IOM Launches 13 Infrastructure Projects in Malakand Division, International Organization for Migration, 12 January 2010
EXCERPT: "IOM today signed agreements with local contractors to assist the government of Pakistan with 13 projects to rehabilitate and reconstruct infrastructure damaged by military operations in Malakand division last year. The signing, which was jointly organized by the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government and IOM in Peshawar, is part of the multi donor-funded Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP) 2009 and followed consultations between the NWFP government, local communities and IOM to identify infrastructure rehabilitation and rebuilding needs in Swat, Buner, Dir and Malakand districts. 'We are working with the government at federal and provincial level to rehabilitate and rebuild infrastructure to help ensure sustainability for displaced families returning to their places of origin,' says Hassan Abdel Moneim Mostafa, IOM Regional Representative for West and Central Asia."
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