Monthly Narrative Report for January- 2016 of UCBPRP Maintenance Phase
Districts Shikarpur, Kashmore & Jacobabad
Reported By SRSO-MER Section Head Office Sukkur
Executive Summary:
The Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Project (UCBPRP) has successfully completed its tenure in August 2013 and achieved its set objectives and materialize huge portfolio in form of community institutions and the gigantic intervention i.e. ensured the linkages between poor households, line agencies, and other service providers and between government social protection programs and the poorest.
The project has helped as well as enabling the poor communities to improve their social indicators relating to health, environment and education, especially for women and children.
UCBPRP created a sense of understanding among the poor women to undertake economic activities for the wellbeing of their household; the intervention included asset building for income generation, small enterprises, improved agriculture practices, vocational skills as means of business, and the choices to have access to financial resources are larger than before the project, which built the confidence of the target community (Women) to make productive investments from the resources they have been managing collectively through the huge network of their Village Organizations and Local Support Organizations at gross rout levels.
To extract the maximum benefit on regular basis it was indispensible that there has to the proper follow and the rapid maintenance in the respective districts to sustain the outcomes in the community. During the maintenance phase the tendency of routine meetings of these institutions has been promoted to make it on a regular basis and further efforts being undertaken to promote and enhance the culture of savings in these gross rout level organizations by making the strict monitoring and participation.
In September-2013 the SRSO have started the formal activities of the maintenance phase in both the districts, initially the teams have focused the recovery and re-disbursement of community investment fund in the different village organizations with the effective support of local support organizations.
The Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Project (UCBPRP) Jacobabad has successfully completed its tenure in 30th June 2015 and achieved its set objectives. In July 2015 SRSO have also started activities of the Maintenance Phase in District Jacobabad. SRSO focused the Recovery and Re-Disbursement of CIF with Support of Local Support Organizations (LSOs).
As of January 2016, PKR: 753,972,104 received from the different beneficiaries who received the CIF loans under the regular program in both the districts. Besides the recovery teams also emphasis the beneficiaries to consider for group landing in order to foster the maximum benefits by utilization the same amount with increment from the seed money of LSOs.
A part from recovery the re-disbursement was given massive importance therefore As of
January-2016, PKR: 572,646,104 have been Re-disbursed in different beneficiaries who
returned the amount on immediate basis in district Kashmore and Shikarpur initiated the re-
disbursement to the borrowers with the support of VOs and LSOs.
MPR for the Maintenance Phase in district Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Kashmore @ Kandhkot
Executive Summary
District Wise progress As of Dec 2015 31-Jan-16 As of January 2016
S.No Name of Activity District Project Target
Target Achievement Target Achievement Target Achievement
1
CIF (No. of Groups to be formed in UC under group lending strategy
Shikarpur - - - - - - -
Kashmore - - - - - - -
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total - - - - - - -
2 No. of Group to be given CIF
Shikarpur - - - - - - -
Kashmore - - - - - - -
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total - - - - - - -
3
Total No. of Beneficiaries (under Group lending Strategy)
Shikarpur - - - - - - -
Kashmore - - - - - - -
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total - - - - - - -
4
No. of Communities formed regarding supervisory roles
Shikarpur - - - - - - -
Kashmore - - - - - - -
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total - - - - - - -
5
No. of Small Enterprises to be created through group Lending
Shikarpur - - - - - - -
Kashmore - - - - - - -
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total - - - - - - -
6 No. of LSOs to be given CIF
Shikarpur - - 37 - - - 37
Kashmore - - 25 - - - 25
Jacobabad
16
-
16
Sub Total - - 78 - - - 78
7
