasons for widespread devastation and loss of life What makes a building earthquake- CONSTRUCTIONduring the 2005 earthquake was the resistant? Some of the main features lack of earthquake resistant structural are: In the earthquake area, by the end of design and construction of the Ÿ· Concrete (shear) walls, the fifth year of this project, buildings. Hundreds of thousands of columns and beams must have construction has been completed on lives have been lost in recent decades extra steel to withstand 52 buildings in Azad Jammu and in Pakistan and in other parts of the movement caused by the Kashmir (AJ&K) and Mansehra district world due to poorly engineered and earthquake forces; of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) improperly constructed buildings in Ÿ· Floors and roofs must be province. These buildings include 15 high seismic zones. properly anchored to the basic health units, 36 large schools and

walls, beams and columns to 1 pre-engineered building at a hospital As a result, comprehensive seismic prevent their collapsing onto in AJ&K while construction is building codes, guidelines and occupants during an underway on 20 more schools and 1 standards, such as the 1997 Uniform earthquake. sub-district hospital.Building Code (UBC), have been developed in many countries. The Strict adherence to the UBC codes in Building schools and clinics in UBC is widely used in earthquake- KP and AJ&K will enable buildings to Pakistan's earthquake areas of KP and prone areas of the United States, withstand strong earthquakes, prevent AJ&K is both challenging and Pakistan, and many other regions of collapse, save lives, and avoid financial rewarding. Most of the locations are the world. The UBC is used in the losses. difficult to access, have limited and design of all the buildings under this restricted construction area, and have project. challenging weather conditions.

This illustration is a tool used by architects and engineers to design earthquake resistant buildings. This is a computer model of the earthquake resistance in the Government Boys' Higher Secondary School Rerra, AJ&K.

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Basic Health Unit Kala Mula, AJ&K. This is one of the 15 BHUs constructed in this project. Located in one of the most remote areas this BHU, completed in 2009, provides the only professional health services within 2-3 hours road travel.

“With the first jolt, I ran out of office and school building collapsed just behind me. I turned back and was terrified to see fallen rubble with so many students buried beneath. It was a horrific scene when we found 86 students of this school dead and many others were seriously injured. Now with the new school we have learned a little about earthquake resistance in buildings. If we'd had it before the quake many of the departed souls would have not met this fate. Students' parents have seen that the new building is being constructed according to the earthquake code and this helps them shed their fears.” Muhammad Farooq, Vice-Principal and SMC General Secretary, GGHS Kheral Abbasian

Government Boys' High School Khagan, KP, under construction.

CONSTRUCTION

Government Girls' High School Khawari (bottom) and Government Boys' Primary and Secondary Schools (middle), were inaugurated by the US Ambassador Cameron Munter (above).

To ensure construction quality, PERRP assigns a dedicated resident engineer and inspector at each site. These specialists work closely with the social mobilizers, contractor's resident engineers and site inspectors.

This approach not only ensures world-class construction quality, safety, and durability of the buildings, but also helps to train contractor staff for Pakistan's construction industry. As result of the strict quality assurance processes, this USAID project has delivered over 250,000 accident-free hours every month while working on building sites with combined covered area of 1,094,068 square feet, utilizing 12 construction sub-contractors and several material suppliers.

“The difference between this building and the one which collapsed is the difference between the sky and the earth. I have never seen such a strong mixture of steel and concrete designed in a way to sustain sever quake shocks. Thanks for saving our future generations.” Gul Zaman, Principal GBHS Dhal Qazian


Government Boys' High School Berka Mehra, AJ&K: construction starting in challenging terrain.

Government Boys' Higher Secondary School Kahuta, AJ&K: new school under construction. Enrolment 760 students, expected to grow to at least 900 in next few years.



CONSTRUCTIONTo reduce costs and maintain quality, PERRP purchases steel, cement tiles and doors in bulk and provides these to its sub-contractors. This helps to reduce the overall cost of each contract and decreases the speculation of sub-contractors in material price inflation in a firm-fixed price contract.

With PERRP's construction management and the social team successfully handling the community-related problems that often interfere with construction, almost all of the sites have been completed on schedule or ahead of it.

