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After serving her first term as a member of the Humble ISD Board of Trustees, Angela Conrad recently filed her intent to seek re-election to her Place 3 seat during the upcoming May 6 election.
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The Presidency has issued a statement saying that Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet announcement will only be made later this week.
The statement comes after several media outlets reported that the President would announce his executive on Monday.
"The Constitution of the Republic stipulates that the President must assume office within five days of being elected by the National Assembly - and thereafter appoint a Cabinet and assign its powers and functions. President Cyril Ramaphosa is emphatic that the new executive must possess requisite skills, experience, representivity and a commitment to the public services that will take the work of the 6th administration forward," Presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko said.
Ahead of the announcement of who has made the cut, several people have held meetings with the ANC's intergrity committee. Among them are David Mabuza, who had requested that his swearing in as a member of the National Assembly be postponed following allegations that he had brought the party into disrepute.
The decision followed an ANC integrity commission report, tabled at the party's special national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Monday.
Gwede Mantashe also met with the intergrity committee on Friday after his name featured in the report.
News24 reported on Sunday that the ANC chairperson would likely to be cleared by the committee.
On Saturday, EFF leader Julius Malema cautioned Ramaphosa about Gordhan, saying that if he dares appoint him into his cabinet, Ramaphosa will prove no different from his predecessor former president Jacob Zuma. He was speaking at Ramaphosa's inauguration at Loftus stadium in Pretoria.
"If he dares appoint Pravin, he is not different from Zuma. He has got no respect for the office of the Public Protector (Busisiwe Mkhwebane) and the Constitutional Court said we must respect that office.
"It doesn't matter if the report of the PP is a mess, the fact that it comes from the Public Protector it must be respected and be treated with respect. Until it is reviewed by the courts. For as long as the courts have not set it aside, it's binding."
Malema's comments come a day after Mkhwebane released a report which found Gordhan guilty of "improper conduct" with regards to his approval of then-deputy SA Revenue Services commissioner Ivan Pillay's early retirement and payout.
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Age of Denbigh Flint Complex
Author(s): David M. Hopkins
Year: 1952
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Deramma Setty Basadi
This Basadi is called after the Shravaka, Deramma Setty who was responsible for the construction of this Basadi. Deramma was just a cook; while raising donations for the construction of the Basadi. People used to talk slinghtlingly of Deramma saying that he might not have toppence with him, and at the most his only wealth might be some rice-paste; thinking this to be the right moment, he determined to pool all his savings and completed the construction of the Basadi in several years time. This anecdote became the talk of the town. It is said that one Pachappa Indra of Kere Basadi undertook the Panchakalyana Festival of this Basadi under the guidance of the then Swamiji of the Math; being all-stone-made this Basadi has a novelty of its own, in its architecture. The presiding deities of this Basadi of a royal look are Aranatha, Mallinatha, Munisuvrathanatha those statues are placed on a raised pedestal, and they assume a special glitter, just below the pedestal; there are the statues of 24 Theerthankaras mounted on a beautiful Jina-peetha and have a magnificent look during the time of the festival.
In accordance with the Swamijis instructions and guidance, panchakalyana festival was celebrated by Pachappa Indra of Kere Basadi who donated 12 muras of rice. The Basadi received a Thasdeek of Rs40.


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Conclusion Neutropenia may arise in a variety of situations from a well child with a physiological neutropenia to a sick infant with life-threatening infection. In most cases a thoughtful history and directed examination will help to identify the severity in order to determine an appropriate care pathway.
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An Earthjustice lawsuit forced the state of Washington to drop an agreement with Clark County to operate under inadequate standards that would allow excessive water pollution.
Earthjustice represented three conservation organizations in asking the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board to throw out an agreement between Clark County and the Washington Department of Ecology in which the state authorized inadequate development standards that will generate illegal storm water pollution.
Storm water—runoff from developed areas containing a toxic brew of metals, grease, pesticides and herbicides—is the number one water quality problem in Puget Sound. The Environmental Protection Agency released a report that identifies storm water as a leading cause of toxic pollution in the Columbia Basin. When storm water runs off parking lots, buildings, and other urban development, it carries toxic metals, particularly copper and zinc, which harm salmon and other aquatic life.
In a major decision in June 2013, U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton ruled Clark County's weak development standards that allow too much polluted runoff, violate clean water laws. The ruling signaled an end to the county's long-time failure to protect rivers, streams and salmon threatened with extinction.
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Violin star Gil Shaham was the featured soloist at Thursday's Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert, performing Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto No. 2 in E Major as well as the Stravinsky Concerto in D Major.
Shaham likes to play Bach rather fast, and the first and final movements of the Bach concerto were filled with energy, showing off the technical brilliance for which Shaham is famed. The danger with this approach is that it can make for a superficial performance: dazzling but lacking in depth. That wasn't the feeling we got from Shaham, though. I have heard him speak of the importance of playing with "swing," and he accomplished this with brilliantly subtle techniques and phrasing acquired over a lifetime of exploration. The Adagio was a revelation, with Shaham's fine, transparent tone beckoning gently.
Shaham hunches over his instrument, then looks up and around, beaming with an impish smile. Clearly he is someone who enjoys himself and, though immersed in the work, likes to put on a bit of a show. During Thursday's concert, he would often wander quite close to the conductor, Robert Spano, bent over yet looking up at him in a display of unity and perhaps a bow of respect. And when there was a dialogue in the score, Shaham danced over to the concertmaster, sharing the spotlight. For the Bach, this was Justin Bruns, "the other blond guy." David Coucheron, who sat in the audience wearing jeans, returned to the first chair after intermission for the Stravinsky, where he got the same treatment.
Stravinsky's lone violin concerto is not a flashy piece with showy cadenzas. But in its way, it is among the more challenging bits in the repertoire. The soloist is often quite exposed. And it is sufficiently difficult that Stravinsky, not a virtuoso violinist himself, was concerned as to whether it was playable. A friend, violinist Samuel Dushkin, initially told him it was not. But Dushkin went on to perform the premiere.
At about 20 minutes, the concerto is written with four movements. In the first, the soloist introduces a motif that will recur throughout the piece and gets into dialogue with various elements of the orchestra. This is accompanied by circus-sounding music, which needs to be performed with a certain rum-pum-pum, and Spano measured this out with just the right flair. You could smell the sawdust.
There are two aria movements, and here Shaham played at his most delicate, floating over the ensemble in a nicely balanced and mesmerizing interlude. The finale is challenging and great fun, and here it was a show-stopper. And if the orchestra had seemed to hold back a bit in the Bach, it got a chance to show its mettle in the Stravinsky with challenging passages for everyone.
