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Part of the NCL Holdings Team with Hamed Wardak

30 Aug

Hamed Wardak is the founder and CEO of NCL Holdings.  The President at NCL, and an integral part of the team, is David Etchart.  Most recently, prior to joining NCL Holdings, Mr. Etchart was the Senior Vice President with dck Worldwide.  Before this, he was the Vice-President at Contingency Operations with Fluor Corporation’s Government Group.

In total, Mr. Etchart has 25 years of experience managing the construction of large industrial and power plants.  He is a native of Oregon and he has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Oregon.

 
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New Maternity Hospital in Paktia

15 Aug

The Bayat Foundation, Gardez (Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia) recently inaugurated the Gawhar Taj Bayat, a new maternity hospital.  There was an official ceremony marking the inauguration, which was attended by Afghan parliamentary members, local officials and Juma Khan Hamdard, governor of Paktia.  The facility contains: “20 beds, a delivery room, pre-operating and operating rooms, recovery room, a pharmacy, laboratory, modern equipment, examination room, waiting area, offices, with modern plumbing and modern electrical standards throughout the entire building.”  The hope is that this will make specialized care available to the locals.

 
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Afghanistan Witnesses Additional School Buildings

08 Aug

Paktya, Afghanistan’s eastern province, recently saw the inauguration of 15 school buildings. These were constructed in: Aryoub Zazi, Chamkani, Dand-e-Patan, Jani and Khel.  It was India, America, the World Bank and the Afghan government which provided funding for these essential projects.  Hamed Wardak is an Afghan-American activist supporting causes to benefit the people of Afghanistan and improve relations between its citizens and those in America.


 
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Linguistic Services with NCL Holdings LLC and Hamed Wardak

01 Aug

NCL Holdings, LLC, where Hamed Wardak is the Chairman, President and Founder, offers linguistic operations as part of its many offerings.  These operations include translation, interpretation and linguist/analyst support.  They work closely with each client to develop effective programs and solutions for the client’s needs.  They specialize in Cat I and II – Pashto, Dari, Farsi, and Urdu linguists.

Their many linguistic services include transcription work, document translation, simultaneous interpretation and consecutive interpretation.

 
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Hamed Wardak and Generating Employment Opportunities in Afghanistan

23 Jul

When people are out of work for a long time and are battling poverty, it can be incredibly difficult to remain positive and upbeat.  In Afghanistan unfortunately, job opportunities are pretty remote which is why individuals like Hamed Wardak are constantly making efforts to turn this around.  But more work and financial support is needed all the time which is why USAID’s Incentives Driving Economic Alternatives for the North, East, and West (IDEA-NEW) program has been such a welcome venture for the country’s people.  One area it has been working in is the establishment of a “textile processing facility to generate local level employment and strengthen the textile value chain.”  Afghans themselves have been helping too.  A trader from Afghanistan “invested in the main machinery for the textile processing facility and IDEA-NEW supported the startup and installation.”  At the facility, various services include: labeling, dyeing, washing and pressing that can be made use of by over 200 “small and medium-sized textile-weaving enterprises in Rodaat, Batikot, Kama, and Dare Noor districts of Nangarhar.” Before this, some weavers would have to take their products to Pakistan to be processed.

 
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Archaeological Find in Afghanistan

16 Jul

Recent news in Afghanistan is the discovery of an 18 meter (59.1 foot) long statue of Buddha in Afghanistan’s central province of Bamiyan. The team that discovered the statue was led by Afghan archeologist Zemaryalai Tarzi.  Other smaller monuments of approximately 2,000 years old were also discovered.  As well, there have been reports of another very large Buddha underground “somewhere near the two giant destroyed Buddha statues in Bamiyan.”

 
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Hamed Wardak and Improvements in Afghanistan Culture

09 Jul

History and culture are important in any country.  Afghanistan is no different.  For people like Hamed Wardak who are proud of their heritage, the ceremony marking the beginning of phase two of Kabul’s Qazi historical garden is good news.  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) issued the following press release on the matter: “Most of the trees in the original 3.5 hectare historical garden were cut down during the Russian occupation and the site was used briefly as a market and later a garbage dump for trash and human waste. Last year the Kabul Municipality decided to restore the garden to its original state and began working with a German NGO to clean up the site and remove the crumbling buildings from the old market.”

 
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Hamed Wardak & NCL Holdings Contribution to USA for UNHCR

02 Jul

Hamed Wardak and NCL Holdings are showing their continued support and commitment to USA for UNHCR.  They have recently donated $30,000 to sponsor the 2010 World Refugee Day.  This year’s World Refugee Day program featured former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr, former refugees and UNHCR field staff.  The event was held from June 18th-20th for the ninth consecutive year with the theme “Home” this year.

As Jud Nirenberg, Associate Director at USA for UNHCR said, “The support of NCL Holdings and Hamed Wardak have been crucial to a project helping refugee women returning to Afghanistan, typically widowed mothers, with new paths to gaining income for themselves and their families. Dozens of women have been trained and helped to start new businesses, supporting themselves and their children thanks largely to his cooperation.”

 
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Improvements in Afghanistan’s Agriculture

25 Jun

Agriculture in Afghanistan looks set to undergo some major improvements.  Recent news is that nine hydrometric machines have been installed in Logar, an eastern province of the country.  This could potentially be extremely beneficial for agriculture in Afghanistan since it can assess how much water exists underground and the direction of the wind.  As well, this can “help Afghans determine drought levels as well as provide information for weather forecasts.”  It was the Czech Republic which funded this project, donating $230,000.

 
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Afghan-American Relations

18 Jun

Afghan-American relations have improved over the years.  Hamed Wardak is one such individual who has been working towards bettering the quality of these relations, especially with the movement he founded, the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce.  For more information on these relations as well as other international links Afghanistan has, read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Afghanistan

 
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