Community Development Councils Empower Local Communities

“Aid delivery should be made more resilient to external shocks by working through experienced local mechanisms and structures like Community Development Councils.”

Uplift’s Director of Humanitarian Relief, Hila Nawa-Alam, was published in PeaceRep this week sharing Uplift’s methods for delivering aid to Afghanistan’s most vulnerable populations.

“Humanitarian Aid Delivery in Contemporary Afghanistan” focuses on how Afghans can reclaim ownership of and improve the state of humanitarian aid delivery in the country through the use of Community Development Councils (CDCs). These councils, made up of representative demographics of Afghan community members, including women and youth, empower local communities and boost grassroots initiatives to deliver more effective, sustainable aid focused on improving nutrition, health, and livelihood.

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