Although this was a program that showed off his range, Shaham performs a surprisingly small repertoire. And, though one might not realize this in Atlanta, where this is his eighth appearance, he limits his schedule to about 50 concerts a year.
In addition to the Bach concerto, the concert opened with two fragments of his work, perhaps to get us into the mood. First up was the Sinfonia in D, from his Cantata No. 29. It features the organ, played nicely here by Peter Marshall, and was given a majestic, church-like reading by Spano. Things seemed a bit murky, though, with a few glitches.
Then came Bach's Cantata No. 50, a nice little fragment; it is presumed to be part of a work with other movements that have been lost or were never completed. Here it showed off the ASO Chorus, which sparkled. Balanced finely, and again quite austere, it got us settled into a Bach groove.
After the Stravinsky, chorus and orchestra performed Poulenc's "Gloria," a 20-minute work often excerpted during the holidays. The ASO had not performed it in its entirety since 1995, under Robert Shaw. This is a mystery, because the work's demands seem tailored for this chorus with its precision, its dexterity and its clean, "singing as one" tone. Here it got a knockout performance, big and bold, with both orchestra and chorus in overdrive.
If there seemed to be an extra twinkle in the eyes of the soloist, Ailyn Perez, it might be because, on the very morning of the concert, she'd been named the winner of the Richard Tucker Award, the Heisman Trophy of classical singing, which pretty much guarantees its recipient a career in opera and which also includes a cash prize of $30,000.
Perez is dazzling, and her light soprano voice is capable of soaring right through the sounds massed behind her. She has near-perfect intonation and her interpretation is sensitive to the text. The only real issue with her performance here was an exaggerated trill on phrases beginning with consonants. The ability to trill well, not shared by all singers, is a valuable tool, but it must be used judiciously. Here it became a distraction from an otherwise fine performance.
An evening of great contrasts featuring soloists of the first rank, the concert will be repeated on Saturday, April 14, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 15, at 3.


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President Donald Trump is set to sign a sweeping religious freedom bill proposed last week by Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. The bill opens up publicly funded government schools to "teach the controversy" and offer broad scientific and faith based education. The major highlights of the bill include a mandate for all federally funded middle and high schools to offer alternative courses to evolutionary and heliocentric based educational lessons. The changes are ones conservatives and the Republican party has fought for for years.
"This is something President Trump promised, bringing the Bible back into public schooling. We worked hard to get this through and despite some protests from atheists, we expect most Americans will embrace the changes." Betsy DeVos said at her weekly press conference on Friday.
Additionally, the mandate stresses that evolution will be forbidden to be taught to elementary schools and will be taught strictly as a theory in high education. This change is another olive branch to the constituents that got him elected. Creationism has been outlawed since Barack Obama signed an executive order to ban all Christian related teachings in state schools and so this bill will be a welcome change to Americans of faith. Evolution is a common but flawed scientific theory that contradicts the Bible, and many feel has no place in education at all. It was invented by Charles Darwin, who later recanted his life's work on his death bed.
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In modern day, 11% of the global population is currently vulnerable to climate change; 800 million people suffering each day from something that could have been avoided in the first place, according to Conservation.org. Climate change is moving around the globe, and it's not moving slowly. The t...
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There's no getting around it: The smartphone world is flat.
As thousands of vendors and analysts descend on Mobile World Congress in Barcelona starting Monday, they face some sobering numbers: Global smartphone sales barely moved the needle in the fourth quarter of 2018, up 0.1% to 408.4 million.
Most alarming, the top two vendors— Samsung Electronics and Apple (ticker: APPL)—suffered declines in what is typically their strongest quarter while low-cost Chinese rivals Huawei and OPPO continued to make strong inroads in China, the world's largest smartphone market.
What's happening in the market is nothing new for beleaguered smartphone vendors, but the degree to which it is unfolding is. Consumers are opting for low-cost and mid-range models. At the same time, more expensive models lack compelling innovation to prompt smartphone owners to upgrade, Gartner senior research director Anshul Gupta told Barron's in an email message.
It makes for an ominous backdrop for an industry that enjoyed breakneck growth, as exemplified by the phenomenon of iPhone sales for most of the past decade. Sales of iPhones dove 15% to $51.98 billion in Apple's December quarter earnings report. Apple has blamed the decline on a number of factors: customers holding onto iPhones longer, unfavorable foreign exchange rates in countries such as Turkey, fewer subsidies through carriers, and a change in the battery-replacement program that made it easier for customers to keep their iPhones longer.
"Innovation arguably has been in drought status the last few years," said Dan Hays, a principal consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. "We're starting to see exciting things in industrial design that are capturing the fancy of people willing to pay a premium."
Samsung (South Korea: 005930) got a jump on the big conference in Barcelona with eye-popping news: A foldable smartphone-tablet that costs nearly $2,000.
The radical design of the Galaxy Fold could portend a slew of bendable phones as the market tries to figure out a way to accelerate sales after lackluster few years. Rivals Xiaomi (Hong Kong: 1810), Huawei, LG, Lenovo Group (Hong Kong: 0992), and Motorola have also been linked to bendable phones. Last week, Apple updated a patent with drawings of a foldable clamshell phone.
If consumers can use Galaxy Fold to view and create content, it will have great value despite its hefty price, says Gartner analyst Werner Goertz, who attended the event. "I would like to see how not only consumer apps such as WhatsApp and Google Maps but productivity apps like Google Suite and Office 365 work in dual mode," Goertz told Barron's in an email message.
The product's base price of nearly $2,000 is "very high, but it is indicative of the confidence with which Samsung brings it to market," he wrote.
Samsung, the de facto leader in worldwide smartphone sales, has seen its market share slip to 17.3% in the calendar fourth quarter of 2018 from 18.2% a year earlier. Low-cost smartphone rival Huawei's share, meanwhile, soared to 14.8% from 10.8% in the same period, according to market researcher Gartner. Apple took the biggest fall, to 15.8% from 17.9% a year earlier.
If foldable phones created buzz in recent days, the forthcoming super-fast 5G telecommunications network is expected to dominate news at Mobile World Congress. The industry is pinning its hopes on it creating a wave of 5G-compatible phone sales.
AT&T Chief Technology Officer Andre Fuetsch referred to the company's gradual rollout of 5G network—it announced the additions of Chicago and Minneapolis earlier this month—as part of a "rolling thunder" strategy, during a phone interview. It is up to 21 cities in the U.S.