LSO Members trained in Managerial & CIF Appraisal Monitoring Training
Shikarpur - - 13 - - - 13
Kashmore - - - - - - -
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total - - 13 - - - 13
District Wise progress As of Dec 2015 31-Jan-16 As of January 2016
S.No Name of Activity District Project Target
Target Achievement Target Achievement Target Achievement
8
LSO members trained in Book keeping training
Shikarpur - - 4 - - - 4
Kashmore - - - - - - -
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total - - 4 - - - 4
9
LSO members to be sent on Exposures Visits
Shikarpur - - - - - - -
Kashmore - - 18 - - - 18
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total
- - 18 - - - 18
10 No. of Group to be given CIF
Shikarpur - - - - - - -
Kashmore - - - - - - -
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total
- - - - - - -
11 Quarterly recovery of CIF
Shikarpur - - 273,958,566 - 18,559,350 - 292,517,916
Kashmore - - 258,362,000 - 20,962,450 - 279,324,450
Jacobabad
178,251,738 - 3,878,000 - 182,129,738
Sub Total
- - 710,572,304 - 43,399,800 - 753,972,104
12 Amount of CIF recycled
Shikarpur - - 210,926,154 - 17,028,500 - 227,954,654
Kashmore - - 183,910,550 - 15,767,200 - 199,677,750
Jacobabad
137,393,200
7,620,500
145,013,700
Sub Total
- - 532,229,904 - 40,416,200 - 572,646,104
13 Experience Sharing workshops
Shikarpur - - 3 - - - 3
Kashmore - - 3 - - - 3
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total
- - 6 - - - 6
14 Productivity Enhancement training
Shikarpur - - - - - - -
Kashmore - - - - - - -
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total
- - - - - - -
District Wise progress As of Dec 2015 31-Jan-16 As of January 2016
Name of Activity District Project Target
Target Achievement Target Achievement Target Achievement
No. of Non functional school to be functionalized
Shikarpur 55 55 55 - - 55 55
15
Kashmore 47 47 47 - - 47 47
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total 102 102 102 - - 102 102
16
No. of second Shift Girls to be established
Shikarpur - - - - - - -
Kashmore 11 11 11 - - 11 11
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total 11 11 11 - - 11 11
No. of Early Child hood centers to be established
Shikarpur 4 4 4 - - 4 4
17
Kashmore 5 5 5 - - 5 5
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total 9 9 9 - - 9 9
No. of Cluster schools to be created
Shikarpur 2 2 2 - - 2 2
18
Kashmore 1 1 1 - - 1 1
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total 3 3 3 - - 3 3
No. of Teachers hired
Shikarpur 105 105 70 - - 70 70
19
Kashmore 96 96 69 - - 69 69
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total 201 201 139 - - 139 139
No. of workshops to be held for teachers
Shikarpur 3 3 4 - - 3 4
20
Kashmore 3 3 4 - - 3 4
Jacobabad - - - - - - -
Sub Total 6 6 8 - - 6 8
Recovery & Re-disbursement:
After execution of maintenance phase of UCBPRP, the social mobilization teams of district Kashmore spared much time on the mobilization of masses that the village organizations must have to ensure the 100% recovery of already disbursed CIF under the umbrella of local support organizations in the district. During the regular visits the teams have desperately needed the core guidance at every step since their interaction with community got massive importance in the perspective of recovery and sustainability of intervention made in UCBPRP.
Initially the SMTs have did the great job and ensured that all the respective LSOs have easy access and involvement at the door steps of every VO located in their concerned UC at their best, thereafter the social mobilization teams have conducted the detailed dialogues and sensitized the communities that the recovery of CIF is decided to be made in the accounts of the VOs and upon the submission of amount, the additional or incremental loans will be offered from the platform of their concerned local support organizations.
The maximum involvement of VOs/LSOs has started to put positive impact on the recovery and the masses/community has genuinely realized that the revolving of amount would have additional benefits. The communities have been consistently unaware about the continuous recycling of CIF amount which had suspended after the dual flooding in 2010 and followed by rainfalls of 2012 in both the districts.
Now with this approach the community has apparently determines their role and the involvement of their own institutions for the development of area, it has strengthens the empowerment of women further and have a positive impact upon the attitudes of people and sustainability of the intervention of the CIF re-disbursement in the villages.