Government Boys' High School Afzalabad, KP.

Government Girls' Inter-college Arja

Government Boys' High School Mansehra #2

“What we like about this project is that everything is open and transparent, we know the construction details, schedule and quality of the material being used. This kind of standard of construction we are seeing for the first time” SMC Chairman GGHS Jaglari

Government Girls' High School Mahldara, AJ&K


Government Boys' Higher Secondary School Jabbori, KP. New school under construction in a rugged mountainous location, typical in this project.

Construction Workers' Code of Conduct meeting, Government Boys' Higher Secondary School Jared. To reduce friction amongst community members and construction workers, who are usually from other parts and other cultures in Pakistan, workers are briefed to respect the local cultural norms.



THE LIBRARY CHALLENGECommunities have come a long way in confidence since first given the Library Challenge. At first very timid to try this raising funds, the Committees quickly gained confidence and even a sense of competition to raise the most money. Being this successful, they were also able to get more books than they'd imagined and shared this know-how with the 63 new schools.

With the new level of motivation, they are also applying it for the first time in their own schools: starting computer centers, awarding prizes to students who get high marks, planting trees and flowers to beautify the grounds of their new schools, organize and pay for regular co-curricular events, etc.

Of course, getting books is only one part of having a library. Not having had

the school library as a community be distracted by all the new reading one before, they lacked other basics

library. This is all pioneering activity at material.too so these basic capacities had to be

these rural government schools and built. While the schools jointly

some are beginning to act as public developed their own library

libraries.management guidelines, they each nominated a volunteer librarian who The attractive new books show kids was trained to establish a borrowing that their syllabus books do lead to and lending system, how to protect other big things. For the older the books, promote reading and students in these far flung areas where involve the community. TV and the internet are not common, Several schools are now having

even books are a novelty. Some occasional 'Library Days' inviting

schools report that their libraries are community members to come see the

so popular they have to close them library and book collection and use

before exams; otherwise students will

Government Boys' Higher Secondary School Rerra. Teachers and students report much interest in their first-ever libraries and collections of books donated in the Library Challenge.

By 2009 (project year 3) the school the first time ever raising funds for attended by about 8,000 people and about 4,000 library books were committees were so motivated, their schools, not until now attempted bought then. By 2011, the committees resourceful and successful at assisting as these are government schools and were eager to have another book fair, construction that it was clear that people have had the idea that only and to add to the challenge, the 27 another challenge was in order. As government has responsibility for participating Kashmiri schools went most of the schools being built would these schools. Also, being so remote, out and motivated 63 more schools to have a furnished library room for the there were practically no places to start libraries, even without the first time, but no books, the SMCs and buy books.matching idea from CDM Smith.PTCs were challenged by the social

team: if they would donate at least For the second book fair in Nov 2011, one library book per student, staff a total of 90 schools raised money for volunteers of CDM Smith, would do more books at the event. Drawing an the same. There was no project attendance of 25,000, the event got budget for this so all the funds had to national and international media be raised. coverage in many countries.Altogether the project schools in The solution, the first-ever Kashmir The committees enthusiastically AJ&K and KP have got 118 new book festival, was organized in 2009 accepted this challenge and by the 5th

and was successful beyond all libraries started.year of the project the minimum goals expectations. The two-day event was have been far exceeded. Although

poor communities, for their 17,000 students in KP and AJ&K, they have donated 23,000 books!

CDM Smith, with donations from colleagues, friends, family, sub-contractors and suppliers have made donations to buy 44,000 books (90% Urdu, 10% English). Now in these many remote areas where there are no other libraries of any kind, these schools have libraries and 61,000 books.

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Government Girls’ Primary School Behali KP with new library books.

“I am thankful for providing us opportunity to participate in book festival that will help increase our knowledge and information.” Nighet Manzoor, a student at GGHS Bagh.