The low latency of 5G will allow for enhanced apps of mixed reality, leading to significantly better user experience with VR goggles, Fuetsch told Barron's. He said high reliability of 5G, in turn, will ensure that live-streamed events on mobile phones will not go down.
The sticking point, PwC's Hays cautions, is that 5G is a next-generation technology that will take five to eight years to become fully deployed because most mobile operators don't have the capital to achieve such a major upgrade. The rollout of its predecessor, 4G, took three to five years, he said.
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Most people think that they can personally file a claim for injuries sustained after an accident caused by another person's action without the help of a legal counsel. Of course this can be done, but we have to accept the fact that an ordinary person cannot fully understand the parlance of law and the intricacies of proving a case. Some of us are not even aware of our rights as laid out by legislation, like collateral rights. We do not know how to gather evidence that will make our claim strong and maximize the compensation that we may get. We are thinking only of the legal fees that we have to pay, not taking into consideration that we may lose a case. Besides that, the Court will not allow us to appear in Court alone. We need to be represented by a lawyer.
But not all lawyers are skilled in personal injury claims. There are specific lawyers who specialize on this particular area of law and they are called personal injury lawyers.
It is very important that one should know the advantages of securing the services of a personal injury lawyer in Barrie. Some cases of personal injuries wherein we need an injury lawyer are car accidents caused by a malfunction of a part which was a factory defect, or slipping inside a grocery store because someone spilled a milk and the store owner or his employees failed to wipe it dry. A personal injury lawyer has special knowledge on prove the three essential elements of a tort action.
A personal injury lawyer will study and investigate your case. He will analyze it from different angles. He will gather evidence. He will talk to the policemen who went to the scene of the accident. He will talk to the doctors who attended you at the hospital. He will talk to those who watched over you while getting your treatment so that they could testify to the extent of pain you were experiencing and the effect of your accident on their lives. If you are the bread winner of the family, you can claim for collateral damages, like loss of income to support your family. He also must prove beyond reasonable doubt the guilt and responsibility of the person who caused your personal injuries. On his own, it is an admitted fact that an ordinary person who has not studied law will never know how to present his claim and provide the necessary evidence because you do not know that these things are very essential to his claim. .
If you have been a victim of an accident caused by another person's action, you should think twice before filing your claim. There are many personal injury lawyers in Barrie who will be more than willing to help you. You can openly talk about legal fees so that you can both come up with an agreed fee. You will save yourself from emotional stress because someone else will be fighting the case for you.


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Welcome to the Winter 2014 issue of CultureWork!
This issue features background and future plans for a nomination of the South Bronx's Casita Rincón Criollo as a Traditional Cultural Property on the National Registry of Historic Places. Within historic preservation policies in the United States, Casita Rincón Criollo has served as a challenge and a model for better integrating folklorists into the process of registry.
Using a historical overview Molly Garfinkel, Director of Place Matters, outlines the territory of issues involved in this complex and challenging process. Additionally, the following article introduces Place Matters as a program that identifies, promotes, supports, and protects distinctive cultural traditions and environments in New York City.
Julie Voelker-Morris
Robert Voelker-Morris
Preserving a Hometown Corner for Posterity: Casita Rincón Criollo as a Traditional Cultural Property
Molly Garfinkel, Director, Place Matters
In 2011, the American Folklore Society (AFS) approved the creation of the Folklore and Historic Preservation Policy working group. As a member of this group, City Lore's Place Matters program is pursuing a project that serves as a model for better integrating folklorists and the perspectives of our field within U.S. historic preservation policy (American Folklore Society). With support and guidance from the National Park Service and New York State Historic Preservation Office staff, and in collaboration with colleagues from AFS working group members including Dr. Michael Ann Williams and graduate students from the Folk Studies Masters program at Western Kentucky University, Place Matters is laying the groundwork for a nomination of the South Bronx's Casita Rincón Criollo . Casita Rincón Criollo is a Puerto Rican cultural center and model Traditional Cultural Property (TCP) according to folklorists' understanding of National Register Bulletin 38, Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties (1990). As Rincón Criollo challenges standard preservation evaluation criteria, this case study seeks to prove the casita's considerable and continuing significance by relying heavily on folklore methodologies that are not typically included in Register nominations.
Register Nomination: Working with Existing Preservation Policies
Founded in 1986, City Lore documents, presents, and advocates for New York City's grassroots cultures to ensure their living legacy in stories and histories, places and traditions. In 1998, City Lore and the Municipal Art Society founded the Place Matters program to collaborate with the public in interpreting and advocating for New York City's important community landmarks. Since that time, the program has explored ways that place nurtures culture, identity, and tradition. The initiative has pushed the policy parameters of established historic preservation channels by presenting reasons for valuing community places that pose conservation challenges.
Passed in 1966, the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) authorized the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), "the official list of the nation's historical places worthy of preservation" (National Park Service, 2013). Administered by the National Park Service, the National Register provides criteria for identifying, evaluating, and preserving America's historic and archaeological resources (National Park Service, 2013) Properties are evaluated by age, integrity, and significance, and the list includes buildings, structures, and sites; groups of buildings, structures, or sites forming historic districts; landscapes; and individual objects. Each state also has its own list of locally significant sites. Today, nominations (the documentation required to officially recommend a site for designation) to the National Register usually come from State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO) or Tribal Preservation Offices (TPO).
Register listing is largely honorific–it symbolizes that a place has been deemed significant to the history of the state and country. Designation does not guarantee protection, and it does not prevent the state or the property owner from demolishing or altering the building or site. However, owners of designated income-producing properties are eligible to apply for historic tax credits to support renovations, and the government is obligated to review a Register-listed property if the property will be affected by publicly supported development.
Place Matters is currently utilizing the infrastructure of the NHPA's policies and programs to nominate Casita Rincón Criollo as a "Traditional Cultural Property," or TCP, to the New York State and National Registers. TCP criteria were released in 1990, in National Register Bulletin 38, Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties, in order to expand the range of site types that could be considered eligible for the National Register. Designation on the National Register as a TCP suggests a living site–one that continues to play a role in fostering cultural heritage and a sense of community. A TCP is "eligible for inclusion in the National Register because of its association with cultural practices or beliefs of a living community that (a) are rooted in that community's history, and (b) are important in maintaining the continuing cultural identity of the community (Parker & King, 1990). Structural integrity can also be evaluated within the context of use over time. When physical alterations have been made in response to functional needs to accommodate traditional activities, they are not considered to have had a negative impact on the property's integrity (Place Matters, 2014).
