canada's role in afghanistan
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Humanities 20, slide notes on Afghanistan Mission.TRANSCRIPT
Canada in Afghanistan – What Should Canada’s Role Be?
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/10/f-afghanistan.html
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/10/f-afghanistan.html
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Instructions for Part One: Canada’s Mission Goals - Afghanistan
• For part one of this assignment use the Canadian Government Website:– Canada In Afghanistan
Fill in the slides provided with the information requested in your own words. This is at most a partner (1 or 2 person) assignment!
• Each slide will also contain a picture of Canada’s war/mission in Afghanistan which you will provide a link to. – See the example on the
title page of this presentation and then ask for help if you do not know how to create links.
– You pictures cannot all be from the same site.
Priority One: Security• How is Canada Providing Help?
– Helping to establish the federal police and military as a more effective protective force
– Improving organization and structure – Reinforcing the national police with incentive
programs
• What are two goals that Canada has for this part of the mission by 2011?
• Achieve an 85% ANA approval rating in major areas
• Give initial and advanced training to all ANP units http://farm1.static.flickr.com/
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Priority Two: Basic Services• How is Canada Providing Help?
– Building useable, modern roads– Creating new jobs and ensuring innovative
businessmen will have access to borrowable money
– Increasing availability of water for agriculture and drinking
– What are two goals that Canada has for this part of the mission by 2011?• Create 10000 seasonable jobs• Improve water management in
30000 hectares of agricultural land
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Priority Three: Humanitarian Aid• How is Canada Providing Help?
– Removing unexploded landmines– Vaccinating people against diseases– Offering food to citizens in danger or poverty
– What are two goals that Canada has for this part of the mission by 2011?• Train 500 health care workers• Educate 200,000 individuals
about landmine awareness
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Priority Four: Afghan/Pakistani Border
• How is Canada Providing Help?– Encouraging communications between
Afghanistan and Pakistan– Installing workers to maintain the border– Offering important pieces of construction and
technology
– What are two goals that Canada has for this part of the mission by 2011?• Build the Joint district
Coordination Center• New systems established to
allow for frequent conversation between border workers http://img3.allvoices.com/thumbs/event/
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Priority Five: National Institutions• How is Canada Providing Help?
– Help make elections possible with money and expertise
– Help the international elections commission in tandem with other countries
– Offer education and resources to certain public organizations
– What are two goals that Canada has for this part of the mission by 2011?• Bring government spending to
within a 5% error margin of projections
• Reach an election turnout of 70% of men, 40% of women http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/
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Priority Six: Political Reconciliation• How is Canada Providing Help?
– Create government organizations to promote open discussion– Greater freedom of information and discussion between the government and people– Ensure that any peace is sustainable and protected by a stable government
– What are two goals that Canada has for this part of the mission by 2011?• To have an organization capable of taking a leading role to pursue these goals• Information will flow freely between the various districts and areas of the government
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Part 1A: Signature Projects – Canadian Efforts in Afghanistan
• Instructions:Use this link to learn about 3 signature projects that we as the Canadian people have identified as critical for the people of Afghanistan.
- Fill in the following slides with information in your own words about these projects.
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Signature Project 1 – Dahla Dam and Irrigation System
• Why is this an important project for the people of Afghanistan?– Serve as a water delivery system to
most people in Kandahar– Will employ thousands of people to
complete– Encourage farming by offering easy
access to irrigation
• What is Canada doing to help? – Modernizing farming and water
management practices– Repairing the dam itself, and its
water valves http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3191540257_8770d8cba2.jpg
Signature Project 2 – Education• Why is this an important project
for the people of Afghanistan?– Without sufficient education
opportunities, many doors are closed to citizens
– Strengthening this system will be a direct, tangible benefit that will increase government confidence
• What is Canada doing to help? – Improve existing schools or create
new ones (totalling 50)– Make the Ministry of Education more
capable of quality and consistency http://www.france24.com/en/files/imagecache/france24_ct_player_thumbnail/story/afghanistan-education-m_0.jpg
Signature Project 3 – Polio Eradication
• Why is this an important project for the people of Afghanistan?– Polio remains a major epidemic in
the country– It has been eliminated from most
other countries in the world
• What is Canada doing to help? – Creating immunization stations and
marking them for travelers– Vaccinating children all across
Kandahar
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