Government Boys’ Primary School Mohandri KP. Students with their first-ever library book show-off their reading skills

“We have every kind of books in our new library including books on general knowledge, social values, computers, poetry and novels. This is helping us improve our knowledge of the world and we are learning many new things to become better citizens.” Rubab Fatima a student at GGHS Chattar#2


WHAT PEOPLE SAY

First-ever parent-teacher days. As part of helping to improve education in this project, the School Committees have begun organizing the first-ever parent-teacher days. Here mothers and students wait for their turn to see their teachers.


people were involved at every stage of Manager, Bagh

construction.” Rifat Mumtaz Principal

GGHS Chattar #2

“The unique idea of establishing school

management committees and involving

parents will ensure long-term care of

school buildings as we are now fully

trained how we are going to maintain

these.”, Raja Khateeb Khan, SMC

Member GGHS Jaglari

“We hardly remembered anything

teachers told us when were studying in

the open skies because there were so

many distractions and now with this

building we can focus on what teachers

tell us.”, Sobia Naseem, a Student

“In this project we have set up school

management committees that we now

think are necessary because they act as

coordinating bodies between the people

and school management. They discuss

how the education system can be

improved, what kindss of difficulties are

faced by the teachers and what types of

problems contractors face during

construction. These bodies help resolve all

problems.” Gul Zaman, Principal GBSS

Dhal Qazian

“Since 2005, many NGOs have been

visiting us and saying they would rebuild

our school, but nothing would happen.

We are very happy that USAID made

this happen for us. The children here are

very eager to have a roof over their

heads to study again.” Ibrahim Saifullah,

Teacher at Boys School, Jared.

“The construction here at different

mountainous sites is an uphill battle in its

truest sense. The Government Girls'

Middle Schools in Besuti has successfully

been constructed at an altitude of 6,875

ft, BHU Bani Minhasan at 6,586 feet

above sea level and the Siri Piran health

unit at 6,207 Ft. The average altitude of

all our buildings is 5,000 Ft. Local people

are amazed to see how we were able to

put manpower and heavy construction

material across sites located on the

highest mountains in this area. In many

places there were no roads, only foot

paths to the school or BHU so first we

had to build a road to the sites.” Ubaid

Ullah Malik, Regional Construction

Student Art Exhibition. To mark the 6th anniversary of the earthquake, in project schools a drawing competition was held with students asked to do two drawings: what did you see the day of the earthquake? And what do you think of your new school? From nearly 4,000 drawings submitted, 150 were chosen and exhibited at Pakistan's National Art Gallery. Karen Freeman, USAID Deputy Director and Tarek Selim, project\Chief of Party view the drawings.


Sadia Akram, a prize winner from Government Girls High School Khawari, drew a picture of what she saw the day of the earthquake.

Afsheen, a grade 9 student from Government Girls' High School Behali (see photo page 8) won afirst prize with this drawing of her new school.

“Construction in this area is very difficult.

Our school is 5,900 ft above sea level but

we even have students coming down the

mountains from 2,500 feet further up.

Even with the severe weather conditions,

and there are no roads up in those areas,

they walk down here on the foot paths

every day to attend classes in this rough

shed the community put together when

our school collapsed. Rather than these

students dropping out due to distance to

other schools, our hope is to give them

the opportunity to study closer to home

and with the new building we will be able

to do that”. SMC Chairman, GGHS

Kheral Abbasian

“We have seen so many first-time-ever

initiatives under this USAID construction

program in this area. This is the first time

we've ever aseen participatory

development by engaging community to

help construction. We've had Kashmir's

first two book fairs, and recently we had

Kashmir's first-ever celebration of World

Book Day. This is giving something more

than just building concrete.” Teacher

GBHSS Bir Pani

“Community involvement reduces

chances of misappropriation of funds and

it is giving us a sense of ownership

besides training us to maintain these

buildings”. Principal GBHSS Bir Pani“This is the first time we know about a

community being involved to help

construction. Engineers give weight to

our opinions and the design is according At the girls' primary and middle school at The boys' high school under construction to our wishes. We even get to choose the Paras, the head teacher was recently at Jared in the Kaghan Valley, KP, includes furniture we need from the project asked, if besides her new school being in a modest hostel building which will house catalogue! We are helping them however operation for two years now, did she see around 15 boys. Asked about the need we can, for instance lending land and any other differences? She replied for such a hostel, the head teacher water to facilitate this construction.” Raja proudly, 'yes very many differences! Now explained 'several of our students walk Habib, GGHS teacher at Jaglarithe community has SO MANY out of the mountains from 2 to 3 hours