TCP designation has typically been applied (but not confined) to sacred American Indian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian sites. One important previous example of a non-indigenous site listed as a TCP is Bohemian Hall and Park in Astoria, Queens, which comfortably meets the parameters of TCP guidelines. In 1999, Place Matters collaborated with the New York SHPO to successfully nominate sites significant to three different cultural communities in New York City. In cultural terms, Bohemian Hall and Park in Astoria, Queens most closely relates to the significance of the casita. Bohemian Hall is an assemblage of three buildings–a Czech social club, performance hall and beer garden. Each of these were (and are) still being used by the Czech and Slovak communities, thanks, in part, to structural alterations made over time to accommodate the continuation of traditional sokol (Czech gymnastics) practices that take place there. Together they were designated as a Traditional Cultural Property on State and National Registers in 2001. (1) While Casita Rincón Criollo serves many of the same community and cultural functions as Bohemian Hall, it poses additional challenges to National Register evaluation criteria.
La Casita: Making a Home in the City
Literally "small houses", casitas are cabins, bungalows, or cottages surrounded by gardens that recall the look and feel of rural Puerto Rico (Martinez, 2010). New York City's casitas are derived from balloon-frame vernacular housing of Puerto Rico's countryside (Aponte-Parés, 1999). During the 19th century, the islands' architectural traditions were heavily influenced by mercantile and cultural exchange between the United States and the Caribbean. Ceded to the U.S. in 1898 as bounty of the Spanish-American war, the United States invaded, occupied, and colonized Puerto Rico, eventually designating it an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1917 Puerto Ricans were made U.S. citizens. By the 1920s, mechanized agriculture displaced rural farmers, forcing their migration to urban areas to work in the expanding sugar industry. The dispossessed workers re-imagined the rural casita tradition to their new urban context (Sciorra, 1996).
With citizenship, Puerto Ricans could travel freely to the U.S. mainland, and New York City was the destination of choice. During the 1920s and 1930s, Puerto Ricans settled primarily in El Barrio (East Harlem), the Lower East Side, and Brooklyn. Massive migrations from the 1940s onward, as well as displacement resulting from the construction of public housing in El Barrio, led many to reestablish in the South Bronx (Singer & Martinez, 2004). Then as now, most permanently settled in New York City, while others circulated between the Island and the Mainland, thereby, facilitating constant "creative reinvention of national traditions" (Flores, 2000, p. 12). The heritage of the Puerto Rican casita is reflected in the informal constellation of casitas that dot vacant lots throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn (Hopkin, 2012). Architect and scholar Luis Aponte-Parés identified casitas as architecture of resistance to the economic, political and social marginalization experienced by Puerto Ricans in 20th and 21st century New York City. But casitas have also been an architecture of activation, validation, and self-identification. Casitas have helped to anchor Puerto Rican communities in the face of urban renewal and displacement processes. Aponte-Parés, wrote, "building casitas is a act of reterritorialization that affirms the power of culture in space while offering resistance to further deterritorialization by appropriating place in the urban environment" (Aponte-Parés , 1995, p. 14). Casitas in New York City mirror the idea of the rural experience in the urban setting. But, in New York City, they serve a different function: the spatial organization of the house and site are integrated such that together they function as social club, cultural center, and extended living room for local Puerto Rican residents.
One of the city's oldest, longest-surviving, and largest casitas, Rincón Criollo (Hometown Corner), occupies its second city-owned site in the Melrose neighborhood in the South Bronx. Also known as "La Casita de Chema" after founder José Manuel "Chema" Soto, or simply "La Casita," Rincón Criollo was founded in the late 1970s,when Soto and his neighbors reclaimed an abandoned, garbage-filled lot on 158th Street and Brook Avenue. Like most casitas, Rincón Criollo has always been vulnerable to redevelopment because it occupies publicly owned land. In 1996, the City's Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD) announced it would put many of the city's gardens on the auction block. Rincón Criollo made room for low-incoming housing in 2007, but thanks to loyal supporters who rallied to save it, La Casita de Chema was reestablished down the block on another city-owned property at 157th Street and Brook Avenue.
The original Casita Rincón Criollo was a two-room structure fronted by a verandah, and surrounded by a play yard, an expansive tool shed, fruit trees, and gardens of flowers and vegetables. As is common in Puerto Rico, a clean-swept small yard without vegetation, known as a batey, surrounded the house and was separated from the gardens by a picket fence. There was a kitchen with running water and a ramp for visitors in wheelchairs. The casita's exterior was originally painted grey and white, and was subsequently refreshed with a coat of yellow, and then later, aquamarine (Solomon, 1989). When it was reborn on 157th Street and Brook Avenue, Rincón Criollo was constructed entirely of wood. Smaller than its predecessor, the second casita also has two rooms, and the porch that runs along the front of the little house features a ramp, as well as a diagonal cross balustrade similar to the one that graced the original casita. Chema says this design element reminds him of houses built in the Puerto Rican countryside (J. Soto, 2012). This casita's bright teal exterior is also reminiscent of color palates seen in Caribbean built environments.
Rincón Criollo: A Model Traditional Cultural Property
City Lore has been well acquainted with Rincón Criollo since the mid-1980s, and the casita community has collaborated with City Lore's Urban Folklore and Place Matters' initiatives on a number of programs over the last several decades. The casita's interest in participating in the TCP nomination project, which might otherwise seem like outsider interference, is based largely on the relationship cultivated through work with Dr. Roberta Singer, an ethnomusicologist and City Lore co-founder. Ethnographic research, including casita members' insights and testimonies, will be essential for demonstrating Rincón Criollo's long-standing significance and suitability for listing as a Traditional Cultural Property.
Neighbors who grew up in Puerto Rico, and those who have visited family there, say that crossing the threshold from the street into Rincón Criollo's property marks a transition from being in the Bronx to being on the Island. According to one member, "it is a little piece of Puerto Rico in the South Bronx." Rincón Criollo survives from the earliest days of casita building in New York City, and has become famous throughout Puerto Rico and in Diaspora communities. La Casita is at the heart of the renaissance of bomba and plena (traditional Afro-Puerto Rican musical genres) in NYC, which has, in turn, inspired a renaissance on the Island. According to Singer and folklorist Elena Martínez, Rincón Criollo is the center of traditional Puerto Rican music in New York City; it's a place where traditions have been passed down through three generations (Singer & Martinez, 2012).
