Education

• There are 81 schools open in Helmand (4 built and 8 refurbished by PRT & TFH), up from 34 in 2006.
• School enrolment in Helmand rose 10% in 2008, from below 50,000 to 55,000.
• Alongside school construction and refurbishment the PRT is funding equipment and helping the Department of Education build its managerial capacity.
• To increase the momentum of progress the Danes (part of the PRT) allocated $7.5m for education in Helmand in 2008 and appointed a second Education Adviser in the PRT in February 2009.
   

Health

• 82% have access to health care in Afghanistan, up from 9% in 2002.
• The government-contracted health supplier Ibn Sina is now able to operate clinics in all priority district centres.  In 2006, there was 1 district hospital, 9 Comprehensive Health Clinics, 20 Basic Health Clinics and 245 Health Posts, in Helmand. In 2009, this has increased to 2 district hospitals, 13 Comprehensive Health Clinics, 26 Basic Health Clinics, 10 Sub Centres and 348 Health Posts.  
• The PRT, UK and Estonian Governments have improved facilities at Bost Hospital in LKG – meaning it now meets the standards set by the Ministry of Public Health - through donations of 4 x Vital Signs Monitors, 2 x Portable Ventilators, 1 x fully equipped operating table, 10 x computers.
• PRT funded ambulance project has trained 12 ambulance technicians, constructed an ambulance station at Bost hospital and purchase and equipping of 2 ambulances (up to 4 by June 2010).  
  

Economic development

• The first national retail bank branch opened in Lashkar Gah in 2007. The marble factory was privatised in early 2008 and is expanding.
• 443 loans, totalling $257,000 have been dispersed to small businesses.
• The PRT-funded, $1.3m improvements to Shamalan Canal have improved irrigation for 10,000 farmers.
• USAID funded airport, agricultural processing centre and new power substation and distribution network will open in 2009.
  

Roads

• 72km of main highway was resurfaced in Helmand up to 2008, as well as roads inside urban centres such as Sangin, Musa Qala and Gereshk. Design work for the road between Lashkar Gah and Gereshk has also begun. Other road construction projects connecting DC’s to the Provincial capital have started.  

Political

• In Phase 4 voter reginstration, 149,000 people registered to vote in Helmand including over 35,000 women. The process was completed successfully without incident in the districts of Lashkar Gah, Nawa-y-Barakzai, Nad’ Ali, Nahr-e-Saraj, Sangin, Musa Qala, Kajaki, Garmsir. The IEC have announced plans to send mobile registration teams to the remaining 5 districts.

Governance

• There are now district governors installed in 8 of Helmand’s 13 districts (Lashkar Gah, Nawa-y-Barakzai, Nad’ Ali, Nahr-e-Saraj, Sangin, Musa Qala, Kajaki, Garmsir). Up from 5 in 2006.
• Provincial Governor Mangal is the first in Helmand to have a team of quality, technical advisers.  They are driving forward change in the Province and reaching out through a programme of district visits and shuras.
• 4 Community Councils established as part of the Helmand ASOP, increasing to 6 by end of 2009. 5 members of the Gereshk Community Council are female.
• In 2002 there were no district government offices in Helmand, currently there are offices in 5 districts to support their District Governor’s and civil servants.
• The Provincial Council have a new, PRT funded, building with offices and meeting space for 380 elders. Construction has started on a PRT funded Shura Hall for the Ulema Council and planning has started for construction of District Council Offices in Nad e Ali.
  

Media

• In 2009 there are 5 local radio stations in Helmand.  In 2001 there was one.

Justice

• A new Provincial Chief Justice was appointed in Summer 2008.
• In 2008 the PRT supported the establishment of important justice institutions, including the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission Provincial Office, the Land and Tribal Dispute Commission and the Justice Committee. A women and Childrens Justice Group is now equipped to support local communities and justice institutions.
• The PRT has helped establish Hemand’s first legal aid office in Nov 2008.
• Justice Committees have been established in Nad e Ali, Gereshk, Garmsir and Sangin to provide support to the community level dispute resolution and act as a crucial link between the formal and informal justice mechanisms, providing support to the community peace and the rule of law.
• Due to improvements in the justice mechanism in Helmand during 2008, there has been a significant increase in the number of cases handled by the formal justice system.
  

Security sector reform

• The first ANA kandak in Helmand and more widely RC(S) has achieved Capability Milestone One – meaning that it is judged (by internationally-set standards) to be capable of planning and running operations independently.
• US funded new Provincial Police HQ was opened January 2009, and CMMH provided the office equipment and IT to make the building operational. The ANP have been provided with a comprehensive communications capability which includes Codan radio network, VHF motorola network as well as intranet and internet access for officers working within the newly furbished Provincial Police Headquarters.
• The PRT is helping the Afghan Police in Helmand produce their first annual policing plan in line with the national Policing Plan and Performance Measurement Framework. An ANP intelligence model  has been developed to which enables focussed deployment of resources based on key priorities contained within the policing plan.
• A crime stoppers line has been established within Police Headquarters which enables and encourages members of the public to contact their local police. Over 100 calls per day are being dealt with by crime stoppers staff.
• A Professional standards unit has been established to investigate allegations of corruption against ANP officers.
  

Counter narcotics

• Governor Mangal launched Afghanistan’s first provincial counter-narcotics strategy in August 2008.
• Governor Mangal’s Food Zone Programme saw Helmand Provincial officials distribute 3,200 tonnes of wheat seed to 32,000 farmers across Helmand, funded by the PRT, DFID and USAID, supporting a transition to legal livelihoods.
• 19 people from Helmand have been convicted of Narcotics offences by the Criminal Justice Task Force since 25 December 2008.
• As sample of seized drugs, 1 tonne of opium and ¼ tonne of heroin were burned in Feb 2009. Drugs were seized as the result of intelligence lead policing supported by PRT EUPOL advisers.