expectations of us! Before the one way each day to attend this school. “We are happy to be part of the USAID-earthquake and new school they were But they won't be the ones using our funded reconstruction in our areas. not interested and didn't care at all, but hostel. They come only from the 2nd or Community participation has led our the new building and Parent Teachers 3rd valleys away. The boys who live in the people to be aware of standards and Council has drawn a lot of attention to 4th and 5th valleys away, and might have transparency and everybody around here the school and to girls' education. It's all been able to get primary education there, knows that this building has been built very different now'. can now go on to high school by coming with support from American people and

here and having some place to stay'. their government. This is because local


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NEW TASKS:

Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony with Vice Chancellors of seven universities, the Government of Pakistan's Higher Education Commission, USAID Pakistan Reconstruction Program and Teachers' Training program.

To broaden its commitment for socio- preparation of the necessary Construction of Education economic development of Pakistan, engineering designs and tender Department Buildingsthe US Government through the documents for construction. The USAID, extended further tangible project, tenders the package among The designs for university buildings

consider the use of modern support to the country to strengthen qualified Pakistani contractors, selects technology such as wireless internet, its health and education sectors. In the best value subcontractor to overhead projectors and have June 2011, the Pakistan Earthquake perform the work, and provides the provisions for the flexible use of space Recovery and Rehabilitation Program construction management and onsite for changing program needs. The (PERRP) was reviewed and its scope supervision for the university buildings are provided with enhanced to include non-quake construction/rehabilitation of these handicap elevators and back-up related construction, hence renamed facilities. generators. They will eventually house Pakistan Reconstruction Program approximately 3,200 students and 100 (PRP). This opened new vistas to Limited community mobilization is faculty members each year.USAID-funded reconstruction efforts also part of the scope of this work.

aimed at Pakistan's development on a Construction will take place over the PRP is to construct or rehabilitate long-term and sustainable basis. next two years for new or for below listed health and educational

rehabilitating the buildings. The facilities with the area of each facility

The general scope of work in the implementing partners for the varying from 15,000 to 50,000 square

expanded program is similar to the expanded program include the Higher feet:earthquake reconstruction. It includes Education Commission, provincial social and technical considerations governments, Administration of 7

Ÿ Faculty of Education building, such as earthquake resistance, universities and 2 hospitals and the University of Hazara, Mansehra technical and social assessment of USAID-Teachers Education Program. (KP)conditions, gender analysis, Ÿ Faculty of Education building,

Jacobabad Civil Hospital. Computer model

University of Karachi, Karachi city (Sindh)\

Ÿ Faculty of Education building, University of Sindh, Hyderabad (Sindh)

Ÿ Faculty of Education building, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women (SBKW) University, Quetta (Balochistan)

Ÿ Building at University of Education, Lahore (Punjab)

Ÿ Building for Institute of Education Research, University of Punjab, (Lahore, Punjab)

Ÿ Faculty of Education building, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur (Sindh)

Construction of Health Facilities

Ÿ· The Gynecological Ward at Karachi's Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC). This is a four-story, 60-bed facility with outpatient wards. It also includes a Learning and Teaching Institute and is expected to serve around 700 patients daily. Work is about 60% completed here.

Ÿ· Jacobabad Civil Hospital. The 130-bed facility includes outpatient wards, emergency, diagnostic center, ICUs, CCUs, operation theaters besides spacious facilities for administration and support services. It is expected to serve 1.2 million people from the catchment area.

On education and health tasks by the end of January 2012

Ÿ· 7 buildings (education departments) at 7 universities across different cities of all provinces are in design phase

Ÿ Construction/rehabilitation of 7 university buildings and 1 hospital will start in 2012

Ÿ· Gynecology Ward at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center, Karachi is under construction

Ÿ· Civil hospital Jacobabad (Sindh province) is under design

University of Sindh, Hyderabad, Sindh province. Faculty of Education building.Computer model

Sardar Bahabar Khan Women's University, Quetta, Baluchistan. Faculty of Education building. Computer model.