Rincón Criollo's leading role in maintaining and transmitting Puerto Rican cultural tradition makes it highly appropriate for listing as a Traditional Cultural Property. Los Pleneros de la 21, New York's preeminent bomba and plena organization since 1982, grew out of Rincón Criollo. Twenty-year old Mathew Gonzalez, whose grandfather, Benny Ayala, was one of the casita's founding members, says that La Casita continues to provide the foundation for his own musical career. Gonzalez learned to play and love bomba and plena at Rincón Criollo, and he now plays in the city's premiere salsa and Latin jazz bands as well as with his own group, Cumbayala, which has carried on the bomba and plena traditions. But Rincón Criollo is not just important to him personally–it has been the nucleus of the contemporary local Puerto Rican music scene. As Gonzalez noted, "that's the glue. The casita is the base of everything from starting to end" (Singer & Martinez, 2012). Singer (personal correspondence, 2013) suggested that,
In the absence of a traditional context for the transmission of tradition, new contexts are created that become traditional. This concept is clearly manifested in La Casita but it's a fairly common phenomenon across most [im]migrant communities. What is so special about La Casita is its tenacity, the result of which is providing a traditional context for several generations. (See City Lore footage of Rincón Criollo)
Rincón Criollo: A Preservation Challenge
Rincón Criollo meets National Register Criterion A for its association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history, namely Puerto Rican migration to the United States, the Puerto Rican experience of life within the United States, and the continuation of cultural expressions unique to Puerto Rican communities in the United States (Hopkin, 2012). Aponte-Parés (2000) also noted that casitas are important cultural objects for telling the history of America's postwar urban transformations–how the most disenfranchised urban dwellers literally built spaces of community and hope out of the detritus of municipally sanctioned disinvestment.
Rincón Criollo's reconstruction and changed property boundaries might lead preservation agencies to determine that it has lost its architectural integrity, and therefore, is not worthy of protection. City Lore disagrees. Within our arguments to place Rincón Criollo as an important TCP to preserve, Place Matters will explicitly use the continuing transmission of musical tradition as a rationale for listing. We will also invoke Bulletin 38 to make the case that (a) portability actually defines the casita typology, and (b) the relocation and reconstruction were made to sustain the integral cultural practices that have taken place there over time. Ninety percent of the materials that created the second casita came from the first site, including the sturdy beams (C. Soto, 2012).
A disconnect exists between the integrity of the physical entity from the preservation perspective and the integrity of cultural association and process from the social sciences, humanities, folklore, and, most importantly, community perspectives. Folklorist Dr. Joseph Sciorra (1996) wrote, "the open-endedness of architectural activity illustrates that the casita is viewed as an unfinished entity involved in the ongoing process of becoming" (p. 73). To Rincón Criollo members, it is La Casita and providing for its upkeep is as important as ever. As Chema's son, Carlos Soto (2012), said, "yeah, construction never ends. We have to change something that's broken, or torn apart, or getting old. I mean, wear and tear on a car, on anything, eventually you have to change some parts. We have to keep the casita strong." La Casita is also less than 50 years old, which is normally the lowest age threshold for a property to be considered historic, and eligible for listing. However, we intend to prove that Rincón Criollo is not merely historic.
La Casita: An Endangered Typology
In 1987, the Bronx Council on the Arts initiated the Casita project, a documentation campaign to support the Puerto Rican community and educate the public about casitas. Folkorist Sciorra, anthropologist Susan Slymovics, City Lore-affiliated photographer Martha Cooper, historic preservationist and folklorist Nancy Solomon, and architect Aponte-Parés visited casitas throughout New York City at that time. They collected data on nearly 65 casitas predominantly located in the Bronx, East Harlem, the Lower East Side, and Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Based on fieldwork and interviews conducted by Western Kentucky University folklorists Rachel Hopkin and Caitlin Coad, as of 2013, less than half of the casitas documented in 1987-1988 remain. The New York City casita may, therefore, be an endangered typology, which makes it especially appropriate for inclusion in the National and State Registers at this time. We are working to create a survey of extant casitas in New York City so that New York SHPO can establish the significance of the property type and determine the typical features that define the casita typology. SHPO will use this context report to evaluate Rincón Criollo against other existing casitas. We are confident they will determine it is an outstanding example of the typology according to Register criteria and worthy of nomination, and we believe that including emic perspectives in the nomination report will help support its designation as a TCP.
Preserving Community History: A Continuing Conversation
As Dolores Hayden (1999) noted in her seminal book, The Power of Place, "it is not enough to add on a few African American or Native American projects, or a few women's projects, and assume that preserving urban history is handled well in the United States in the 1990s" (p. 8). (1) In the second decade of the 21st century, we are still struggling to make public history and preservation genuinely and universally inclusive. In the last several years, a number of discrete initiatives have explicitly engaged underrepresented communities in national preservation programs. But we must find ways to systemically redress the lack of diversity represented in the Register and to permanently integrate broadened approaches to underrepresented communities into existing preservation machinations. This means changing the criteria for evaluating what can and should be included in these lists, as well as asking community members what places they value rather than trying to guess and assess from the outside. Incorporating folklore methodologies like ethnographic documentation can help bring us closer to these goals.
The rate and scope of change in American cities have increased quite substantially in the last several decades, and urban places are increasingly defined by multiple narratives and histories. These changes mean that places, whether individual buildings, blocks, neighborhoods, or whole boroughs, are like palimpsests–ancient manuscripts or parchments used as writing material. Palimpsests contained text that was scraped off so that the piece could be reused, leaving traces of earlier verses still visible. Listing on the National Register will not guarantee Rincón Criollo protection from development. But, as a threatened, under-resourced entity that must continuously self-advocate and mobilize every asset at its disposal, Rincón Criollo would benefit from leveraging designation as an officially significant national resource so that it does not become a mere trace on the historical landscape.
Rincón Criollo's designation as a Traditional Cultural Property would result in broader, more nuanced recognition of Puerto Ricans' historic and continuing contributions to American cultural life and acknowledge Puerto Ricans' role in shaping New York City's identity. It would enhance the State and National Registers' missions of equitably supporting resources that represent our society's textured cultural heritage. Should La Casita lose its next battle with development, documentation materials will be available through a free, public database. In the current milieu of privatization and consumerism, designating La Casita-a notable site of cultural production and innovation, and not of consumption–would symbolize a laudable shift toward valuing cultural expression as well as stylistic expression, integrity of tradition as well as of structure, and continuity as well as history.
Further Considerations for Readers
Based on the AFS working group's experience with state and national preservation programs, I offer the following suggestions to individuals or groups interested in pursuing a TCP nomination or similar preservation and conservation projects.
- Models need to be developed with all interested collaborators at the table from the onset: SHPO office, local community, folklorist, National Register staff;
- Comparables will be important in order to answer the question "Why designate this particular site as opposed to other similar sites?"