Initiatives of community institutions (VOs & LSOs) and various visits by Govt Officials
During the reporting period of January 2016, the community institutions have taken various initiatives in order to scale up the community driven development in their native villages/areas. The district wise details of such initiatives are explained as follows;
District Shikarpur:
Different local support organizations (LSOs) of taluka Garhi Yaseen have formed their
Network, and chosen its name as UMEED.
Various LSOs in district Shikarpur enormously facilitated the HCP teams in order to
organize and conduct the interviews for the selection of community health workers
(CHWs) in sundry UCs.
Four women from different LSOs of districts Shikarpur, Kashmore and Jacobabad have
participated in Sindh development conference organized by the Sindh Association of
North America (SANA) at Karachi. All four women received appreciation award from
Sartyoon Sang Market.
LSO Jiyapo has recently developed linkages with Hidaya Trust and received eight hand-
pumps which has been distributed and installed in various villages for poor and needy
households. LSO Jiyapo also contacted with Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal and got Guzarra
Allowance for 15 poor families of their union council.
LSO Koojh also developed linkages with Hidaya Trust and get six hand-pumps which has
been installed in different villages.
LSO Heer contacted with BISP officials and facilitated the ten poor and needy families
for the provision of BISP cards.
With the facilitation of LSOs the Help Age BLF funded project organized two days
training on home based poultry raising and management, after this training 288 poor
households have been provided poultry layers. Respective LSOs facilitated the
identification process in their different villages.
LSO Marvi, with the support of Save the Children completed the survey in three villages’
to provide them CC Blocks and open drains schemes.
Capacity Building of Community Cluster &
Community Managed schools teachers:
Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO)
district Shikarpur with support of Institute of
Business Administration (Sukkur IBA
Executive Development Center) organized 6-
Day detailed Training Program for Primary
School Teachers of taulka Garhi Yaseen and
Khanpur. The training was focused on
Teaching Pedagogy, Math, Science, Sindhi,
English and Teaching Assessment. At last day
of training Dr Azeem ul Rahman Meo, Project Coordinator, Union Council Based Poverty
Reduction Programme UCBPRP/SGRRP, Planning & Development Department, Government of
Sindh, Mr. Nadeem Ahmed Shaikh district
Coordinator (Reform Support Unit-RSU) and
Ms. Safia Abbasi form Education department
distributed the certificates among successful
trainees. The coordinator UCBPRP/SGRRP
was was happy to see such nice and well
managed training for our communty clustr
and communty managend school from SRSO
own budget. He told that teaching and
training is only way to improve the qulaity of
education.
Visit of SGRRP-GoS at VO Masitee (Distribution of cheques)
The participation of Dr Azeem-Ul-Rahman Meo,
Project Coordinator, Union Council Based
Poverty Reduction Programme UCBPRP/SGRRP,
Planning & Development Department,
Government of Sindh, had a meeting with Village
Organization Masitee UC Taib. The prime agenda
of meeting was to know the working VO and
Cheque distribution among 3 and 4 cycle
beneficiaries’ of Community Investment Fund.
Total 21 Cheques disbursed among women of
PKRs: 252,000. The VO chairperson Ms. Zubaida told that we have also make productive
linkages with different organization for betterment of our village form Save the children in the
form of drainage system and health hygiene education, they also form the health hygiene
committee in our village which is responsible to ensure the cleaning in our village. She also
shared that with support of Gree Star Pakistan we our women are focusing on birth spacing and
C-section cases by which we can ensure the health of mother and their children. The director
UCBPRP/SGRRP was surprise to see the productive linkages and utilization of Community
Investment Funds (CIF) of women and told that this is the ultimate objective of our programme
in order to give voice and choice of our rural
women in Sindh.
