The Czech Republic allocated $20,000 to an NGO in Kunar to build a 7 KW micro-hydro power plant that would benefit 250 families in Watapoor district.

Filip Vurm, deputy head of the Czech Mission in Kabul, signed the contract with the Active Help Organisation for Women and Children.

Vurm said his country had also supported educational programmes in Afghanistan and had recently build a girl’s high school in Kabul.
The Czechs have funded various projects in the country including schools, hospitals, dairies, bridges, water wells, and power plants.