- Provide strong evidence on how local communities define the boundaries of the proposed TCP; ensure that the site has historic time depth as well as values and associations that continue to the present with an active traditional community;
- Make clear and justify that the TCP is significant to a "traditional cultural community" and not just an" interest group;"
- Make a case for the historic integrity of the site: Does the traditional community still use and view the place the same way?
- Stronger nominations have multiple lines of evidence: archival, published ethnographic evidence, oral history;
- The "voice" of the nomination must be seen as the local community, not the participating folklorist/outsider: while federal agencies now look more toward ethnographers, experts need to be elders/people in the community.
Additional information and suggestions can be found on the working group's page of the American Folklore Society.
Author Note
Garfinkel directs the Place Matters program at City Lore, where she is fortunate to participate in projects ranging from cultural resource management, public and museum education, exhibit curation, collections archiving and traditional arts presentation. Her research explores Western and non-Western building traditions, theories of cultural landscapes, and histories of urbanism and city planning. She has research and designed "Centuries of Making Change Work," the permanent introductory exhibit at the Sandy Spring Museum in Sandy Spring, MD; Place Matters' web-based virtual tour, "Seeing East 4th Street: Vernacular Architecture in New York City;" and "B'Ville Voices," a forthcoming web-exhibit, public art and community history project for Baldwinsville, NY.
1. Folklorist Dr. Joseph Sciorra's research on the grotto served as the basis for the nomination for Staten Island's Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Grotto, written by NYSHPO's Kathy Howe and listed as a TCP in 2000.
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Sports Briefs
PCHS Hockey Game
The PCHS Ice Miners will take on UCI South on Wednesday night at the Park City Ice Arena. The Miners enter their home opener boasting a 5-0 record after a win in Vernal last weekend. The puck will drop at 6:30 p.m.
Basin Rec Basketball Clinics
Does your third through eighth grader want to learn the fundamentals of basketball? Join Basin Recreation for a series of Skills and Drills Basketball Clinics on Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Dec. 6 and Dec. 20 at the Ecker Hill Middle School gym. Third through fifth grade will meet from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and sixth through eighth grade will meet from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. The cost is $40 per player. For more information and to register, visit http://www.basinrecreation.org or call (435) 655-0999.
Snowmobile Education Courses
With snowmobile season just around the corner, Utah State Parks and Recreation reminds young riders and their parents that state-required youth snowmobile education courses are available online at ohv.utah.gov. Utah law requires youths ages 8 to 16 to complete a Utah State Parks Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Education Course before operating a machine on public lands or trails. Anyone over age 16 without a valid driver's license must also complete the course to legally operate an OHV on public land. Course fees are $30 and upon successful completion of coursework, students can print temporary certificates and later receive permanent certificates by mail. For more information, visit ohv.utah.gov, call (801) 538-7433. Ride on Utah!
PCHS Mattress Sale Fundraiser
The Park City High School girls' basketball team and the Park City High School dance team will be teaming up for their second-annual Mattress Sale Fundraiser. The event is a one-day only sale in the PCHS Common Area where brand new top-quality mattresses will be sold showroom style for 30-60% off retail prices. All sizes available, at various price ranges, from $199 – $1,999 (box included). The sale is Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Park City High School. Contact Sam White (email@example.com), Ashley Mott (firstname.lastname@example.com), or Rick & Julie, (801) 503-5558 and (801) 503-5122), with questions.
Basin Rec November Pass Sale
Are you anticipating loads of holiday treats in the coming months? Then take advantage of Basin Recreation's November Pass Sale. All six-month and one-year memberships are 15% off. Fitness class add-ons are also available. To start a new membership or renew an existing one, call (435) 655-0999 or stop by The Fieldhouse.
Basin Rec Jr. Jazz Basketball
Get ready to shoot some hoops! Basin Recreation's Jr. Jazz basketball will run from Jan. 6 through March 7. Third through eighth graders will play twice a week at Ecker Hill, Treasure Mountain, or Trailside Elementary. Player evaluations will be held in early December. Cost is $70. And be sure to sign up before Dec. 1 to avoid a $10 late fee. To register, visit http://www.basinrecreation.org or call (435) 655-0999.
Holiday Spin 350 Challenge
The PC MARC will keep you riding this winter season while Park City's 350 miles of trails are snow packed. Join the awesome spin instructors in covering 350 miles in the comfort of a spin studio with a view. Earn 15 miles per one-hour spin class you attend. Log your total miles to date on the Park City Recreation Facebook page at the end of each week, Nov. 1 to Jan. 31, as you race to complete a total of 350. Finisher prizes will be awarded! For info visit parkcityrecreation.org or call 615-5400.
Ski Conditioning at Basin Rec
Want to get in shape for the ski season? Check out Basin Recreation's Ski Conditioning fitness class at The Fieldhouse on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. from Nov. 5 to Dec. 5. The class will focus on speed, agility, balance, and strength. Cost is $70 for 10 sessions. To register, visit http://www.basinrecreation.org or call (435) 655-0999.
PCHS Basketball Skill Clinics
Park City High School boys' basketball head coach Caleb Fine, along with his staff and players, will be hosting two skill clinics Saturdays, Nov. 2 and 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Park City High School. The clinics cost $30 for both or $20 for one day. All boys grades 3-8 interested in improving their basketball skills are welcome to attend. Registration begins at 9 a.m. in the gymnasium. Email Coach Fine at email@example.com with any questions.
Free Lunchtime Learning at the PC MARC
Park City Medical Center's clinical dietician Liz nan will speak about Mindful Eating on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at noon at the PC MARC. The lecture is free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring a brown bag lunch. For info, visit parkcityrecreation.org or call 615-5400.
Noon Drop-In Basketball at the PC MARC
Get your workout in during your lunch break with this friendly basketball scrimmage for every skill level, offered Monday through Friday, noon to 2 p.m. at the PC MARC gymnasium. Free with a facility pass or $7 for non-pass holders. For info, visit parkcityrecreation.org or call 615-5400.
Park City Skating Academy
Registration for upcoming Learn to Skate classes is open. The first class is Monday, Nov. 11. Classes run for six weeks on Mondays from 5:30-6:15 p.m. Cost to register is $80. Registration includes six 30-minute classes, practice time and free admission and skate rental to Saturday morning open skates during the Late Fall Session. Call the ice arena front desk at (435) 615-5707 to register or go to http://www.parkcityice.org.
