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| CERP allocates money enabling Iraqis to work together with coalition forces |
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The Commander's Emergency Relief Program (CERP) is an allocation of money which allows commanders on the ground and Iraqi community leaders to work together toward immediate quality of life enhancements for Iraqis, according to Multinational Forces.
The Gulf Region Division and its three districts in Mosul, Baghdad and Tallil work with their Iraqi counterparts to prioritise needs. Maneuver commanders in communities look for small infrastructure projects aimed at completing the last mile for delivery of electricity, water or other basic needs to homes and businesses.
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CERP funds have also been made available to the Iraqi Provincial Reconstruction and Development committees. In one governate in the Gulf Region's North District, three water treatment plants in one area were recommended for rehabilitation at a cost of approximately $175,000.
Another 78 CERP projects in the north district, funded for $4.9 million, will add three classrooms each to 27 schools and six classrooms apiece to 51 schools. All of those projects are expected to be completed in September.
In the Gulf Region Central District, an $89,000 outpatient clinic is being built with funding from this program. Also in the central district, seven CERP projects for a cost of $1.4 million are scheduled to replace low- and medium-voltage lines throughout Sadr City.
CERP money can be used to meet various needs, including supplies, additions to schools, clean-up projects, medical equipment, streetlights, water towers and general reconstruction.
When Iraq assumed sovereignty in June of 2004, there were just over 200 reconstruction projects started. Today, there are more than 2,600 projects, valued at more than $6.2 billion. More than 1,450 projects are finished, with a value of over $1.4 billion.
Source: PortalIraq
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