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Northern Governor praises SCA

Mazar-e Sharif, May 27, 2009

On Wednesday SCA received a reward from Governor Atta Mohammad Noor for outstanding performances in Balkh province. The SCA Mazar Project Office was selected together with three other NGOs in competition with a total of 37 NGOs who are active in the Balkh province.

Governor Atta Mohammad Noor handed over a plaque and a certificate to SCA director of Operations Mr. Jorgen Holmstrom. SCA thanked the governor by handing over a copy of “Afghanistan over a cup of tea”, a collection of chronicles written by the world leading expert on Afghanistan Ms. Nancy Hatch Dupree.

SCA took the opportunity to use the ceremony to advocate SCA values and had a delegation with equal number of male and female participants, among them one with sight impairment and two hearing-impaired.
During the ceremony, widely covered by media, SCAs female sign-language translator stood next to governor Atta and translated the whole meeting.

SCAs main activities in the north are Rehabilitation of Afghans with Disabilities (RAD) and Rural Development (RD). The efforts in the north have increased since the Sida-funded Northern Development Project was initiated last year.
The other three NGOs rewarded were the Norwegian Project Office, Afghan Women Educational Centre and American-Afghan Friendship Association.