Broadening Horizons of Commitment

Ÿ Health catchment areas population is interior Sindh will benefit from JPMC to be enrolled annually at the 1,200,000 for Jacobabad Hospital and facility Faculty of Education buildings to be almost whole Karachi city and Ÿ 3,200 university students expected built under this program.

Number of beneficiaries: health and education facilities

University of Hazara, Mansehra (KP), Faculty of Education building. Computer model

Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center, Karachi.


PERRP Project Year 1 PERRP Project Year 4 (ending PRP: On Education and Health: (ending Oct. 26, 2007): Oct.26, 2010): Ÿ· 7 university buildings in Sindh,

Baluchistan, KP and Punjab identifiedŸ· Engineering, environmental & Ÿ· Construction completed at 9

Ÿ· Design and construction started social assessments completed BHUs & 17 Schoolsof extension to the gynecology for 92 sites Ÿ· 14 schools under constructionward, Jinnah Post Graduate Ÿ· Identified 65 feasible schools or Ÿ· 40 communities sharing Medical Center (JPMC), KarachiBHUs to build responsibility for building

Ÿ· Design of Jacobabad hospital Ÿ· Mobilized 40 communities operation and maintenancestarted Ÿ· Completed design of 30 schools Ÿ· All communities preventing

& BHUs problemsPlans for Year 6 Ÿ· Bids opened for 25 schools & Ÿ· Design completed for hostel at

BHUs GGIC Rerra (ending Oct. 26, 2012):Ÿ· Contract awarded for 2 schools Ÿ· 72 fully mobilized communitiesŸ· Construction began on 2 Ÿ· 12 schools in quake-hit areas to

schools Project Year 5 be completedŸ· construction of 5 schools in (ending Oct.26, 2011):

quake-hit areas to beginPERRP Project Year 2 PERRP: Earthquake-affected Ÿ· Construction to be completed (ending Oct. 26, 2008): Areas:

at the gynecology ward at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center Ÿ· Engineering, environmental & Ÿ· A total of 52 buildings in AJ&K (JPMC) in Karachisocial assessments completed and KP completed (including 36

Ÿ· construction of 1 hospital, at for 45 sites large schools, 15 basic health Jacobabad city, to beginunits, 1 pre-engineered hospital Ÿ· Mobilized total of 43

Ÿ· construction on 7 additional building communitiesbuildings at 7 universities to Ÿ· In year 5, completed Ÿ· Maintenance plans made for 40 beginconstruction of 15 schools, 2 sites

Ÿ· social mobilization efforts to BHUs and 1 pre-engineered Ÿ· Design completed for 10 continue to prevent problems building at sub-district hospital buildings

Ÿ· Make or upgrade maintenance Dhirkot, AJ&K Ÿ· Design started for 11 Schoolsplans for all completed buildingsŸ· Started construction of 20 Ÿ· Contracts awarded for 32

Ÿ Assess, design and reconstruct schools buildingsfeasible flood-affected schools in Ÿ· 72 fully mobilized communities, Ÿ· Began construction on 30 Balochistan and Sindh provincessharing responsibility for buildings

building operation and Ÿ· Construction completed on 2 maintenance and preventing buildingsproblems

Ÿ· 1 THQ hospital under PERRP Project Year 3 construction (ending Oct. 26, 2009):

Ÿ· 5 additional schools identified for constructionŸ· Mobilized total of 72

communitiesŸ· Maintenance plans made for 40

sitesŸ· Design completed for 20 more

schoolsŸ· Design completed for Tehsil HQ

hospitalŸ· Design started for 3 Rural

Health CentersŸ· Contracts awarded for 15

buildingsŸ· Began construction on 19 more

buildingsŸ· Tendering completed for 21

additional buildingsŸ· Construction completed on 9

buildings

PROJECT PROGRESS


PROJECT TABLES

Bagh District, AJK

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Govt. Girls' Middle School Noman Pura

