| Total cost $1,200,000
Partners
National Habitat Committee
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
(UN-Habitat)
Background and objectives
This project is part of the national programme
framework for human settlements and focuses on the delivery of rural housing
to support the resettlement process through community participation with
the Government as the enabler, leaving it to households and communities
to rehabilitate their houses.а Implementation of the pilot phase began
in August 1999, following approval by the Government of Liberia, UNDP and
UN-Habitat.а
Activities
The following activities were developed
in 2000: a rapid assessment ofа the basic and social infrastructures
services in the project towns, a successful training programme with eight
workshops in different areas, eight courses in building materials production
and construction technology, computer application and database, equipment
fabrication and marketing, micro enterprise development, settlement planning
and a development sanitation and community development and leadership training
programme for the reconstruction programme construction of the first building
materials production and training centre and reconstruction activities
started in the first selected area of Cheesemanburg Town.
Results
The programme has mobilized local authorities
and communities to participate effectively in the reconstruction process
and in the development of their communities through individual homes and
basic infrastructure.а A tripartite evaluation was conducted in July
2000.а Besides a positive transfer of technology to communities and
adoption of cost-effective building materials production, the major achievement
is reinforcement of community and institutional capacities.а The programme
is generating income activities and mobilizing the communities to participate
effectively in reconstruction.а In the second phase, which started
in August 2000, a micro-credit component for housing and building materials
will be introduced.
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