Inauguration of LSO Sindh Sujagh office (UC
Rustam):
Local Support Organization is a UC level
registered organization federated by Village
Organization. LSOs are one level above VOs in
terms of grassroots organizations. LSOs provide
support and serve Cos, VOs and local
communities. The type of support rendered by
LSOs includes: the training of VOs, facilitating
linkages between VOs/COs and other
stakeholders such as government and, finally, assisting VOs/COs in the planning and
implementation of projects. The above all work can only be
done with proper planning and management under one roof
in this connectivity LSO Sindh Sujagh established their official
set-up at UC level inaugurated by Dr Azeem-Ul-Rahman Meo,
Project Coordinator, Union Council Based Poverty Reduction
Programme UCBPRP/SGRRP, Planning & Development
Department, Government of Sindh, who really appreciate to
the office bearer of LSO and given them best of luck for future
succeed, he also appreciate to SRSO for achieving their desire
goal. After inauguration of office LSO Sindh Sujagh presented
detail presentation regarding challenges and issue faced
during renovation of this office because this is basically
government abundant building which is being adopted from
livestock department. Ms. Mehnaz Chairperson of LSO also shared the current status of
Community Investment Funds (CIF), Income Generation Grants and productive linkage’s
development with different organization including Save the Children, Helpage International,
SABA Pakistan, Kainat Foundation, Green Star Pakistan (Vouchar Scheme), PEHAL Pakistan and
other in detail.
LSO Representatives received the appreciation awards during Sindh Development Conference
organized by SANA at Karachi:
Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) organized Sindh Development Conference at
Karachi on January 23, 2016 in order
to appreciate the prestige work done
by different stockholders in the field
of academicians, researchers mainly
pertaining to economic and
development sectors, would make
their respective presentations
related to the subject. U.S. Consul
General to Karachi, Brian Asmus will
be the chief guest Total 04 female
have participated from different
Local Support Organization LSOs of
Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Kandhkot.
They received the appreciation
award for Sartyoon Sangh Market.
The speakers of conference were Dr Mubarak Ali (historian and researcher), Dr Akbar Zaidi
(economist) and Dr Parvez Tahir (economist / columnist). Fazalullah Qureshi, Dr Qaiser Bangalli,
Asad Ali Shah, Mehmood Nawaz Shah, Dr Shireen
Narejo, Dr Kausar S Khan, Dr Asad Saeed and Haris
Guzdar and others. Dr Ishrat Hussain will be the
keynote speaker while presiding speeches will be
delivered by Syed Mohibullah Shah (former principal
secretary to the shaheed Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto) and Syed Murad Ali Shah, provincial finance
minister.
Dr. Fahmida Hussain presenting SANA-Recognition
Award to three members of Sartyoon Sang, a women
entire which brings rural crafts to mainstream market.
A leadership at local level in Jacobabad & Shikarpur which making difference in lives of Sindh.
CO, VOs & LSOs are support to other projects for getting maximum output for members:
The community members of different Cos, VOs and
LSOs are going to support different Programme
through productive linkages. The various
community organizations at district Shikarpur
identified 118 Community Health Workers (CHWs)
form LHWs uncovered areas under Health
Communication Component support by USAID-
RSPN. In send phase the identified CHWs would be
trained through National Programme (Government
of Sindh). The CHW is responsible to conduct the
sessions on importance of mother and child health
in respective location. Community health workers should be members of the communities
where they work, should be selected by the communities, should be answerable to the
communities for their activities, should be supported by the health system, and have shorter
training than professional workers.
Training of 288 poor women from CO, VO and LSOs for income generation activities:
Improving the lives of older people project funded by
Helpage International organized two days training on
home based poultry rising and management, after
these training 288 poor households have been
provided poultry layers in district Shikarpur the prime
objective of this training and to distributed the chick
sets for improve the lives of local communities. The
training was conducted by resource persons of
livestock and husbandry department (GoS). The
members of training were identified by the Village
Organization (VOs) and Local Support Organization (LSO) in respective location.
Linkages of LSO Jyapo for Hand pump and Pakistan BaitUlmal at Shikarpur:
Local Support Organization Jiyapo (Union Council Mirzapur) taulka Garhi Yaseen has recently
developed linkages with Hidaya Trust and received eight hand-pumps which has been
distributed and installed in various villages for poor and needy households. LSO Jiyapo also
contacted with Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal and got Guzarra Allowance for 15 poor families of their
union council.