Park City Hockey Academy
Learn to Play Hockey's next session starts Thursday, Nov. 7 or Monday, Nov. 11. Classes are either Mondays from 5:30-6:15 p.m. or Thursdays, 4:30-5:15 p.m. for skaters ages 5 to 12. Registration for Learn to Play is $85 before Oct. 31 and $93 afterwards. Equipment may be rented, if available, for $15. Equipment fitting must be done at least one week prior to the start of class. Call the ice arena front desk at (435) 615-5707 to register or go to http://www.parkcityice.org.
Basic Hockey Skating Classes
Basic Hockey Skating is Thursdays 4:30-5:15 p.m. for children ages 4 to 12. The cost is $80 starting Oct. 31. Registration includes six 45- minute classes, free admission and skate rental to Saturday morning open skates during the Late Fall Session. Equipment may be rented, if available, for $15. Equipment fitting must be done at least one week prior to the start of class. Call the ice arena front desk at (435) 615-5707 to register or go to http://www.parkcityice.org.
Pickleball at the PC MARC
One of the fastest-growing sports in America, pickleball is now offered at the PC MARC. This popular, fun sport has simple rules and lots of action. Racquet sport enthusiasts and newcomers are welcome to play on the MARC's three indoor pickleball courts Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon. Fee is $3 per player. For more info, visit parkcityrecreation.com or call 615-5400.
Fencing Classes
Beginning fencing classes will be held at the PC MARC starting Nov. 5. The classes run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. for fencers ages seven and up. For more information, contact Elaine at (435) 901-3924 or email email@example.com .
Thanksgiving Break Basic Skating Camp
No school? That's cool, hit the ice at Park City Ice Arena's Basic Skating Camp on Wednesday, Nov. 27, from 8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. Participants will enjoy two on-ice group classes and practice sessions as well as a fun off-ice activity. Send campers with warm clothes and a healthy snack! Call the ice arena front desk at (435) 615-5707 to register or go to http://www.parkcityice.org.
Barre Classes at the PC MARC
New to the MARC: Strengthen your core and increase flexibility with a unique workout using the ballet barre along with other fitness equipment. "Barre Fit" is Tuesday and Thursday at noon, and "Barre Tone" is Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Daily class rates apply or included in class pass. Call 615-5401 or visit parkcityrecreation.org for more information.
Spin Classes at the PC MARC
More classes are available at the PC MARC now that the fall weather is upon us. Spin classes are now offered Monday through Saturday at various times. Visit parkcityrecreation.org for the current fitness schedule or call 615-5401 for more information.
Big Foot Soccer
Winter is quickly approaching, so let's take soccer indoors! Basin Recreation's Big Foot Soccer will run from Oct. 28 through Dec. 14 at The Fieldhouse. Third and fourth graders will practice on Mondays and Saturdays, fifth and sixth graders will practice on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and seventh and eighth graders will practice on Mondays and Saturdays. All divisions are coed and league games are 5v5. Cost is $75 per player. To register, visit http://www.basinrecreation.org or call (435) 655-0999.
Basin Rec Fall Volleyball
Basin Recreation is offering a fall volleyball program from Oct. 15 through Nov. 19 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Ecker Hill Middle School gymnasium. Third through fifth graders will play from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and cost is $60 per participant. Sixth through eighth graders will play from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and cost is $110 per participant. Players will learn fundamental volleyball skills and how to apply them to a game setting. To register, go to http://www.basinrecreation.org or call (435) 655-0999.
Performance Sports Training at Athletic Republic
If you are looking for an off-season training solution, Athletic Republic has something for you. Athletic Republic offers speed and agility training programs for the field-sport athlete as well as multiple training programs for the endurance athlete. Call Taylor at (435) 729-7230 for more information on the September promotion or to schedule a free trial session.
Little Dribblers at Basin Rec
Get ready to shoot some hoops! Basin Recreation's Little Dribblers will run from Oct. 14 through Dec. 7. Preschool and kindergarteners will play on either Tuesday or Thursday in addition to Saturday at Trailside Elementary. First- and second-graders will play on Mondays and Wednesdays at Ecker Hill Middle School. All teams are coed and are designed to emphasize the fundamentals of basketball and to encourage improvement each week. Cost is $65 (includes a jersey). To register, visit http://www.basinrecreation.org or call (435) 655-0999.
Park City Soccer Club Fall Youth Academy
Is your son or daughter new to soccer or a player with a few years under his or her belt? No matter what their experience, the Park City Soccer Club Youth Academy is an ideal environment for them to be introduced to new skills or get a lot of touches on the ball. Registration for fall sessions are now available online at http://www.parkcitysoccer.org. If you have questions or would like more information, please feel free to contact Matt Terwillegar, PCSC Academy Director, at email@example.com or (435) 602-9401.
PC MARC Fall Fitness Schedule
The fall fitness schedule is loading up with lots of classes. Beginning in September, the MARC is adding evening Spinning, Breath & Posture, and Zumba classes. Check online at http://www.parkcityrecreation for the group fitness schedule or call 615-5401.
Tae Kwon Do at Basin Rec
Learn the fundamentals of self defense in the traditional Korean martial art of Tae Kwon Do with Basin Recreation! Youths (ages 8 and above) and adults are invited to take part in the fall session from Sept. 10 through Nov. 26 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Trailside Park Fitness Room. Build character, fitness and discipline in a fun, family-oriented environment with a USTF-certified instructor. Cost is $100 for the entire fall session. To register, visit http://www.basinrecreation.org or call (435) 655-0999.
Primal Move at Silver Mountain
Primal Move is not your typical gym workout. It is a hot new fitness trend that brings back the playful side of exercise. There is purpose, direction, and a primary goal to move and feel better when you leave than when you arrived. It's perfect for athletes who want to prevent injuries or anyone wanting to improve balance and flexibility. Silver Mountain Sports Club offers Primal Move classes at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday mornings in Prospector Park through certified personal trainer Kevin Rail. Drop-in fee is $15 or 11-class punch passes are available for $100. Contact Rail for more information at (435) 729-0797 or email@example.com.
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people in need received our assistance in 2019.
Humanitarian overview
Forty years of conflict continue to deeply affect Afghanistan. Conflict-induced civilian deaths reached a record high in 2018, with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documenting 10,993 civilian casualties, whilst the first half of 2019 already saw 3,812 casualties. In addition, over 230,000 Afghans are currently conflict-displaced, whilst an additional 225,000 people have been displaced due to a drought crisis.
Against this backdrop, thousands of Afghan refugees spontaneously return or are forced to return from Pakistan and Iran each year. According to IOM, 290,881 Afghans have spontaneously returned or have been deported from Iran so far this year, with up to 570,000 returnees expected over 2019. Only four per cent of these have received assistance, whilst over 80 per cent of the 14,189 undocumented returnees from Pakistan have received assistance.
