The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with the Federal German Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development and KFW Development Bank inaugurated the refurbishment of Basic Health Unit (BHU) in Chamkani on Wednesday, a rural locality of Peshawar.
UNHCR's Deputy Representative, Khassim Diagne and Director General Federal German Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development, Friedel Eggeimeyer inaugurated the project which will help 96,500 population of the area. Representative of the area, MPA Saqib Chamkani along with a number of notables of the locality were present on the occasion.
Refurbishment of BHU Chamkani is part of a project under which seven basic health units will be renovated and provided new labour, recovery and waiting rooms, new medical equipment along with improved water and sanitation services. Under the project several girl schools will also be refurbished.
The scheme in Chamkani is implemented by Wish International and is one of the project being launched by Refugee Affected and Housing Areas (RAHA) projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking on the occasion, Friedel Eggeimeyer said that RAHA programme would contribute to better social and economic living conditions of the refugees affected areas as well as the population in the housing areas.
Germany supports this initiative since it contributes significantly to balanced and equal access of the population of social infrastructure in these areas, he added. He also apprised the participants of the ceremony that Germany has provided an assistance of 35 million Euro to Pakistan for provision of relief to the flood affected people.
Pakistan and Germany, he continued, will also celebrate 50 years of bilateral trade next year. Khassim Diagne of UNCHR said the RAHA programme recognizes the long tradition of hospitality in Pakistan towards Afghan refugees by boosting essential services in areas where refugees live. There are 19 RAHA projects underway in the Peshawar district and Malakand division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province financed by the German government, helping more than 680,000 people, he added.
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