Local Support Organization Network Umeed (Garhi Yaseen) regular meeting at SMU Dakhan:
The Local Support Organization Network UMEED (Garhi Yaseen) organized routine meeting at
Socail Mobilization Unit (SMU) Dakhan on following agendas:
Routine Meetings of LSOs plan
CIF revolve status of Ucs and plan
Linkages of LSOs with other stockholders
School Survey (Open & Closed)
Location/ date and agenda of community
conference is finalized (Peace through education)
Registration of LSO Network with social welfare
department (GoS).
The LSO members shared the progress of one month January 2016 and make plan for the
month of February 2016 with reference of above agendas. The Dr. Ghulam Rasool (RM-III) has
also participated in this meeting.
District Kashmore-Kandhkot
Taluka Kashmore
LSO Nabi Bux have taken initiative and started School on self-help basis under interest of
children and education.
LSO Nabi Bux and LSO Bukhari facilitated the HSSP project and sensitized the rural
communities for the vaccination of children and pregnant women. LSOs disseminated the
message in all villages of their respective UCs. After the efforts of LSOs the communities
have been agreed to get vaccinations accordingly.
LSO Bukhari, contacted with BISP officials/office and obtained the BISP cards of 34 poor
women.
Taluka Kandhkot
With efforts of LSO Bakhtawar and LSO Shah Hussain 17 Hand-pumps have been installed in
various villages with support of Al-Khidmat Foundation. Furthermore 14 new villages are
identified for the provision of hand-pumps to poor households.
LSO Sindh Seengar members coordinated with MRDO organization for free legal Aid of their
2 V.O members.
From LSO Barkat 6 members participated in Women Empowerment workshop, organized by
Kainaat Development Foundation at KDA office Kandhkot.
LSO Shah Hussain & LSO Shah Baz developed linkages with NCHD, and established eight
Adult Literacy Centers at different locations for adults’ education.
LSO Shah Hussain developed linkages with Insaf Network Pakistan and organized 04 events
on Free Legal Advocacy.
LSO Bakhtawar coordinated with BISP officials/office and successfully received 14 Income
support cards for destitute women.
Taluka Tangwani
LSO Jannat forwarded a joint resolution of their LSO, to District Health officer (DHO) for
Dispensary.
LSO Aqsa developed linkages with Insaf Network Pakistan and organized 03 events on Free
Legal Advocacy.
LSO Jannat along with Acted International surveying in various villages for shelters.
LSO Roshni contacted with Marie Stopes Society and obtained support for one female
member as providing her free delivery services.
LSO Sindhri contacted with BISP officials/office for provision of 11 BISP cards to destitute
women.
LSO Roshni contacted with BISP officials/office for provision of 17 BISP Cards to poor rural
women.
Success Story
The story of village organization Noor Din Brohi,
Union Council Wazeerabad, the handicap women’s
successfully revolve the three cycles with the
multiple intervention that handicap women’s now
able to earn the monthly handsome amount to
bear the expenses of their treatments.
Mai Zurnaz, Rehmat, and Mah Pari, all three beneficiaries are residential of village Noor Din
and had a different loans from SRSO UCBPRP, the total of 35,000 PKR received from IGG, CIF
and LSO incremental loan by utilizing in livestock
and enterprise these women’s now generated
more than 75,000 PKR assets from the
merchandise shop these three woman’s earn more
than 600 PKR on daily basis in shape of profit.
The utilization of skills as well give them
strengthen in social being the part of BDG’s these
women’s are also plan to plantation the nursery to expedite the growth of earning.
Picture Gallery
Mr. Asad Ali Jatoi District Manager Kashmore is doing 1st Dialogue with different LSO members for LSO Network
SINDH RURAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION (SRSO)
NEAR TAJ CNG STATION
SHIKARPUR ROAD
SUKKUR
Website: www.srso.org.pk www.ucbprp.net.pk