The Afghanistan Community Resilience and Livelihoods Project (CRLP) is a US$562 million initiative supported by the World Bank and Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund (ARTF). CRLP was initially approved on 29th April 2022. In January and April 2024, the project was extended to 31 December 2025. On 11 February 2026, the World Bank signed additional funding of US $143m extending the project to 31 December 2027.
Through this second Additional Financing grant to UNOPS, the Community Resilience and Livelihoods Project is expected to reach over 1.8 million households with short-term jobs, provide 18.1 million Afghans with basic services and economic productivity-enhancing assets, and benefit women in around 11,000 communities with actions to expand their participation in decision-making. The CRLP's tried-and-tested community-driven approach will continue to target resources to poor and vulnerable groups, including female headed households, returnees, and internally displaced people. The CRLP supports the refreshed WBG Strategy for Engaging in FCV Settings by continuing service delivery through local platforms, maintaining, and building on community institutions and infrastructure, and supporting MSMEs as a major source of jobs. The CRLP will continue to apply and adapt measures to ensure delivery by and for women. The Project also introduces new private sector actors to deliver activities, including the scale-up of a digital payments platform for wages and social grants that will enhance efficiency, traceability, and accountability in the use of funds, while expanding access to financial services.
This will be done through these key interventions:
Part 1. Livelihoods Support and Climate Resilient Productive Assets in Rural Areas
Working with local and international NGOs to support the implementation of a cash-for-work program aimed at rehabilitating small-scale basic infrastructure services, such as tertiary irrigation canal rehabilitation, check dams, gabion walls, retaining walls, water supply systems, and tertiary roads. These efforts aim to boost climate-resilient livelihoods and generate income opportunities for ultra-poor and vulnerable households in rural communities.
Part 2. Livelihoods Support and Services in Urban Areas
Working with local private construction companies to support activities designed to provide livelihood opportunities for unskilled and semi-skilled laborers. The provision and implementation of small-scale labor-intensive works will strengthen community resilience to climate change and disasters, while addressing urgent service delivery needs in underserved urban neighborhoods particularly those that host the influx of returnees from Pakistan and Iran.
Part 3. Livelihood Support for Women and the Most Vulnerable in Rural and Urban Areas
Providing social grants and supporting women’s economic livelihood activities through targeted programs. Initiatives include market linkage development, training in crop cultivation, skills development, financial literacy, food processing, and the provision of productive assets to foster long-term self-reliance.
Part 4. Strengthening Community Institutions for Resilient and Inclusive Service Delivery, especially for Women
Building the capacity of Community Representative Groups (CRGs) and other local community institutions through activities related to community mobilization, planning, implementation, monitoring and training; and supporting CRGs and their sub-committees to help women and vulnerable groups engage, receive information, and have access to services, including health, nutrition, and livelihoods assistance. CRLP will support the enhancement and scale-up of the community-based climate and disaster risk management approach, including provision of enhanced disaster risk management and climate awareness training package and the use of community level multi-hazard exposure maps to promote risk-informed community development planning.
Part 5. Respectful Workplace awareness and Risk Mitigation Activities
Conducting a baseline Respectful Workplace Risk Assessment, followed by continuous monitoring, training, and adaptation of risk management strategies. Community-level awareness campaigns, training programs, and a transparent grievance mechanism will be implemented to ensure safe, inclusive, and equitable working environments.
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