SINDH RURAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

The First Secretary, Development Advisor for Rural Development and Nutrition, EU Delegation to Pakistan, Mr. Georges Dehoux, visited Jacobabad and Shikarpur districts on 26th May 2016.
He interacted with the women members of LSO Shaheen in Jacobabad District and VO Baijlo in Shikarpur district. The members of CIs gave detailed presentations describing the initiatives undertaken, and the progress and achievements made so far by these community institutions on self-help basis under the UCBPRP.
Mr. Georges visited the kitchen gardening and tree plantations projects by VO Baijlo in their village. He admired the role of rural women and thanked them for their active participation.
Mr. Georges Dehoux, visited village Umeed Ali Junejo in District Kamber-Shahdadkot on 27 and village Zakrio Mahessar in District Larkana on 28 May. At both the locations he participated in Programme Introduction (PI) dialogues conducted under the SRSO component. of the EU funded SUCCESS Programme.
During the PI dialogues, Mr. Georges interacted with the rural women and said that he has come here to see them, and that he will visit again after four years to see the change achieved.
Followed by the PI events, Mr. Georges Dehoux also observed the ongoing activity of Poverty Score Card (PSC) data collection in District Larkana. He observed the process of data collection and asked few basic questions pertaining to the methods of data collection, and the purpose of marking at household level.
CEO SRSO and his team were also present during the visits.