SINDH RURAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

European Union funded 6-years Sindh Union Council and Community Economic Strengthening Support (SUCCESS) Program launched in Larkana and Qamber-Shahdad Kot districts of Sindh Province, in this connection a launching cermony and a community dialogue held at Shaheed Zuilfqar Ali Bhutto Intitute of Science and Technology (SZBIST) Larkana on 29 march 2016. The program is launched by the European Union (EU) delegation to Pakistan and the Government of Sindh. The objective of the SUCCESS program is to reduce poverty through undertaking Community Driven Development (CDD) based on the proven social mobilization approach of Rural Support Programs (RSPs).
Commissioner Larkana, Mr. Ghulam Akbar Laghari, Chairman RSPN/SRSO Mr. Shoaib Sultan Khan, members of SRSO board of Directors, Deputy Commissioner Larkana Mr. Javed Jagirani, Assistant Commissioner Shikarpur Mr. Naeem Ahmed, PPP MPA Muhammad Ali Bhutto, officials of district administration, lawyers, educationists, Journalists, representatives of various NGOs, political leaders. notables of the areas and hundreds of Women of the Local Support Organizations (LSOs), EU officials, representatives of partner organizations for SUCCESS program, government officials and civil society representatives attended the launching ceremony.
Women community leaders from Shikarpur, Kashmore-Kandh Kot and Jacobabad shared their inspirational personal stories of successfully overcoming poverty by becoming socially organized as part of the Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Program (UCBPRP) a join initiative of the Sindh government and SRSO, launched in 2009.
Their stories were full of conviction, struggle, passion, hope and a desire to change the economic condition of their households. The audience loved the energetic and lively talks by the four female community members.
Mr. Shoaib Sultan Khan, in his insightful speech, shed light on the history of the UCBPRP initiative. He appreciated the government of Sindh and the European Union for constantly supporting the rural development programs. He said that the RSPs are effective in reducing poverty because, unlike other organizations, they have roots in the households and, thus, can easily access each household in the programme areas. Mr. Chairman said that the UCBRPR worked only with women and empowered them not only economically but also on attaining self-confidence and power of their own potential to improve their status. He said that SUCCESS program was developed by the EU at the request of the government of Sindh (GoS) to extend the geographic coverage of their Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Program. He said that the Sindh government is planning to cover the remaining districts of the province according to union council-based strategy through provincial funding under its annual development fund.
The session was also addressed by MPA Mr. Muhammad Ali Bhutto and some other political and social leaders.