Despite high levels of needs, the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) is only 41 per cent funded, and the scope of the HRP is heavily biased towards emergency response activities, currently precluding broader humanitarian and resilience-building activities.
- 1978-1989: Marxist revolution, Soviet invasion and occupation
- 1989-1992: First civil war
- 1992-1996: Second civil war
- 1996-2001: Taliban takeover and third civil war
- 2002-present: War with international invasion and occupation
People we helped in Afghanistan in 2018
NRC's operation
NRC Afghanistan primarily assists internally displaced Afghans and Pakistani refugees, and to a lesser extent returning refugees. Our priorities are twofold. In the aftermath of violence and disaster, we give immediate, emergency assistance. Where the effects of long-term displacement have taken hold, we work to find lasting solutions.
Our regional and cross-border programmes address and relieve the effects of the conflict, as do our emergency teams. We place significant importance on helping displaced people in hard-to-access areas and the empowerment of women.
Camp management
NRC uses Camp Management approaches to enhance communication with communities, community participation, and support to inclusive coordination in both urban non-camp environments and within informal settlements and spontaneous self-settled camps. Our Camp Management teams:
- Establish and run community centres and outreach information sessions where displaced Afghans can access information about services and be referred for assistance
- Establish and support neighbourhood/settlement/camp committees who disseminate information and solve problems in their communities
- Support local coordination mechanisms, including through facilitation of meetings between relevant stakeholders to address needs and gaps
- Monitor protection issues, threats, and hazards in sites and neighbourhoods, and report these to relevant agencies and fora
NRC Afghanistan specialises in Education in Emergencies (EiE), for school age children into protection and safe learning environments with enrolling to nearest government schools, providing Community Based Education (CBE) as part of Alternative Education (AE), Bridging Programme (BP) with establishing language and literacy classes. Our teams:
- Increase accessibility to schools in rural areas transitioning into city suburbs;
- Train teachers and informal instructors
- Help marginalised out-of-school children to catch up through accelerated and formal integration classes, bridging programme including language and literacy classes
- Work with the Ministry of Education to increase the capacity of the Afghan government to respond to the urgent educational needs of displaced children, as well as those returned from neighbouring countries with constructing new schools and providing rehabilitation through school improvement plan
Information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA)
ICLA provides information and legal advice to displaced Afghans on a wide range of legal matters within two thematic areas: 1) housing, land and property (HLP); and 2) legal identity, including civil documentation (LCD).
Our ICLA staff:
- Visit communities to conduct information sessions
- Outline tailored instructions on how displaced people can claim their rights through tailored one-on-one legal counselling
- Provide direct legal assistance through the formal justice and administrative system to support people to claim and exercise their rights
- Use traditional dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve legal disputes, housing, land and property rights cases
- Provide information and follow up referrals to help people access essential services and support in complex protection cases
- Conduct research and assessments to better understand displaced people's HLP and LCD challenges
- Advocate for displaced people's HLP and property rights as the co-lead of the HLP Task Force
Livelihoods and food security
Almost half of the Afghan population (16 million people) is considered chronically food insecure, due to high unemployment and depressed wage rates, driven by the worsening economic situation, natural disasters affecting local food production (droughts and pests), and low agricultural productivity. In addition, 4.5 million people are estimated to be at risk of acute food insecurity and in need of direct food assistance in 2019, primarily due to conflict and drought. Of these, close to 900,000 are expected to be displaced. Our teams:
- Provide emergency food assistance to families displaced by drought or conflict and now living in IDP camps in Badghis;
- Help people start small businesses through business skill mentoring programmes and start-up cash grants – focusing on women and youth;
- Partner with private businesses to deliver demand-driven, high quality vocational skills training, along with post-training support to help graduates set up their own business or get hired by companies;
- Support private companies to grow their business, thereby generating sustainable salaried employment;
- Establish vegetable gardens and orchards in schools supported by NRC's Education programmes, to improve the nutritional awareness of students and their parents.
Shelter and settlements
Due to drought, conflict, and poor economic conditions, many Afghans live in inadequate and partially damaged housing. This may mean they are overcrowded, living in conditions where they are unable to stand within the shelter due to low walls, have rooms where there is no glass in the windows, have limited privacy and may be improperly protected from climatic elements. This may particularly affect women who often spend more time inside the house due to cultural reasons. Our shelter teams, whilst working side-by-side with our WASH experts:
- Support the construction of one- and two-room shelters for families with a occupier driven approach;
- Build schools as well as additional classrooms for existing schools and provide temporary classrooms;
- Collaborate with the community to construct shelters through a cash-based programme, providing cash assistance in exchange for constructing shelters;
- Advocate for shelters to be built to better endure natural hazards;
- Upgrade shelter to offer dignity, and better withstand natural hazards and climate;
- Provide temporary cash assistance to cover basic rent for the most vulnerable;
- Provide sealing off kits to families with damaged or poor-quality shelters.
- Provide cash-for-rent to cover their basic need for accommodation and offer a pathway to transitional solution (while livelihoods recovery for example).
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) promotion
Water, sanitation, and hygiene practices are not a norm in many parts of Afghanistan, largely due to the lack of infrastructure and behaviour. In addition to this, Afghanistan is among the countries which are prone to climate change effects. In many of our WASH activities, our WASH experts closely work with the shelter and education teams to promote integration and safe programming. Our WASH teams:
- Provide emergency water supply and sanitation facilities and supporting good hygiene practices for affected vulnerable populations;
- Construct households improved latrines and access to safe water through community water points;
- Provide safe drinking water points, access to improved sanitation, hand washing facilities in schools, and establish grey water filtrations in schools for waste water management;
- Distribute hygiene kits and train families on how to use the hygiene kits through hygiene education promotion in communities and schools.
Gender and protection
Women in particular face many barriers in Afghanistan. Our teams integrate gender considerations in our programming:
- NRC is the only organisation in Afghanistan to work for the widespread acceptance of women's HLP rights;
- Our all-female shelter team reaches female-headed households and widows – the most vulnerable part of the population we serve;
- Protection mainstreaming, psychological first aid, and basic gender-based violence (GBV) trainings are provided for non-protection field staff country-wide in order to enhance understanding of protection principles and practices and be better able to make safe and relevant referrals of sensitive cases;
- NRC reflected gender-related focus in its new three-year Protection Strategy with a commitment to enhance understanding on impact of displacement on gender dynamics with the ultimate aim of developing context-specific initiatives aimed at reducing exposure of women and girls to protection threats caused by displacement.
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- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Common Humanitarian Fund (OCHA CHF)
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