Govt. Girls' Middle School Khana Mori

Govt. Girls' High School Chowki

Govt Boys' Middle S chool Chaknari

Govt. Boys' Middle School Kotri Najum

Govt. Girls Middle School Basuti

Govt. Boy's Primary School Pehl

Govt. Girls' Inter-College Rerra

Govt. Boys' Higher Secondary Rerra

Govt. Boys' High School Dharray

Govt. Girls' High School Chatter No 2

Govt. Boys' High School Dhal Qazian

Govt. Boys' High School Harighel

Govt. Boys' High School Arja

Govt. Girls' Inter-College Arja

Govt. Boys' High School Bhurka Mehra

Govt. Boys' High School Kafal Garh

Govt. Girls' High School Dhal Qazian

Govt. Boys' Higher Secondary Bir Pani

Govt. Boys' High School Kahuta

Govt. Girls' High School Mahldara

Govt. Girls' High Secondary

School Kharal Abbasian

Govt. Girls' High School Jaglari

Govt. Girls' High School Thub

Govt. Boys' High School Panyali

GGHS Savor Mutwali

GGMS Ghel Riwali

Dhirkot Tehsil Head Quarters Hospital

Basic Health Unit Harighel

Basic Health Unit Bani Minhasan

Basic Health Unit Khawaja Ratnoi

Basic Health Unit Kotli

Basic Health Unit BHU Haalan Shamali

Basic Health Unit BHU Chanjal

Basic Health Unit Kala Mula

Basic Health Unit BHU Chowki

Basic Health Unit BHU Raikot

Basic Health Unit BHU Sahlian Dundan

Basic Health Unit BHU Sohawa

Basic Health Unit BHU Thub

Basic Health Unit BHU Neelabut

Basic Health Unit BHU Seri Piran

Basic Health Unit BHU Rerra

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

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er

2B

2

2

5

5

5

5

10

10

10

10

12

12

12

12

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

11-3

11-3

7

4

4

4

4

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

Health Facilities

New Projects Update Table

# Facility Req

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Obs/Gyne Ward at Jinnah Post Graduate

Medical Center, Karachi

Jacobabad Hospital

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79

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11-4

Health FacilitiesEducational Facilities

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Faculty of Education, Hazara University, Mansehra

Faculty of Education, Sindh University Hyderabad

Faculty of Education, Karachi University, Karachi

Faculty of Education, Sardar Bhadur Khan University, Quetta

Institute of Eduction Research, Punjab University, Lahore

Faculty of Education, University of Lahore, Lahore

Faculty of Education , Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur

80

81

82

83

84

85

86

Task

Ord

er

11-4

11-4

11-4

11-4

11-4

11-4

11-4

Govt. Boys' Primary School Ahl

Govt. Boys' High School Nokot

Govt. Girls' High School Afzalabad

Govt. Boys' High School Afzalabad

Govt. Girls' High School Khawari

Govt. Boys' High School Khawari

Govt. Boys' Primary School Khawari

Govt. Girls' High School Behali

Govt. Girls' Primary School Behali

Govt. Girls' High School Mansehra #2

Govt. Boys' High School Gurwal

Govt. Boys' High School Bandi Parao

Gvt. Boys' Higher Secondary Mansehra#1

Govt. Boys' Higher Secondary Jabbori

Govt. Boys' Higher Secondary Parhina

Govt. Girls' High School Kaghan

Govt. Boys' Primary School Kaghan

Govt. Boys' High School Kaghan

Govt. Boys' High School Naran

Govt. Boys' Primary School Naran

Govt. Boys' High School Paras

Govt. Boys' Higher Secondary Jared

Govt. Girls' High School Trangri bala

Govt. Boys' Middle School Nika Pani

Govt. Boys' Hiugher Secondary Kewai

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69

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71

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73

74

75

76

77

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

11-3

11-3

11-3

Mansehra District, KPGovt. Girls' Middle School Paras

Govt. Girls' Primary School Paras

Govt. Boys' Primary School Paras

Govt. Boys' Primary School Mohandri

Govt. Boys' High School Mohandri

Govt. Boys' High School Trappi

Govt. Boys' Primary School Trappi

Govt. Boys' High School Bherkund

Govt. Boys' High School Ahl

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52

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6

6

6

9

9

9

9

Mansehra District, KP Continued

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