Today, a Participatory Rural Appraisal Workshop of a community cluster comprised of three communities, was held in Gullutepe community of Masally rayon. Ms.Gulbeniz Ganbarova, AzRIP-2 Deputy Director, Community Development Manager gave detailed information about the cluster projects and their importance. The workshop was also attended by Ms.Feride Eminova, AzRIP-2 Program Specialist for Mughan-Salyan zone, as well as AzRIP-2 PAT staff for MS zone.

On December 22nd 2015, an opening ceremony of the “Kindergarten rehabilitation” project implemented by AzRIP-2, though the State Service on the Management of Agricultural Projects and Credits under the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan Republic which is co-funded by the Government of Azerbaijan and World Bank, took place in Kerimli community of Oghuz rayon.

On December 22nd 2015, an opening ceremony of the “Potable water system rehabilitation” project implemented by AzRIP-2, though the State Service on the Management of Agricultural Projects and Credits under the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan Republic which is co-funded by the Government of Azerbaijan and World Bank, took place in Filfilli community of Oghuz rayon.

The history of the first residence in Gahramanly village of Barda rayon started with the settlement of the man named Gahraman in this village. Being engaged with animal husbandry and crop planting, local residents lived here enduring huge problems and hardships. The neighboring Hasangaya community is located on the same road and besides being neighbors; these two villages already became brothers. We met with the Community Group members, while conducting the 6 month Participatory Monitoringin Hasangaya.

A Participatory Rural Appraisal Workshop was held in Alashar, one of the mountainous villages of Jalilabad rayon.The workshop was organized in the courtyard of the Alashar village mosque and all necessary conditions were created to effectively run the workshop. In the course of community mobilization process, Mr.Aziz Azizov, Head of the Jalilabad rayon ExCom visited the village and thanked AzRIP representatives for carrying out goodwill activities in communities.

Mollaahmedli community of Barda rayon is part of same administrative unit, which also covers Gulgezi and Sarkarlar communities. The history of the village dates back to 1800 and residents are engaged with land cultivation from the first date of its establishment. Everybody gathered for Participatory Rural Appraisal Workshop with a big enthusiasm and Mr.Alzamin Almuradov, the Municipal Chief made an opening speech.

The Aghabeyli is one of the villages located at the closest proximity to rayon center. When travelling to this village first time, we first thought the village residents would not be able to gather on time. But on the mobilization day we witnessed groups of women heading to the meeting point. The Municipal Chief was anxiously calling everyone to hurry. A little after, the village residents gathered inside the school gym. The interesting part was that women of this community were more active than men.

Mirbeshir community is located at 12 kilometers distance from Bilasuvar rayon. According to local elderly, in 1923 the village was comprised of three separate hamlets. In 1933-1935, three hamlets were unified under the name of Novotroitski (the new trio). In 1951-1952, it grew to a big village due to families that came from Lerik and Yardymly rayons and then the village was renamed to Nesimikend. The well-known Mirbeshir Agha Sanctuary is located in the territory of this village.

Fyndygly community of Zagatala rayon, which is located in between the Magov and Danachy villages, was established under the name of “Number 1 Hazelnut State Farm” in 1934. Forest lands were cleared of shrubbery and trees by the Government to create farmlands for creating hazelnut orchards. Malakan minority from Russia were the first residents of this village. Later, representatives of other nationalities have migrated to this village permanently resided here.

Katekh-Kombinat community is located nearby the Katekh Waterfall, one of the highest waterfalls of Azerbaijan. During the mobilization workshop, residents of this community demonstrated a unique activism for solving their problems. The workshop was held outdoors and while exploring the village background it was revealed that the first settlement in this village dates back to XVII Century. The first inhabitants of this village were the families that came from Dagestan. Wood processing plant started operating here in 1939.