SINDH RURAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Against Rain & Flood-2022

SRSO Distributions

  • Rs.1.37 billion by extending
  • Their immediate relief and recovery
  • Services to 186,331 families of
  • Pakistan under SRSO Flood
  • Emergency Response 2022
  • From August-December 2022.

National Poverty Graduation Program (NPGP)

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Donor/s:  Ministry of Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety (MoPASS)-Government of Pakistan and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Duration:  52 Months (August 2019 -December 2023)

Target Groups:  Ultra-poor BIS beneficiary’s households

Covering Districts: (Kashmore@Kandhkot) and (Shikarpur).

Program Objective/s:

The overall goal of the program is to assist the ultra-poor and very poor in graduating out of poverty on a sustainable basis; simultaneously improving their overall food security, nutritional status, and resilience to climate change.

The Objective is to enable the rural poor especially women and youth to realize their development potential and attain a higher level of social and economic well-being through a proven flexible and responsive menu of assistance.

Major Program Activities:  SRSO has entered into a partnership with PPAF for the National Poverty Graduation program, funded by the Government of Pakistan and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD).

This program consists of two components:

Component – 1:  Poverty graduation with mutually reinforcing sub-components:

  • ASSET CREATION: Households with a score between 0-18 on the PSC, will be provided with a package (average of PKR 60,000) that consists of a combination of assets along with the relevant skillset training to utilize the asset transferred; and/or are offered technical and vocational trainings for which job placement or self-employment opportunities have already been identified. Tangible assets will be offered to those in the 0-16.17 category as they are receiving an unconditional cash transfer from BISP which serves as a consumption allowance while intangible assets will be offered to those falling in the 16.18 – 18 poverty band.

 

  • TRAINING OF LIVELIHOOD AND IFL BENEFICIARIES: The training would enable the target beneficiaries to harness their potential to maximize the benefits from the given assets and interest-free loans. Borrowers would receive training on financial literacy and enterprise development.

 

Component 2:   Social Mobilization and Program Management:

  • The program will follow a tested and proven social mobilization-based approach to community targeting, organization, and implementation in all target areas for the delivery of project interventions. The component will support the continued engagement with communities that is part of SRSO’s community-driven development approach. Community organizations at the hamlet and village level will be further capacitated and empowered to participate in program activities, with a special focus on women’s empowerment, resilience to climate change, and contributing to specific SDGs. Community resource persons will also be identified in every Union Council and trained to become institutional or sector experts, providing relevant services and support to target beneficiaries and community institutions.
  • Provision of women-centric awareness/ sensitization sessions on health, nutrition, climate resilience, gender, peace and justice, etc.